, decrease with anti-competitive regulation in upstream sectors and increase with the industry specific output gap; ii) decrease … with the national output gap, increase with the national employment rate and decrease with employment protection regulation …

We use UK micro data to explore whether planning regulation reduced UK retailing productivity growth between 1997 and … with a lowering of chain TFP by about 0.4% pa, about 40% of the post-1995 slowdown in UK retail TFP growth. The foregone … productivity works out at about £80,000 per small chain supermarket store. -- Productivity ; retail ; regulation …

This paper examines the causes and consequences of changes in the incidence of entrepreneurship in the UK. Self …

contributions to the latter's decisions. Both a shift from national to international regulation and a decrease in trade costs …

support to this view. We find that in countries with less stringent job market regulation the long-run impact of Unemployment … faster in countries with looser job-market regulation, compared with countries with stricter regulation. These findings have …

Attempts to curb illegal activity through regulation gets complicated when agents can adapt to circumvent enforcement …

We examine the lifecycle wage effects of health insurance market regulation that compels private insurers to offer …