Rising costs in pharmaceutical expenditure have become a major concern for policy makers in Germany over the last years. Therefore the pharmaceutical market in Germany has been increasingly targeted by different kinds of regulations, focussing both on the supply and the demand side, using price,...

The pharmacy sector in many European countries continues to be subject to strict governmental regulations. This consists - depending on the country - of regulations on ownership, business operations, opening hours, personnel, pricing, prohibiting certain sales methods (e.g. mail order), and...

Die Anfang 2004 durchgeführten Reformen auf dem Handwerksmarkt hatten vor allem eine Erleichterung des Marktzutritts und damit mehr Wettbewerb zum Ziel. Die erwartete Zunahme der Anbieter, durch die es zu sinkenden Preisen und einer steigenden Nachfrage kommen soll, konnte zumindest auf...

This paper provides causal evidence of the impact of industrial policy on firms' long-term performance and quantifies industrial policy's long-term welfare effects. Using a natural experiment and unique historical data during the Heavy and Chemical Industry (HCI) Drive in South Korea, we find...