Rules of origin arrangements under the Australia–New Zealand Closer Economic Relations Trade Agreement (CER) were … report recommended that the CER rules of origin, which confine access to trade concessions to goods produced in Australia or …

Direct exporting activities and outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) are two types of internationalization that …

interest as well as economic distortions. The purpose of this paper is to develop an indicator of the distortionary effects of …, this indicator intends to proxy the distortions induced by rent-seeking firms. The RDI is a first step to size up the …

competition will also allow higher wages. Reducing barriers to entry can facilitate firm creation, boosting investment and jobs. … on competition, and therefore on business dynamism, productivity and ultimately well-being. A recent update of the OECD …. Regulatory reform can improve consumer welfare by boosting competition and thus lowering prices of key goods and services, which …

, a next-generation access network. Investment decisions are made under uncertainty and have to be made over time. This … papers provides a framework for taking uncertainty, risk aversion, and the timing of investment explicitly into account …

revelation of private information and minimisation of distortions from network effects. The results suggest that long …

, while one is concerned with determinants of investment in ICT networks. The study uses German firm-level data and regional …