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Product market regulation and macroeconomic performance: a review of cross country evidence

Schiantarelli, Fabio - 2005

country data to study the effect of product market regulation and reform on a country's macroeconomic performance. After a … of product market regulation on mark-ups, firm dynamics, investment, employment, innovation productivity, and output …

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Conceptualising informality: regulation and enforcement

Kanbur, Ravi - 2009

specified regulation(s). Relative to the regulation(s), four conceptual categories that can help frame the analysis are: (A …) regulation applicable and compliant, (B) regulation applicable and non-compliant, (C) regulation non-applicable after adjustment … of activity, and (D) regulation non-applicable to the activity. Rather than use the generic labels 'informal' and 'formal …

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Regulation and UK retailing productivity: evidence from micro data

Haskel, Jonathan; Sadun, Raffaella - 2009

We use UK micro data to explore whether planning regulation reduced UK retailing productivity growth between 1997 and …

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Policies to promote growth and economic efficiency in Mexico

Arias, Javier; Azuara, Oliver; Bernal, Pedro; Heckman, … - 2010

regulation. We focus on two issues that should receive more attention in discussions of Mexican policy. (1) The family is under … heavy burden of monopoly and regulation. We find little evidence that the introduction of social protection programs for …

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Corruption and the shadow economy: an empirical analysis

Dreher, Axel; Schneider, Friedrich G. - 2006

This paper analyzes the influence of the shadow economy on corruption and vice versa. We hypothesize that corruption and shadow economy are substitutes in high income countries while they are complements in low income countries. The hypotheses are tested for a cross-section of 120 countries and...

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MIMIC models, cointegration and error correction: an application to the French shadow economy

Bühn, Andreas; Schneider, Friedrich G. - 2008

The analysis of economic loss attributed to the shadow economy has attracted much attention in recent years by both academics and policy makers. Often, multiple indicators multiple causes (MIMIC) models are applied to time series data estimating the size and development of the shadow economy for...

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Add-on pricing, naive consumers, and the hidden welfare costs of education

Kosfeld, Michael; Schüwer, Ulrich - 2011

Previous research shows that firms shroud high add-on prices in competitive markets with naive consumers leading to inefficiency. We analyze the effects of regulatory intervention via educating naive consumers on equilibrium prices and welfare. Our model allows firms to shroud, unshroud, or...

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Autopsy on an Empire : Understanding Mortality in Russia and the Former Soviet Union

Brainerd, Elizabeth; Cutler, David M. - 2005

Male life expectancy at birth fell by over six years in Russia between 1989 and 1994. Many other countries of the former Soviet Union saw similar declines, and female life expectancy fell as well. Using cross-country and Russian household survey data, we assess six possible explanations for this...

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Limited self-control, obesity and the loss of happiness

Stutzer, Alois - 2007

Obesity has become a major health issue. Research in economics has provided important insights as to how technological progress reduced the relative price of food and contributed to the increase in obesity. However, the increased availability of food might well have overstrained will power and...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268148

Evidence of unequal treatment in hiring against obese applicants: a field experiment

Rooth, Dan-Olof - 2007

This study presents evidence of recruitment discrimination against obese individuals in Sweden by sending fictitious applications to real job openings. Otherwise identical applications were randomly assigned a portrait photograph of an obese or a normalweight job applicant. Applications with an...

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