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The impact of alternative public policies on the deployment of new communications infrastructure : a survey

Briglauer, Wolfgang; Frübing, Stefan; Vogelsang, Ingo - 2015

Our survey reviews the theoretical and empirical literature on all alternative policies to promote the deployment of new fiber-based communications infrastructure. Since such investment is expected to induce substantial positive externalities, dynamic efficiency becomes a particularly important...

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Self-financing tax/subsidy mechanisms in environmental regulation with many firms

Breitscheidel, Jörg (contributor) - 2005

We consider the application of self-financing tax/subsidy mechanisms in environmental regulation and explore the … turns out that the tax/subsidy mechanism with the announcement of the subsidy rate and the tax/subsidy mechanism with the … environmentally friendly technologies. The announcement of the subsidy rate is preferable for solving hold-up problems. …

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Double Bertrand tax competition : a fiscal game with governments acting as middlemen

Wagener, Andreas - 1999

In a common market with costless mobility of all factors, regional governments can attract mobile firms by granting subsidies which must be financed out of wage taxes on mobile labour. Since firms locate where subsidies are highest and workers settle where taxes are lowest, government are forced...

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FIML estimation of a bivariate probit selection rule : an application on firm growth and subsidisation

Reize, Frank - 2001

This study applies a full information maximum likelihood (FIML) estimator of the sample selection model with bivariate selection rule for the investigation of the impact of subsidised firm foundation from unemployment on employment growth of the firm. The empirical analysis is based on the ZEW...

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Evaluating environmental programs : the perspective of modern evaluation research

Frondel, Manuel; Schmidt, Christoph M. - 2001

Large-scale environmental programs generally commit substantial societal resources, making the evaluation of their actual effects on the relevant outcomes imperative. As the example of the subsidization of energy-saving appliances illustrates, much of the applied environmental economics...

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Blockholdings and corporate governance in the EU banking sector

Köhler, Matthias (contributor) - 2008

Ownership structures widely differ across the EU. While large blockholdings dominate in the banking sector in Continental Europe, ownership is widely dispersed in the United Kingdom. These differences have consequences for corporate governance in the EU banking sector. This paper analyzes the...

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Liberalization of the postal service market in Europe : entry with universal service and partial coverage

Beschorner, Patrick Frank Ernst (contributor) - 2008

In the advent of postal market liberalization in several European countries we expect that the incumbent operators anticipate entry by competitors who are not required to offer universal service, i.e. coverage of the entire country and uniform pricing. The market for postal service exhibits...

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Private regulation in European private law

Cafaggi, Fabrizio - 2009

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Developing supra-European emissions trading schemes : an efficiency and international trade analysis

Alexeeva-Talebi, Victoria (contributor); … - 2007

Given the coexistent EU priorities concerning the competitiveness of European industries and international emissions regulation at the company level, this paper assesses the efficiency and competitiveness implications of linking the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) to emerging trading schemes...

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Welfare regimes and distributional principles ; a conceptualand empirical evaluation of pension reform in Europe

Arza, Camila (contributor) - 2006

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