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Internet filtering trends in liberal democracies: French and German regulatory debates
Wright, Joss; Breindl, Yana - In: Internet Policy Review 2 (2013) 2, pp. 1-10
Liberal democracies are increasingly considering internet filtering as a means to assert state control over online information exchanges. A variety of filtering techniques have been implemented in Western states to prevent access to certain content deemed harmful. This development poses a series...
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The privacy role of information intermediaries through self-regulation
Sargsyan, Tatevik - In: Internet Policy Review 5 (2016) 4, pp. 1-17
implementation of privacy principles does not necessarily translate into meaningful privacy safeguards for users in the face of … have discretionary power to set their policies and practices prioritising strategic interests over privacy commitments …. Discussions in this paper complement existing studies on the implementation of privacy principles stipulated in Fair Information …
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A welfare analysis of "junk" information and spam filters
Falkinger, Josef - 2008
This paper analyses the equilibrium effects of individual information filters. Information is modelled as advertisements which are distributed across a population of consumers with heterogeneous preferences. An advertisement that provides knowledge about a product with little or no utility for a...
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The public-private partnerships' impact on transparency and effectiveness in the EU internet content regulation: The Case of "Network Enforcement Act (NetzDG)" in Germany
Park, Jieum - 2020
This master's thesis examined the internet content regulation in Germany from a perspective of Public-Private Partnerships. In the European Union, there has been a latest trend of initiatives aiming for combating illegal content online under the self-regulatory regime. Yet, concerns of this...
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Self-Regulation Training, Labor Market Reintegration of Unemployed Individuals, and Locus of Control - Evidence from a Natural Field Experiment
Berger, Eva M.; Koenig, Guenther; Mueller, Henning; … - 2016
Recent evidence suggests that self-regulation plays an important role for labor market success. We conducted a randomized natural field experiment embedded in an existing labor market reactivation program to examine the effect of a self-regulation training on long-term unemployed individuals....
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Barriers to entry and the self-regulating profession: Evidence from the market for Italian accountants
Bortolotti, Bernardo; Fiorentini, Gianluca - 1997
This paper provides a systematic study of the market for accountants in Italy during the period 1980-91. Firstly, it develops a comparison in the determinants of incomes of the two competing professions (Commercialisti and Ragionieri) focusing on entry as one of the main variables of interest to...
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Self-regulation and social welfare: The political economy of corporate environmentalism
Maxwell, John W.; Lyon, Thomas Peyton; Hackett, Steven … - 1998
We extend the economic theory of regulation to allow for strategic self-regulation that preempts political action. When political "entry" is costly for consumer, firms can deter it through voluntary restraints. Unlike standard entry models, deterrence is achieved by over-investing to raise the...
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Self-regulation, taxation and public voluntary environmental agreements
Lyon, Thomas P.; Maxwell, John W. - 2000
An increasingly popular instrument for solving environmental problems is the "public voluntary agreement (VA)", in which government offers modest technical assistance and positive publicity to firms that reach certain environmental goals. Prior papers treat such agreements as a superior,...
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Private politics and public regulation
Egorov, Georgy; Harstad, Bård - 2015
Private politics are often introduced by market participants in the absence of public regulation. But when is private politics enough, efficient, or better than administratively costly public regulation? We present a novel framework in which we can study the interaction between regulation,...
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Can Minimum Prices Assure the Quality of Professional Services?
Meran, Georg; Schwarze, Reimund - 2005
This papers studies the effects on service quality and consumer surplus of a minimum price which is fixed by a bureaucratic non-monopolistic professional association. It shows that the price floor set by a Niskanen-type professional assocation will maximize consumer surplus only if consumers...
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