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Bank deregulation, competition and economic growth : the US free banking experience
Ager, Philipp; Spargoli, Fabrizio - 2013
) leading to efficiency gains in the banking market. Our findings suggest that the more frequent bank failures occurring in a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010227307
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Responsibility-sensitive welfare weights for health
Robson, Matthew; O'Donnell, Owen; Van Ourti, Tom - 2024
We estimate responsibility-sensitive welfare weights for health that facilitate inequalityand inequity-sensitive policy evaluation. In a UK general population sample, 569 online experiment participants distribute constrained resources to determine the health of hypothetical individuals...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014577916
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Total factor productivity and the Mongolian transition
Chessa, Antonio G.; Schouwstra, Marije C. - 2005
Total Factor Productivity (TFP)is often used on the macro-economic level as an indicator of changes in efficiency of a … increasing and become positive after a (quite a) few years of transition. Many authors conclude that this is a gain in efficiency … increases in efficiency. To investigate this, the mathematical properties of TFP are analysed in order to generate new insights …
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Dynamic efficiency of product market competition
Hinloopen, Jeroen; Vandekerckhove, Jan - 2007
We consider the efficiency of Cournot and Bertrand equilibria in a duopoly with substitutable goods where firms invest …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011373823
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Efficiency effects of unit-based pricing systems and institutional choices of waste collection
Dijkgraaf, Elbert; Gradus, Raymond - 2014
Much attention has been paid to the influence of the institutional form of waste collection on costs. We extend this literature in three directions by including the unit-based pricing system. First, we show that unit-based pricing systems are more important from a cost-minimizing point of view...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010226974
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Quantifying the scope for efficiency defense in merger control : the Werden-Froeb-Index
Goppelsroeder, Marie; Schinkel, Maarten-Pieter; … - 2006
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003382988
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Quantifying the scope for efficiency defense in merger control : the Werden-Froeb-Index
Goppelsroeder, Marie; Schinkel, Maarten-Pieter; … - 2006
This paper introduces the Werden-Froeb Index (WFI) to assist in evaluating merger-specific efficiencies in horizontal mergers. The index measures the weighted average reduction in marginal costs required to restore pre-merger equilibrium prices and quantities after the (full or partial) merger...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011349182
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Education and efficient redistribution
Dur, Robert A. J.; Teulings, Coen N. - 2003 - This version: June 2003
Should education be subsidized for the purpose of redistribution? The usual argument against subsidies to education above the primary level is that the rich take up most education, so a subsidy would increase inequality. We show that there is a counteracting effect: an increase in the stock of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011317437
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Optimal provision of infra-structure using public-private partnership contracts
Laan, Gerard van der; Ruys, Pieter H. M.; Talman, Dolf - 2000
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001546188
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The trade-off between efficiency, effectiveness, and social feasiblity [feasibility] of regulating road transport externalities
Verhoef, Erik T.; Nijkamp, Peter; Rietveld, Piet - 1995
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000902272