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The electricity sector in FYR Macedonia
Tieman, Alexander F. - 2011
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009487103
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The Electricity Sector in FYR Macedonia
Tieman, Alexander F. - 2011
This paper describes the current state of the Macedonian electricity sector. It looks at ongoing structural changes, driven by the gradual adoption of the EU acquis on energy, and comes up with estimates for electricity subsidies. It concludes by discussing the longer term outlook and sketching...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014403437
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The macroeconomic effects of labor and product market reforms in Morocco
Sarr, Babacar; Benlamine, Mokhtar; Munkacsi, Zsuzsa - 2019
This paper studies the macroeconomic effects and sequencing of (LMRs) and product (PMRs) market reforms in Morocco. It finds that introducing LMRs and PMRs simultaneously would add about 2.5 percentage points (pp) of GDP growth and reduce unemployment by about 2.2 pp after five years. If...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012122485
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Labor and Product Market Deregulation : Partial, Sequential, or Simultaneous Reform?
Berger, Helge - 2005
This study explores the effects of labor and product market deregulation on employment growth. Our empirical results …, based on an OECD country panel from 1990-2004, suggest that lower levels of product and labor market regulation foster … framework for evaluating deregulation strategies in the presence of reform costs. Optimal deregulation takes various forms …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014401625
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Market Liberalization Policies in a Reforming Socialist Economy
Dinopoulos, Elias - 1991
The IMF Working Papers series is designed to make IMF staff research available to a wide audience. Almost 300 Working Papers are released each year, covering a wide range of theoretical and analytical topics, including balance of payments, monetary and fiscal issues, global liquidity, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014395972
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Liberalization and the Behavior of Output During the Transition From Plan to Market
Hernández-Catá, Ernesto - 1997
This paper deals with liberalization and the evolution of output during the transition from plan to market. It explains why strong liberalization leads to a comparatively steep fall in output early in the transition, but a relatively strong recovery later on. Because it takes time to restructure...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014403341
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Bank lobbying : regulatory capture and beyond
Igan, Deniz; Lambert, Thomas - 2019
In this paper, we discuss whether and how bank lobbying can lead to regulatory capture and have real consequences through an overview of the motivations behind bank lobbying and of recent empirical evidence on the subject. Overall, the findings are consistent with regulatory capture, which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012103556
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Market regulation, cycles and growth in a monetary union
Abbritti, Mirko; Weber, Sebastian - 2019
We build a two-country currency union DSGE model with endogenous growth to assess the role of cross-country differences in product and labor market regulations for long-term growth and for the adjustment to shocks. We show that with endogenous growth, there is no reason to expect real income...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012022074
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The Persistence of Corruption and Regulatory Compliance Failures : Theory and Evidence
Fredriksson, Per G. - 2003
This paper examines the reasons why corruption and policy distortions tend to exhibit a high degree of persistence in certain regimes. We identify circumstances under which a firm seeks to evade regulations by (1) bribing of local inspectors, and (2) lobbying high-level government politicians to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014400451
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Regulatory Capture in Banking
International Monetary Fund - 2006
. It is shown that such ""regulatory capture"" in banking does not imply ineffectual regulation; a ""captured"" regulator …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014400538