is sufficiently well informed about consumer and firm behavior. -- bounded rationality ; competition ; regulation … inefficiency. We analyze the effects of regulatory intervention via educating naive consumers on equilibrium prices and welfare … increase welfare; however, it may also decrease welfare if education is insufficient to alter the equilibrium information and …

inefficiency. We analyze the effects of regulatory intervention via educating naive consumers on equilibrium prices and welfare … increase welfare; however, it may also decrease welfare if education is insufficient to alter the equilibrium information and …

broker therefore strategically sells partial information on consumers in order to soften competition between firms. Extending …

This paper analyzes the monthly evolution of bank competition in Mexico from 2008 to 2019 using different measures …. Subsequently, we analyze whether the 2014 financial reform had an effect on some of our competition measures. We use ordinary and … supporting the idea that the reform had a positive average effect and increased banks competition intensity during a few years …

econometric exercise we illustrate the potential of regulation as an explanatory variable for competition. …The aim of this paper is to describe product market competition in the Belgian economy for the period 1997]2004 and to … illustrate some causality with market regulation. The analysis is held at the industry level, for selected manufacturing and …

its endeavour. In this respect, an EU competition policy that focuses on consumer welfare is one way to gain support by … the citizens of its member states. The Roaming Regulation that has reduced the mobile communications costs while … increase in consumer welfare (primarily by reducing prices) and that they protect the rights and interests of consumers. In the …

credible commitments on the state executive. In contrast, we find support for those who conceptualize political competition as … promises of public goods, including efficient markets and effective and fair regulation …

This paper analyzes the monthly evolution of bank competition in Mexico from 2008 to 2019 using different measures …. Subsequently, we analyze whether the 2014 financial reform had an effect on some of our competition measures. We use ordinary and … supporting the idea that the reform had a positive average effect and increased banks competition intensity during a few years …

costs and the intensity of competition. Our policy analysis demonstrates the perverse effects government imposed fairness …