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Latin versus European power : a tale of two market reforms
Mennel, Tim (contributor);  … - 2007
electricity companies and transnational competition, Chile and Brazil have only partially liberalized their electricity sector …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003608096
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The Economic Impact of Non-Communicable Disease in China and India : Estimates, Projections, and Comparisons
Bloom, David E. - 2013
This paper provides estimates of the economic impact of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in China and India for the period 2012-2030. Our estimates are derived using WHO's EPIC model of economic growth, which focuses on the negative effects of NCDs on labor supply and capital accumulation. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013076812
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To raise or not to raise? : impact assessment of Russia’s incremental gas price reform
Heyndrickx, Christophe; Alexeeva-Talebi, Victoria; … - 2012
The growing momentum for gas price liberalization in Russia is increasingly constrained by fears of potentially strong adverse impact that market-based price setting principle will have on the economy. Based on a novel multi-regional, multi-sector and multi-household computable general...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009575382
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A vision of the European energy future? : the impact of the German response to the Fukushima earthquake
Grossi, Luigi; Heim, Sven; Waterson, Michael - 2014
The German response to the Fukushima nuclear power plant incident was possibly the most significant change of policy towards nuclear power outside Japan, leading to a sudden and very significant shift in the underlying power generation structure in Germany. This provides a very useful natural...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010388537
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A Positive Analysis of Targeted Employment Protection Legislation
Dolado, Juan Jose; Jansen, Marcel; Jimeno, Juan F. - 2007
In many countries, Employment Protection Legislation (EPL) establishes less strict dismissal procedures for specific groups of workers. This paper builds a simple matching model with heterogeneous workers in order to analyze this feature of EPL. We use the model to analyze the effects of reforms...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014051630
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Words speak louder than actions : the impact of politics on economic performance
Osterloh, Steffen - 2010
In this paper, a new approach to disclose the impact of politics on economic growth is presented: we use data derived from content analysis of party manifestos as measures of party preferences. In a panel of 23 OECD countries, we detect a positive impact of party support for various...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008702176
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The Politicized Pandemic : Ideological Polarization and the Behavioral Response to COVID-19
Grimalda, Gianluca; Murtin, Fabrice; Pipke, David; … - 2022
We investigate the relationship between political attitudes and prosociality in a survey of a representative sample of the U.S. population during the first summer of the COVID-19 pandemic. We find that an experimental measure of prosociality correlates positively with adherence to protective...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014083903
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European telecommunication regulation : effects on telecommunication providers
Veith, Tobias - 2010
analysis. These findings show that European Commission interventions are competition enhancing and support the expected …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008701352
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Ex-post assessment of merger effects : the case of Pfizer and Pharmacia (2003)
Leheyda, Nina; Beschorner, Patrick Frank Ernst; … - 2011
The paper studies the effects of the Pfizer and Pharmacia (2003) merger on competition in the Swiss pharmaceutical … market and compares the assessment of the Swiss Competition Commission (COMCO) with the post-merger market developments. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009011228
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The effects of the block exemption regulation reform on the Swiss car market
Leheyda, Nina; Beschorner, Patrick Frank Ernst; … - 2011
In 2002, the Swiss Competition Commission (COMCO) introduced a Notice on the Competitive Treatment of Vertical … Restraints in Automobile Trade (‘Car Notice’). The objective of the Car Notice has been to strengthen competition in the Swiss … car market, in particular by avoiding price-fixing practices and market foreclosure and stimulating intrabrand competition …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009011236