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Yes, no, maybe : the ambiguous relationships between state-owned enterprises and states
Rentsch, Carole; Finger, Matthias P. - 2014
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011765198
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Industrial structure and privatisation of the Slovenian electricity industry
Hrovatin, N. - 1998
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001369253
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Infrastructure quality in deregulated industries : is there an underinvestment problem
Bühler, Stefan (contributor); Schmutzler, Armin (contributor) - 2002 - [Elektronische Ressource]
We investigate how various institutional settings affect a network provider’s incentives to invest in infrastructure quality. Under reasonable assumptions on demand, investment incentives turn out to be smaller under vertical separation than under vertical integration, though we also provide...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001729423
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Entry in liberalized railway markets : the German experience
Lalive, Rafael (contributor); Schmutzler, Armin (contributor) - 2007 - Rev. version
In Germany, competitive franchising is increasingly being used to procure passenger railway services that were previously provided by a state monopolist. This paper analyzes 77 tenders that differ with respect to network size, service frequency, contract duration and the proximity to other lines...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003387556
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Privatizations in developing countries and the government's budget constraint
Auriol, Emmanuelle; Picard, Pierre M. - 2002
with increasing returns to scale. We show that privatization is preferred to regulation for intermediate values of the … privatization is likely to disappear once the product market allows the entry of more than one firm.In this paper, we study the … show that privatization is preferred to regulation for intermediate values of the shadow cost of public funds (i.e., the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011597781
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Deregulating the bus industry
Gwilliam, K. M.; Nash, C. A.; Mackie, P. J. - 1984
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003567093
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Extending the public sector in the ICES model with an explicit government institution
Delpiazzo, Elisa; Parrado, Ramiro; Standardi, Gabriele - 2017
This paper aims to present an extension of the ICES model to capture the public sector. Departing from a demand system mainly derived from the GTAP model, ICES-XPS model disentangles the private and the public actors. The paper reviews the changes in both the database and the model equations...
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Why won't workers do their jobs? : labor market rigidity and job performance in the public sector
Chong, Alberto; Cozzubo, Angelo - 2017
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Pareto-improving structural reforms
Saint-Paul, Gilles - 2018
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The nature and causes of high Philippine electricity price and potential remedies
Ravago, Majah-Leah V. - 2023
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013536310