the United States, is that the heavy regulation of Europe reduces its growth. Using newly assembled data on regulation in … several sectors of many OECD countries, we provide substantial and robust evidence that various measures of regulation in the … product market, concerning in particular entry barriers, are negatively related to investment. The implications of our …

on capital deepening and technical progress by examining the impact of regulations on investment (domestic and foreign …-competitive reforms tend to increase both investment and multifactor productivity and, through both these channels, they can lead to … capital et sur le progrès technique en nous appuyant sur trois études qui analysent l’impact de la régulation anti …

-of-return regulation because investment decisions (what can be included in the rate base) are usually evaluated in a discretionary manner …This paper finds that coherent regulatory policies can boost investment in network industries of OECD economies. Rate …-of-return regulation is generally thought to result in overinvestment, while incentive regulation is believed to entail underinvestment …

different investment levels, the effects on the choice between different technologies have received scant attention. This paper …

Authorities often lack information for efficient regulation of the commons. This paper derives a criterion comparing … significant impact. Finally, either regulatory instrument may induce the highest technology investment levels. …

remunerating approach implemented and perhaps still the most applied. However, this price-based regulation has been applied no …

broadband market, where the incumbent has an investment option to build a Next Generation network (NGN) and it can do so by … making an investment sharing agreement with the OLO, or alone. Two different kinds of investment sharing contractual forms … are analyzed, a basic investment sharing, where no side-payment is given for the use of the NGN between co-investors, and …

This paper investigates the incentives to invest in improving the quality (as distinguished to investment in a new … activity) in telecommunication industry using the empirical example of wireless markets. We highlight that investment … intensity and penetration rate. We show that there is a target amount of investment for each national market that firms strive …