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The role of the state is finally the decision of the citizens. The government, being a result of elections, can provide more or less protection and increase or decrease expenditures. Anyway for achieving goals and for being performant the state definitly has to promote a good governance. Good...
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The past few years have seen a growing trend towards the focus on audit liability. In the UK, the Company Law Reform Bill which became the Companies Act 2006, has removed the previously existing limits on auditor liability and compelled an agreement between the company and the auditor. As well...
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Nash implementable if the number of firms is at least two. Thus, monopoly regulation whenever consumers are favored by the …
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Public transport (urban and intercity) is organized in Spain both through concession contracts and public ownership. The regulator fixes prices and level of services,as well as the level of subsidy. This paper examines the regulated system in the Spanish bus industry in the last decades.
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In this article a brief revision of the European and Portuguese Regulatory frameworks is made, especially in terms of the interconnection of broadband internet services that are offered by cable operators. A formalization with two cable networks is presented, in order to obtain a benchmark for...
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This paper discusses the use of benchmarking in general and its application to the drinking water sector. It systematizes the various classifications on performance measurement, discusses some of the pitfalls of benchmark studies and provides some examples of benchmarking in the water sector....
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The freight rail deregulation have been considered, for long time, as a factor of security and safety reduction. This article means to show that, for the moment, we can't consider french freight rail deregulation have a significative impact on security and safety. So, I look if it's possible...
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This paper provides an overview of the policy implications of technological developments, and how these technologies can accommodate an increased level of market competition. It is based on the work carried out in the SPORT VIEWS (Spectrum Policies and Radio Technologies Viable In Emerging...
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The article examines a differentiated-products duopoly model where the firms make entry decisions to two markets and then choose prices. The effects of product differentiation and entry costs are analyzed in two games: with and without price discrimination between the markets. Allowing price...
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of these complaints coinciding with the accelerating suicide incidences due to credit card debts, regulation has been … bringing out temporary solutions. In 2005, a more comprehensive credit card law came into effect. With this regulation, Central … this paper; reasons, advantages, disadvantages of this regulation are discussed along with a quick glance on the …
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