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Product Market Regulation in the Non-Manufacturing Sectors of OECD Countries: Measurement and Highlights
Conway, Paul; Nicoletti, Giuseppe - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2006
of competition and economic performance.<P>Régulation des services dans les pays de l'OCDE : évaluation et traits …Product market regulation in the non-manufacturing sectors of OECD countries: measurement and highlights This paper … describes a new set of indicators that measure differences in the regulation of non-manufacturing sectors of OECD countries over …
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Add-on Pricing, Naive Consumers, and the Hidden Welfare Costs of Education
Kosfeld, Michael; Schüwer, Ulrich - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
Previous research shows that firms shroud high add-on prices in competitive markets with naive consumers leading to inefficiency. We analyze the effects of regulatory intervention via educating naive consumers on equilibrium prices and welfare. Our model allows firms to shroud, unshroud, or...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009367427
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Add-on Pricing, Naive Consumers, and the Hidden Welfare Costs of Education
Kosfeld, Michael; Schüwer, Ulrich - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
Previous research shows that firms shroud high add-on prices in competitive markets with naive consumers leading to inefficiency. We analyze the effects of regulatory intervention via educating naive consumers on equilibrium prices and welfare. Our model allows firms to shroud, unshroud, or...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009359868
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Add-on pricing in retail financial markets and the fallacies of consumer education
Kosfeld, Michael; Schüwer, Ulrich - Research Center SAFE (Sustainable Architecture for … - 2014
This paper explores consequences of consumer education on prices and welfare in retail financial markets when some consumers are naive about shrouded add-on prices and firms try to exploit it. Allowing for different information and pricing strategies we show that education is unlikely to push...
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Moving Towards a More Dynamic Business Sector in Spain
Pandiella, Alberto González - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2014
procedures, internationalisation needs to be fostered, and competition strengthened. In addition, the negative impact of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011276814
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Exploring Growth Linkages and Market Opportunities for Agriculture in Southern Africa
Nin Pratt, Alejandro; Diao, Xinshen - In: Journal of Economic Integration 23 (2008), pp. 104-137
The heterogeneity of southern African countries offers the region a unique opportunity to exploit agricultural potential and trade opportunities through regional integration. We analyze the implications of such opportunities using a regional general equilibrium model. We find that growth in...
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Services Trade Restrictiveness Index (STRI): Transport and Courier Services
Grosso, Massimo Geloso; Nordås, Hildegunn Kyvik; Ueno, … - Trade and Agriculture Directorate, Organisation de … - 2014
different regulatory frameworks and, in some cases, to a relatively elevated degree of regulation. Indices for air transport …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011277097
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The Complete Issue
Institute for the Integration of Latin America and the … - In: Integración y Comercio / Integration and Trade 34 (2012) 16, pp. 1-128
This issue of the Journal is devoted to physical integration in Latin America. The Editorial Committee set about designing the contents with a call for papers, which suggested topics and questions that focused on the subject while covering a broad spectrum. Regional physical integration is...
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Creating a National Champion: International Competition and Unbundling in Rail Transportation
Juranek, Steffen - Institutt for foretaksøkonomi, Norges Handelshøyskole … - 2015
This article investigates the incentives to unbundle operations and infrastructure in the railway industry in a two-country model with international network effects from the viewpoint of national governments. The analysis shows that the decision to unbundle institutionally or organizationally...
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X-factor estimation and controversies: the case of Lima´s airport
Defilippi Angeldonis, Enzo - Departamento Académico de Economía, Universidad del … - 2013
In theory, X-factor regulation provides better incentives for cost reduction than previously widely-used rate …-of-return regulation. However, a deeper look into how this factor is effectively estimated shows the regulator enjoys a great deal of …
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