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Airport Privatization Competition Including Domestic Airline Networks
Kawasaki, Akio - 2013
This paper addresses the problem of hub airport privatization, similar to the studies by Matsumura and Matsushima (2012 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013071698
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The Regulatory Reforms in Italian Local Public Services : An Overview and Some Lessons for the Future
Bianco, Magda; Sestito, Paolo - 2009
The paper summarizes the framework used in a research project on local public services carried out by Bank of Italy researchers. It discusses motivations, characteristics, results and general lessons of the project, whose sector-specific results are detailed in individual papers. The project was...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014210473
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Investment Liberalization - Who Benefits from Cross-Border Mergers & Acquisitions?
Norbäck, Pehr-Johan; Persson, Lars - 2001
Investment liberalizing countries are often concerned that cross-border mergers & acquisitions might have an adverse effect on domestic firms and benefit multinational enterprises (MNEs). However, given that domestic assets are sufficiently scarce, we identify a preemption effect and an asset...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010334722
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Privatization and liberalization in vertically linked markets
Stähler, Frank; Traub, Stefan - 2009
liberalization and their privatization which can be complete or partial such that upstream production is still run by an SOE. We show … in most cases even if a holdup problem exists. For any vertically separated structure we find that privatization through … multi-product firms welfare dominates privatization through single-product firms. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298993
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Why Reform Fails: The 'Politics of Policies' in Costa Rican Telecommunications Liberalization
Hoffmann, Bert - 2007
As the 'Washington Consensus' reforms are losing momentum in Latin America, the Inter- American Development Bank (IDB) is calling for shifting the focus from the content of policy choices to the political process of their implementation. As this paper studies the paradigmatic case of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010330105
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The Challenges of Infrastructure Privatisation
Kessides, Ioannis N. - In: CESifo DICE Report 03 (2005) 1, pp. 19-25
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Privatization, deregulation, and capital accumulation
Glomm, Gerhard; Méndez, Fabio - In: Southern economic journal 75 (2009) 4, pp. 976-995
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003863343
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Privatization and liberalization in vertically linked markets
Stähler, Frank; Traub, Stefan - 2009
liberalization and their privatization which can be complete or partial such that upstream production is still run by an SOE. We show … in most cases even if a holdup problem exists. For any vertically separated structure we find that privatization through … multi-product firms welfare dominates privatization through single-product firms. -- Privatization ; vertical integration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003871843
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Governance by mutual benchmarking in postal markets : how state owned enterprises may induce private competitors to observe policy goals
Hettich, Peter - 2010
Congress recently has passed the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act, which leaves most elements of the current postal regulatory framework (postal monopoly, state owned enterprise) unaltered. Similar regulatory frameworks have been established in the U.S. and the European Community....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008738339
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A fair price for energy? : ownership versus market opening in the EU15
Fiorio, Carlo V.; Florio, Massimo - 2010
In the past two decades privatisation and liberalisation of network industries providing services of general economic interest (SGEI), have been particularly significant in the European Union. Wide variations around a common policy trend can, however, be observed across countries and sectors. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003985907