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Donor Contracting Conditions and Public Procurement : Causal Evidence from Kenyan Electrification
Wolfram, Catherine D.; Miguel, Edward; Hsu, Eric; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
There is limited causal evidence on the effects of different public procurement regulations on project quality and value-for-money for projects funded by national governments and foreign aid donors. This paper uses policy and experimental variation to study how two key contracting...
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The Effects of Short-Term Rental Regulation : Insights from Chicago
Jin, Ginger Zhe; Wagman, Liad; Zhong, Mengyi - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
We provide an in-depth study of short-term rental (STR) regulation in Chicago. While many municipalities choose between …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014576565
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European Pharmaceutical Price Regulation, Firm Profitability, and R&D Spending
Golec, Joseph H. - 2006
EU countries closely regulate pharmaceutical prices whereas the U.S. does not. This paper shows how price constraints affect the profitability, stock returns, and R&D spending of EU and U.S. firms. Compared to EU firms, U.S. firms are more profitable, earn higher stock returns, and spend more on...
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Patent Rights, Product Market Reforms, and Innovation
Aghion, Philippe - 2013
Can patent protection and product market competition complement each other in enhancing incentives to innovate? In this paper, we address this question by investigating how innovation responses to a substantial policy initiative increasing product market competition interact with the strength of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012459807
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Economic Research on Privacy Regulation : Lessons from the GDPR and Beyond
Johnson, Garrett - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
This paper reviews the economic literature on the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). I … highlight key challenges for studying the regulation including the difficulty of finding a suitable control group, variable firm … compliance and regulatory enforcement, as well as the regulation's impact on data observability. The economic literature on the …
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The Euro and Structural Reforms
Alesina, Alberto - 2008
This paper investigates whether or not the adoption of the Euro has facilitated the introduction of structural reforms, defined as deregulation in the product markets and liberalization and deregulation in the labor markets. After reviewing the theoretical arguments that may link the adoption of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012464168
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The Economic Future of Europe
Blanchard, Olivier - 2004
After three years of near stagnation, the mood in Europe is definitely gloomy. Many doubt that the European model has a future. In this paper, I argue that things are not so bad, and there is room for optimism. Over the last thirty years, productivity growth has been much higher in Europe than...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012468364
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Competitive Liberalization and a US-SACU FTA
Whalley, John - 2003
This paper evaluates a possible US-SACU (Southern African Customs Union) free trade agreement as part of a US approach to new preferential trade agreements characterized by the term competitive liberalization.' This is the idea that competition among large countries (US/EU) to negotiate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012468526
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Assessing job flows across countries : the role of industry, firm size and regulations
Haltiwanger, John C. - 2008
"This paper analyzes job flows in a sample of 16 industrial and emerging economies over the past decade, exploiting a harmonized firm-level dataset. It shows that industry and firm size effects (and especially firm size) account for a large fraction in the overall variability in job flows....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010521324
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Business environment and firm entry : evidence from international data
Klapper, Leora - 2004
"Using a comprehensive database of firms in Western and Eastern Europe, we study how the business environment in a country drives the creation of new firms. Our focus is on regulations governing entry. We find entry regulations hamper entry, especially in industries that naturally should have...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010523101