This paper is a comparative study of the responses to the 1995 Wharton School survey of derivative usage among US non … derivative usage is most common, followed closely by interest rate derivatives, with commodity derivatives a distant third. In … choice of instruments, and the influence of their market view when taking derivative positions. These differences appear to …

U.S. airlines have lost nearly $60 billion (2009 dollars) in domestic markets since deregulation, most of it in the … that challenges the economics of deregulation. I examine some of the most common explanations among industry participants …

timing of bank deregulation, we evaluate the impact of liberalizing intrastate branching restrictions on the distribution of … income. We find that branch deregulation significantly reduced income inequality by boosting the incomes of lower income …

The success of deregulation in creating a viable private rail freight system in the ?U.S. since 1979 is relatively … undisputed. Deregulation has proceeded in three ways: (i) eased rate setting restrictions; (ii) simplified merger applications … of deregulation on rail costs from those directly attributable to mergers and acquisitions. We employ a translog variable …

techniques relative to matched plants that were not subject to any regulatory change. Deregulation also led to a shift toward …

markets. Deregulation has been accompanied by substantial market consolidation and today the three largest companies control … more than one-third of all U.S. nuclear capacity. We find that deregulation and consolidation are associated with a 10 …