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On the many ways Europeanization matters : the implementation of the water reform in Italy (1994-2006)

Asquer, Alberto - 2009

to contribute to this line of inquiry through the case study of the implementation of the 1994 water reform in Italy in … European Court of Justice. -- regulatory reform ; public policy implementation ; Europeanization ; water sector ; Italy …

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Water tariffs and consumers' inaction

Ornaghi, Carmine; Tonin, Mirco - 2018

We study adoption by more than 150,000 households of an optional transitional water tariff implemented in the South …

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Market entry regulation and international competition

Upmann, Thorsten; Stähler, Frank - 2003

As a part of their industry or competition policies governments decide whether to allow for free market entry of firms or to regulate market access. We analyze a model where governments (ab)use these policy decisions for strategic reasons in an international setting. Multiple equilibria of this...

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Collusion in beauty contests

Wambach, Achim - 2002

During the recent sales of UMTS licenses in Europe some countries used auctions while others resorted to so-called Beauty Contests. There seems to be a wide consensus among economists that in these and other contexts like privatisation an auction is the better selling mechanism. However, why...

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Autonomous vehicles : moral dilemmas and adoption incentives

Feess, Eberhard; Mühlheußer, Gerd - 2022

In unavoidable traffic accidents, autonomous vehicles (AVs) face the dilemma of protecting either the passenger(s) or third parties. Recent studies show that most people prefer AVs following a utilitarian approach by minimizing total harm. At the same time, however, they would adopt an AV only...

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The regulator's trade-off : bank supervision vs. minimum capital

Buck, Florian; Schliephake, Eva - 2012

We develop a simple model of banking regulation with two policy instruments: minimum capital requirements and supervision of domestic banks. The regulator faces a trade-off: high capital requirements cause a drop in the banks'; profitability, while strict supervision reduces the scope of...

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The turnaround of the Swedish economy : lessons from large business sector reforms

Heyman, Fredrik; Norbäck, Pehr-Johan; Persson, Lars - 2019

How can a country improve the productivity growth in its business sector and reach its growth potential? Sweden during the 1970–2010 period can serve as an example to help other countries understand how to efficiently reform a business sector. In the 1990s, Sweden implemented a reform package...

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Unbundling the incumbent and entry into fiber : evidence from France

Bourreau, Marc; Grzybowski, Lukasz; Hasbi, Maude - 2018

We use panel data on 36,104 municipalities in metropolitan France over the period 2010-2014 to estimate two models of entry into local markets by: (i) alternative operators using wholesale access to the legacy copper network via local loop unbundling (LLU), and (ii) the incumbent and two...

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Late payments, liquidity constraints and the mismatch between due dates and paydays

Dahan, Momi; Nisan, Udi - 2020

behavior. In Jerusalem, water bill due dates are randomly determined and therefore may occur just before or after social … a day after the water bill due date to the likelihood of late payment by the same households when they receive their … benefits a day or more before the water bill due date. Using a large administrative data set, we found that a small random …

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The diffusion of new institutions : evidence from Renaissance Venice's patent system

Comino, Stefano; Galasso, Alberto; Graziano, Clara - 2017

What factors affect the diffusion of new economic institutions? This paper examines this question exploiting the introduction of the first regularized patent system which appeared in the Venetian Republic in 1474. We begin by developing a model which links patenting activity of craft guilds with...

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