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Regulatory Barriers and Entry in Developing Economies
Bennett, John; Estrin, Saul - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
We model entry by entrepreneurs into new markets in developing economies with regulatory barriers in the form of … licence fees and bureaucratic delay. Because laissez faire leads to ‘excessive’ entry, a licence fee can increase welfare by … discouraging entry. However, in the presence of a licence fee, bureaucratic delay creates a strategic opportunity, which can result …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822475
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Regulatory Barriers & Entry in Developing Economies
Bennett, John; Estrin, Saul - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2006
We model entry by entrepreneurs into new markets in developing economies with regulatory barriers in the form of … licence fees and bureaucratic delay. Because laissez faire leads to ‘excessive’ entry, a licence fee can increase welfare by … discouraging entry. However, in the presence of a licence fee, bureaucratic delay creates a strategic opportunity, which can result …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005677465
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The Korean Energy and GHG Target Management System: An Alternative to Kyoto-Protocol Emissions Trading Systems?
Niederhafner, Stefan - Technology Management, Economics and Policy Program … - 2014
The Energy and Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Target Management System (TMS) is one of South Korea’s major instruments to achieve national energy policy as well as GHG reduction targets. The TMS was introduced in the late 1990s, focusing on energy only and aiming to reduce the level of South Korea’s...
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The "resurrection" of industrial policy in the European Union and its impact on industrial policy in the New Member Countries
Török, Ádám; Csuka, Gyöngyi; Kovács, Bernadett; … - WWWforEurope - 2013
The aim of this study is to consider the main factors affecting the industrial policy in Central and Eastern European Countries (CEECs) by elucidating the issues such as; the connection between competitiveness and industrial policy, innovation, manufacturing, green growth and environment. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010928085
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The Economics of Climate Change and Science of Global Warming Debate:African Perspectives
Nwaobi, Godwin - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
As at today, it is an indisputable fact that the climate is changing and there is a scientific consensus that the world is becoming a warmer place principally attributable to human activities. Regrettably, the physical impacts of future climate change on humans and the environment will include...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011259199
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Creative accounting in the British Industrial Revolution: Cotton manufacturers and the ‘Ten Hours’ Movement.
Toms, Steven; Shepherd, Alice - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
The paper examines an early case of creative accounting, and how, during British industrialization, accounting was enlisted by the manufacturers’ interest to resist demands, led by the ‘Ten hours’ movement, for limiting the working day. In contrast to much of the prior literature, which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011260306
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Comparative advantage, industrial policy and the World Bank: back to first principles
Singh, Ajit - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
Abstract This paper provides a critical analysis of the World Bank’s new thinking on industrial policy. After outlining the changing perspectives on industrial policy put forward by the World Bank over the last three decades, we argue that the bank’s economists have taken one step forward...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011260514
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Comparative Advantage, Industrial Policy and the World Bank: Back to First Principles
Singh, A. - ESRC Centre for Business Research - 2011
This paper provides a critical analysis of the World Bank's new thinking on industrial policy. After outlining the changing perspectives on industrial policy put forward by the World Bank over the last three decades, we argue that the bank's economists have taken one step forward (the approval...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010548041
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Analysis of Several Productive Development Policies in Uruguay
Barrios, Juan Jose; Gandelman, Nestor; Michelin, Gustavo - Inter-American Development Bank - 2010
This paper reviews and assesses some of the Productive Development Policies currently being implemented in Uruguay. Three horizontal and three vertical policies are considered in light of the market and public failures they attempt to address and minimize. Horizontal policies comprise...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008518152
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Regulation of entry and the distortion of industrial organization
Fisman, Raymond; Allende, Virginia Sarria - In: Journal of Applied Economics XIII (2010) May, pp. 91-111
We study the distortions of industrial organization caused by entry regulation. We take advantage of heterogeneity … affected in countries according to entry regulation. First, we consider the effect of entry regulation on the (static) industry … structure. We find that regulation has a greater impact in industries with lower natural barriers to entry, both on the number …
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