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Railways and the productivity gap in Italy : persistence and divergence after unification
Pontarollo, Nicola; Ricciuti, Roberto - 2015
The political unification of Italy in 1861 led to the establishment of a single market, by removing the trade barriers across the pre-existing states, with a single currency. Market integration was the economic outcome of this process. At the same time, the Kingdom of Italy started a large...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011295798
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Startup stations : the impact of rail access on entrepreneurship (self-employment) in England and Wales
Sanchis-Guarner, Rosa; Szumilo, Nikodem; Vernet, Antoine - 2024
We study the impact of improved rail access on entrepreneurship rates in England and Wales. We use data from the Census spanning 2001, 2011, and 2021 to analyse self-employment rates in granular geographic areas of around 200 residents. Specifically, we study how they respond to changes in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014632305
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New competition in telecommunications markets : regulatory pricing principles
Bijl, Paul de; Peitz, Martin - 2002
Launching and stimulating competition in telecommunications markets is an important policy goal. It contains two … elements: to encourage entry and to make competition effective such that consumers benefit. The first one requires that … to what extent such regulatory policy can stimulate competition. Our main finding is that, in the short run, asymmetric …
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Evaluating the impact of price caps : evidence from the European roam-like-at-home regulation
Canzian, Giulia; Mazzarella, Gianluca; Verboven, Frank; … - 2021
The roam-like-at-home regulation (RLAH) eliminated all mobile roaming surcharges to Eu-ropean consumers travelling within the European Economic Area (EEA). We measure the causal impact of the regulation on EEA roaming traffic, using the Rest of the World as a control group. We find large and...
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Impact of roaming regulation on revenues and prices of mobile operators in the EU
Grzybowski, Lukasz; Muñoz-Acevedo, Ángela - 2021
We empirically assess the impact of the EU roaming regulation on mobile operators' average revenues per user (ARPU) and retail prices. Using a differences-in-difference approach, hedonic price regressions and detailed operator and plan-level data we find that the regulation decreased mobile...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012602181
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A retrospective study of state aid control in the German broadband market
Duso, Tomaso; Nardotto, Mattia; Seldeslachts, Jo - 2021
subsidies complied with EU state aid rules, both in terms of effectiveness and competition. …
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Unconventional gas and the European Union : prospects and challenges for competitiveness
Vollebergh, Herman R. J.; Drissen, Eric - 2014
This article studies the likely impact of unconventional gas developments in the U.S. on EU competitiveness. We find, first of all, little evidence for a prosperous unconventional gas development in Europe. Second, the U.S. boom has already a strong impact on both world and European energy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010422070
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Concentration and competition : evidence from Europe and implications for policy
Koltay, Gábor; Lorincz, Szabolcs; Valletti, Tommaso M. - 2022
competition policy is likely to face more challenges as large companies are becoming more common in more and more industries. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013166348
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The economics of platforms : a theory guide for competition policy
Jullien, Bruno; Zantman, Wilfried Sand- - 2020
We propose an analysis of platform competition based on the academic literature with a view towards competition policy …. First, we discuss to which extent competition can emerge in digital markets and show which forms it can take. In particular … competition in platform markets. Second, we analyse competition policy issues and discuss how rules designed for standard markets …
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Vertical market power in interconnected natural gas and electricity markets
Marks, Levi; Mason, Charles F.; Mohlin, Kristina; … - 2017
New England is at the leading edge of an energy transition in which natural gas is playing an increasingly important role in the US electricity generation mix. In recent years, the region’s wholesale natural gas and electricity markets have experienced severe, simultaneous price spikes. While...
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