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Remarks at the 2013 OTC Derivatives Conference, Paris, France.
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Remarks at the 2013 OTC Derivatives Conference, Paris, France.
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Based on a database of 326 merger cases scrutinized by the European Commission between 1990 and 2007, we evaluate the economic impact of the change in European merger legislation in 2004. We first propose a general framework to assess merger policy effectiveness, which is based on standard...
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Over the past decade, Africa has been experiencing an economic resurgence. Yet, the continent is facing several difficult challenges and many economies of the region continue to be among the least competitive in the world. Africa's competitiveness is adversely affected by: (i) poor regional...
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This research paper which investigated the potential economic and revenue impacts of a National Reform Agenda (NRA) found that the NRA has the potential to significantly raise national output and incomes in Australia. The main purpose of the study was to help governments better understand the...
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There is a heated debate on whether markets erode social responsibility and moral behavior. However, it is a … challenging task to identify and measure moral behavior in markets. Based on a theoretical model, we examine in an experiment the … relation between trading volume, prices and moral behavior by setting up markets that either impose a negative externality on …
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the players and policies in the many distinct domestic and international markets that exist for the inputs and outputs of …
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Is competition perceived as a fair procedure? We report data from laboratory experiments where a powerful buyer can trade with one of several sellers. Sellers who feel shortchanged can engage in counterproductive behavior to punish the buyer. We find that the same unfavorable terms of trade...
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Is competition perceived as a fair procedure? We report data from laboratory experiments where a powerful buyer can trade with one of several sellers. Sellers who feel shortchanged can engage in counterproductive behavior to punish the buyer. We find that the same unfavorable terms of trade...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010360299
Markets are ubiquitous in our daily life and, despite many imperfections, they are a great source of human welfare …. Nevertheless, there is a heated recent debate on whether markets erode social responsibility and moral behavior. In fact …, competitive pressure on markets may create strong incentives for unethical practices (like using child labor) to increase …
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