We study empirically the determinants of public tomb prices in a sample of Spanish towns. We document strong evidence in favor that cemeteries act as local monopolies that use second degree price discrimination to maximize profits. Additionally we report that local cemetery prices react to...

This paper constructs several objective indicators of regulatory intensity in the context of the Spanish decentralization since 1978. Our aim is to develop a quantitative measure of the levels of regulatory intensity set by different regions in Spain. The dynamic nature of the decentralization...

The approval of Regulation 1/2003 and the accompanying "modernisation package" of EU antitrust rules has taken antitrust into the civil process. Some rules of this new private enforcement framework are clearly different from those of publicly enforced systems. Most noteworthy are the differences...