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This paper is concerned with the question of how to deal with Google Shopping’s position on online markets in order to prevent harm to public welfare. From the perspective of sellers and buyers of goods and services in Germany, Google can be seen as a gatekeeper to the Internet and thus as an...
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The terms of reference for this inquiry ask the Commission to assess whether price regulation of airport services is …
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In order to promote the sustainable growth of renewable energies in the German heat market, strong political impulses equivalent to the German Renewable Energy Sources Act for the electrical power market and the exemption of biodiesel from the German petroleum tax for the fuel market are...
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Drug price regulation is acquiring increasing significance in the investment choices of the pharmaceutical sector. The … for money. However, price regulation is itself a source of distortion. In this study, we examine the welfare properties of …
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Barley marketing, like a number of other commodities in Australia, is subject to the requirements of the Hilmer reforms. Approaches to the analysis of the possiblederegulation of barely marketing are considered. Emphasis is placed on the use of a spatial equilibrium model designed to assess the...
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Gas prices around the world vary widely despite being connected by international trade of liquefied natural gas (LNG). Some industry observers argue that major exporters have acted irrationally by not arbitraging prices. This is also difficult to reconcile with a competitive model in which...
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Gas prices around the world va’y widely despite being connected by international trade of LNG Some industry observers argue hat major exporters g , Qatar) have acted irrationally by failing to engage in price arbitrage. This is also difficult to reconcile with a perfectly competitive model in...
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This paper combines the pricing-to-market equation and the residual demand elasticity equation to measure the extent of competition in the export markets of ceramic tiles, which has been dominated by Italian and Spanish producers since the late eighties. The findings show that the tile exporters...
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characteristics. In the first stage all polluters bid in an auction for the distribution of the fixed supply of permits issued by the … auction. In the secondary market the low-cost emitters are net sellers and the high-cost emitters are net buyers. Moreover … unambiguously above the auction clearing price. I find that the aggregate compliance cost when polluters act strategically increases …
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additional externality, and that a secondary market of emissions permits (in addition to a previous auction) does not solve such …
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