. These allow accounting for both the direct effects of sectoral regulation on within-sector performance and the indirect … effects of sectoral regulation on firms in other sectors through intersectoral input-output linkages. Our econometric … at the global technological frontier and a catch up term. We assume that regulation can affect productivity growth both …

has little influence, as predicted. Seller competition drives down prices and yields maximal trade, but does not lead to …

part of the social network. We examine what makes the decision to trust a stranger different from the decision to trust a … member of a given social network (a friend), by comparing the determinants of these two decisions for the same individual. We …'s trustworthiness leading to inefficient outcomes. Our findings suggest that even within a social network, trade may often be limited to …

, inequality is highly responsive to the increase in product market competition triggered by domestic regulatory reform …

in international data. More market orientation might be related to gender wage gaps via its effects on competition in … product and labor markets and the general absence of regulation in the economy. The first approach employs meta-analysis data …

punish each other (i.e., in a complete network). The architecture of social networks becomes important when individuals can … only monitor and punish the other individuals to whom they are connected by the network. We study several non …-trivial network architectures that give rise to their own distinctive patterns of behavior. Nevertheless, a number of simple, yet …