difficult to achieve at the same time. In this paper, we consider price regulation in the retail and wholesale market and answer … access price regulation is an effective instrument to make the entrant and consumers better off. …

This paper evaluates how different lengths of entry regulation impact market structure and market performance using a … evidence that the duration of entry regulation has a negative impact on consumer surplus. We also find that entry protection …

indirect tax burden and government regulation) on the shadow economy for Austria. …

. More competition-friendly regulations, as measured by the OECDs' Product Market Regulation (PMR) indicator improve economic … businesses boost the capital stock and the employment rate. No robust link between labour market regulation and MFP and capital … deepening could be established. But looser labour market regulation is found to go hand in hand with higher employment rates …

precaution. Regulation made application of the electronic engine immobilizer, a simple and low-cost anti-theft device, mandatory … for all new cars sold within the European Union as of 1998. We exploit the regulation as source of exogenous variation in … theft. -- car theft ; government regulation ; crime ; victim precaution …