It has traditionally been argued that the development of telecommunications infrastructure is dependent on the quality … telecommunications services and find it to be much smaller in cellular telephony than in the others. By evaluating the importance of … offer policy implications for alleviating differences between countries in international telecommunications development …

This paper presents a novel method for estimating the likely welfare effects of competition reforms for both current … consumers are more likely to reap the benefits of greater competition. This method represents a powerful tool for supporting the … analysis of competition reforms in developing countries, particularly in sectors known for excluding significant segments of …

rates. Using the World Input-Output Database (WIOD) we employ the proposed indicators to shed new light on changes in cost … competitiveness at the sectoral level for Germany, and compare the empirical evidence with selected other euro area countries …

effect of private-school competition on students' entrepreneurial intentions. We exploit Catholic-Church resistance to state …

in international data. More market orientation might be related to gender wage gaps via its effects on competition in …

Using German establishment data, this paper examines the relationship between product market competition and the extent … of employer provided training. We demonstrate that high product market competition is associated with increased training … except when the competition is so severe as to threaten liquidation to a firm. We take this as evidence of an inverted U …