inefficiency. We analyze the effects of regulatory intervention via educating naive consumers on equilibrium prices and welfare … increase welfare; however, it may also decrease welfare if education is insufficient to alter the equilibrium information and …

welfare by discouraging entry. However, in the presence of a licence fee, bureaucratic delay creates a strategic opportunity …

labor market regulation is high. Moreover, there is evidence in our sample that product market deregulation promotes labor …

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

context scale economies dominated the effects of choice and competition. This points to an often ignored trade-off between … scale and competition …

This paper presents a novel method for estimating the likely welfare effects of competition reforms for both current … mobile services and an increase of 4.6 million new users. This reform would generate a welfare gain of 1.37 percent among all … consumers are more likely to reap the benefits of greater competition. This method represents a powerful tool for supporting the …

This paper offers an eclectic survey of the political economy of labor regulation in the United States at federal and … review, and interjurisdictional competition as well as the implications of union decline. Our analysis should help dispel any …

, 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 …