This paper has explored the stringency of land-use regulation in US cities, focusing on building heights. Substantial …

One of the key questions in the study of regulation is whether the costs of regulatory compliance fall homogeneously on …

link between gasoline content regulation and the compliance behavior of refineries. We find that in areas with more … stringent gasoline regulation, there was increased compliance on the part of firms. -- Clean Air Act ; compliance behavior … ; energy markets ; product regulation ; petroleum refining ; environmental pollution …

of individual and societal factors. The reactions "Government Regulation", "Flooding", "Passive Escape: Digital Detox …

assess the effectiveness and efficiency of these standards, which are the centerpiece of US Clean Air Act regulation of …

environmental expenditures can justify public interest defence for the operation of a cartel. Using a variant of the Dixit … expenditures and higher welfare. However, allowing the operational firms to form a cartel and raise prices above Nash equilibrium …

This paper sheds new light on the role of communication for cartel formation. Using machine learning to evaluate free … cartel formation and indirect attempts to collude tacitly. We document that firms are less likely to communicate explicitly … sanctions on communication reinforces the direct cartel-deterring effect of sanctions as collusion is more difficult to reach …

This paper analyzes dynamic cartel formation and antitrust enforcement when firms operate in demand-related markets. We … show that cartel prosecution can have a knock-on effect: desisting a cartel in one market reduces profits and cartel … stability and leads to the break-up of the cartel in the adjacent market. Cartel prosecution can also have a waterbed effect …