Although policymakers often discuss tradeoffs between bank competition and stability, past research provides differing … theoretical perspectives and empirical results on the impact of competition on risk. In this paper, we employ a new approach for … competition materially boosts bank risk. With respect to the mechanisms, we find that competition reduces bank profits, charter …

business cycle conditions at the time of deregulation significantly affect adjustment. A reduction of firing costs entails …

Product and labor market deregulation are fundamentally about reducing and redistributing rents, leading economic … players to adjust in turn to this new distribution. Thus, even if deregulation eventually proves beneficial, it comes with … central assumptions: Monopolistic competition in the goods market, which determines the size of rents; and bargaining in the …

's reform -- the first major privatization that also served as a model for other countries -- actually increased labor market … distortions. It is then shown that privatization with limited transition relief can reduce labor market distortions and produce …

among top 20 largest cities by population. We estimate the cost savings from privatization and explore the political economy … of why privatization rates are lower in high cost unionized areas. Our analysis finds that the full privatizaton could …

restraints, thereby, soften retail competition—an impact also generated by resale price maintenance (RPM). However, by …

that would inject private-school competition and increase technical efficiencies without cream skimming. Conditioning …. However, by adding conditions like tuition constraints such as vouchers can reap the benefits of school competition without …

Using a general-equilibrium simulation model featuring nominal rigidities and monopolistic competition in product and … labor markets, this paper estimates the macroeconomic benefits and international spillovers of an increase in competition …, greater competition produces large effects on macroeconomic performance, as measured by standard indicators. In particular, we …