positively to the product market reform in industries of countries where patent rights are strong, not where these are weak. The … positive response to the reform is more pronounced in industries in which innovators rely more on patenting than in other …

This paper discusses the fundamental underpinnings and some implications of transaction cost regulation (TCR), a …. TCR sees regulation as the governance structure of these interactions, and thus, as in standard transaction cost economics … possible institutional alternative. In that sense, politics becomes fundamental to understanding regulation as the governance …

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 …

traditionally left to competing provincial securities commissions. The current state of securities regulation renders impotent US … federal securities regulation models are weighted in light of the current state of their needed complementary institutions …

1985-2007. Competitive pressures are proxied with sectoral product market regulation data. We find evidence that …

as they attempt to reform their frameworks for financial regulation. These economies are striving to balance the quest … objectives can in fact reinforce one another. I also discuss aspects of macroeconomic policies and cross-border regulation that …