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between public and private blockchains, because their economic properties are contrasted. Moreover, governance issues in …
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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 …
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towards the powers that be; thus corruption is a method of governance. We trace the systemic corruption back to the Mongolian …
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regulation on the probability of a crisis. We test this relationship by applying a Probit model of a non-linear specification to …: it rises as regulation stringency moves from low to medium levels and falls from medium to high levels. Countries located …
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non-OECD countries. The findings suggest that the quality of institutions matters to a large extent for economic outcomes …. 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 …
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enforcement (conviction rates) and enforcing institutions. Results based on data for more than 80 countries show that piecemeal … institutions by strengthening the rule of law or regulatory quality bear greater results. Thus, when it comes to corruption control …, strong gums (institutions) are more effective than showing teeth (enforcement employment) or the bite (conviction rates). …
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The debate on trade and growth increasingly focuses on the composition of exports. Exports of more "sophisticated" products appear to be positively correlated with growth, and upgrading the quality of exports is high on the policy agenda of many countries. This study presents evidence suggesting...
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The U.S. and EU Merger Guidelines strongly emphasize the relevance of the "ease of entry" argument in merger evaluations. Up to now, very little is known empirically about how mergers affect entry and exit, and the resulting number of firms in the markets. We empirically test this aspect of...
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A national-champions-related industrial policy has become (again) en vogue among European politicians. Against this background, our work orders different types of national champions along the industry lifecycle. Different types of locally bound externalities appear along the lifecycle. In a...
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While countries make use of a wide range of policies to attract multinational firms, identifying the effect of such policies is difficult. Combining firm-level data on both the location of these firms' foreign affiliates and detailed service-specific information from Costa Rica's investment...
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