Two very different approaches are used to explore the relation between market orientation and gender wage differentials in international data. More market orientation might be related to gender wage gaps via its effects on competition in product and labor markets and the general absence of...

This paper empirically analyzes the effects of de jure financial openness on institutional quality as captured by indicators on investment risk, corruption level, impartiality of judiciary system as well as the effectiveness of bureaucratic authorities. Using a panel data set of more than 110...

Ziel dieses Beitrages ist es, die Argumente zugunsten der Beibehaltung des Ladenschlußgesetzes empirisch auf ihre Stichhaltigkeit hin zu überprüfen. Dabei sollen vor allem auch die Erfahrungen des Auslandes mit flexiblen Ladenöffnungszeiten berücksichtigt werden. Hinsichtlich der...

Liberalization and regulatory reform of telecom markets has emerged as a high profile policy issue. This paper analyzes how the multilateral system under the World Trade Organization can help developing countries in promoting their own information infrastructures. We focus on a specific ?regime?...

During the past two decades, international trade in telecommunication services has significantly intensified. What is more, an increasing number of telecommunications operators have begun to expand their activities beyond national borders through FDIs, joint ventures, and cooperation agreements....

The article refers to the interplay between deregulation resp. liberalization of the telecommunications sector and the market behaviour of TC-firms. In the past monopolization of the sector left the PTTs in a comfortable national monopolistic situation, but substantially confined their scope of...

Mit der Globalisierung sind sowohl Chancen als auch Risiken verbunden. Auf welche Länder und welche Märkte erstreckt sich der Globalisierungsprozeß? Wie können die Vorteile der Globalisierung besser genutzt und deren Gewinne gerechter verteilt werden?

Die Regulierungspolitik und -instrumente der verschiedenen Nationen auf dem Felder der Telekommunikation werden vor allem danach eingeschätzt, in welchem Maße sie den gegenwärtigen und zu erwartenden Herausforderungen, die durch die Entwicklungen in der Technologie und den Märkten...

Energy market liberalization and international economic interdependence have affected governments' ability to react to security of supply challenges. On the other side, whereas in the past security of supply was largely seen as a national responsibility, the frame of reference has increasingly...

This paper presents an overview of the reasons why unregulated markets for the production of electricity cannot be expected to invest sufficiently in generation capacity on a continuous basis. Although it can be shown that periodic price spikes should provide generation companies with sufficient...