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The impact of competition policy enforcement on the functioning of EU energy markets
Duso, Tomaso; Seldeslachts, Jo; Szücs, Florian - 2017
sectoral regulation influences these outcomes. For this purpose, we compile a new dataset on the European Commission’s (EC) and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011672928
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25 years of European merger control
Affeldt, Pauline; Duso, Tomaso; Szücs, Florian - 2019
We study the evolution of the EC’s merger decision procedure over the first 25 years of European competition policy. Using a novel dataset constructed at the level of the relevant markets and containing all merger cases over the 1990-2014 period, we evaluate how consistently arguments related...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011995142
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Car road charging : impact assessment on German and Austrian households
Kalinowska, Dominika; Steininger, Karl W. - 2009
Austria and Germany assessing the impact of road charging (RC). The pricing policy measure is introduced for the private …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003858731
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Implications of mandatory registration of mobile phone users in Africa
Jentzsch, Nicola - 2012
Sub-Saharan Africa ranks among the top regions in terms of growth in the number of mobile phone users. The success of mobile telephony is attributed to the opening of markets for private players and lenient regulatory policy. However, markets may be increasingly saturated and new regulations...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009580152
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Fifty shades of state : quantifying housing market regulations in Germany
Cholodilin, Konstantin Arkadʹevič - 2015
of regulation. The average of class-specific indices make up a composite index. The index reflects dramatic increases in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011392286
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Regulation, innovation and technology diffusion : evidence from building energy efficiency standards in Germany
Shagi, Makram el-; Michelsen, Claus; Rosenschon, Sebastian - 2014
The impact of environmental regulation on technology diffusion and innovations is studied using a unique data set of … regulation intensity and apply a panel-error-correction regression model to energy requirements of low and high quality housing …. Our findings suggest that regulation significantly impacts technology adoption in low quality housing. This, in turn …
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Macroeconomic effects of rental housing regulations : the case of Germany in 1950-2015
Cholodilin, Konstantin Arkadʹevič; Licheron, Julien - 2017
Despite rather skeptical attitude of the economists toward the state intervention in the housing markets, the policy makers and general public typically are supporting it. As a result, in many European countries, since World War I the rent and eviction controls as well as social housing policies...
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The Chinese impact on GDP growth and inflation in the industrial countries
Dreger, Christian; Zhang, Yanqun - 2011
The integration of China into the global economy is one of the most spectacular events in economic history. This paper investigates to what extent this process affects output growth and inflation in the advanced countries. A GVAR model is specified to explore interdependencies between business...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009515006
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Taxation and Development - Again
Keen, Michael - 2012
Issues of taxation and development, which have long been a central concern of the IMF, have attracted wider and renewed interest in the last few years. This paper reflects on three broad lessons of experience: that developing countries differ vastly in tax matters, and in ways that are less than...
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Fiscal Multipliers in Bulgaria : Low But Still Relevant
Muir, Dirk - 2013
With fiscal adjustment proceeding quickly in Bulgaria and given the weak economic growth environment, there is keen interest in making the budget composition more growth friendly. This paper quantifies the short-term impact of fiscal policy on economic activity in Bulgaria using econometric and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013085612