The study assesses the state of competition in the Philippine wholesale and retail sector, focusing on the distribution of specialized goods and pharmaceutical products. It uses the traditional tools of analysis like concentration ratios and price-cost margins in determining the competitive...

Die Medien sind ein plastisches Beispiel für technisch-institutionelle Interdependenzen: Im Zuge der von technischen Neuerungen vorangetriebenen Marktdynamik werden tradierte institutionelle Arrangements obsolet, womit neue ordnungspolitische Herausforderungen entstehen. Wenn aber die Medien...

Die Arbeitsgruppe Wettbewerb des Wirtschaftspolitischen Ausschusses im Verein für Sozialpolitik hat ihre Jahrestagung 2010 der Frage 'Reform der Finanzmarktregulierung' gewidmet. Der vorliegende Band, der von Prof. Peter Oberender (Universität Bayreuth) herausgegeben wird, setzt seinen...

Einmal mehr zeigt sich die Heterogenität der Mitgliedsstaaten der Europäischen Union in ihren wirtschaftlichen, politischen und institutionellen Rahmenbedingungen ebenso wie in ihren wirtschaftspolitischen Präferenzen und in ihren Vorstellungen, wie auf Herausforderungen reagiert werden...

This paper reviews the current empirical literature on competition and market structure of Philippine industries. It shows that weak competition is one of the fundamental factors that explain limited growth, productivity, and employment in the economy. Philippine experience has shown that...

This paper looks at the regulatory reforms in the electricity and downstream oil industries, two important inputs to the production process that were heavily regulated by the government. While electricity has strong externalities as well as economies of scale and scope, the oil industry does not...

This paper is a preliminary review of the state of competition in the insurance industry of selected Asian countries. In particular, it explores how competition has been affected by the market structure and the regulatory regime in the insurance industries of the ASEAN5 economies - Indonesia,...

The Philippines is an archipelago of approximately 7,107 islands. It has a long coastline extending to 235,973 square kilometers which is longer than that of the United States (UNESCAP 2002b). The country's archipelagic configuration requires an efficient maritime transport infrastructure...

Following the global trend in using private sector participation in infrastructure financing and development, the Philippines has largely utilized privatization as a major approach to the development of infrastructure, particularly in power, water, transport, and telecommunications sectors. To...