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Regulatory Risk, Vertical Integration, and Upstream Investment
Fiocco, Raffaele - 2020
We investigate the impact of regulatory risk on vertical integration and upstream investment by a regulated firm that provides an essential input to downstream competitors. Regulatory risk reflects uncertainty about the regulator's commitment to a regulatory policy that promotes the regulated...
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Contested Places, Utility Pole Spaces : A Competition and Safety Framework for Analyzing Utility Pole Association Rules, Roles, and Risks
Sandoval, Catherine J.K - 2023
depend on sound infrastructure and well-calibrated regulation. The humble wooden utility pole, first deployed in America in … risks Joint Pole Committees (JPCs) pose for energy and communications safety, service, competition, and regulation. This …, competition, and accountable governance at the forefront of utility regulation. This article lifts the veil over JPC practices …
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Managing Uncertainty, Evolution and Design in Behavioral Economic Analysis
Azpúrua Alfonzo, José Miguel - 2015
. (iii) Manne & Zywicki’s posture against the inclusion of volitive elements in Antitrust Enforcement is essentially wrong …, as proven by analyzing the role of ‘procompetitive justifications’ in the enforcement of Antitrust rules. In sum, the …
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Demand Uncertainty and Resale Price Maintenance
Flath, David; Nariu, Tatsuhiko - 2001
When retailers must commit to shipment quantities prior to resolution of demand uncertainty, manufacturer stipulation of a minimum retail price is likely to be profitable for the manufacturer, and not damaging to the retailers. The reason is simple: If demand turns out to be low, the unfettered...
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Availability Cascades and Risk Regulation
Kuran, Timur - 2007
regulation of risks associated with production, consumption, and the environment, Professor Timur Kuran and Cass R. Sunstein …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012778857
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Risks for Efficiency : Comprehensive Reform of Direct Regulation
Thompson, Fred; Jones, L. R. - 2008
Alternative models of regulatory decision making/legislative choice are presented and evaluated. A limited rationality model oriented to the common good is proposed as more complete and no less accurate than any of the more cynical alternatives. The implication of this model is that many...
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Price Uncertainty and Vertical Integration : An Examination of Petrochemical Firms
Fan, Joseph P. H. - 2000
Input transactions in the petrochemical industry are often subject to temporal specificity. That is, non-performance in quantity, such as delaying delivery, is highly costly to producers and can be an effective holdup strategy. In the 1970s, two oil price shocks induced high price volatility in...
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Illiberal Populism : Competition Law at Risk?
Bernatt, Maciej - 2021
the forthcoming monograph: Maciej Bernatt, Populism and Antitrust. The Illiberal Influence of Populist Government on the … Competition Law System (Cambridge University Press 2022), https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/populism-and-antitrust/3619BEAF21AE …
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Paying for Risk : Bankers, Compensation, and Competition
Whitehead, Charles K. - 2015
ability of any one bank to adjust compensation to reflect risk-taking and long-term outcomes. New regulation must address the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013035251
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Integrated Ownership and Managerial Incentives with Endogenous Project Risk
Baldenius, Tim; Michaeli, Beatrice - 2020
Integrated ownership is often seen as a way to foster specific investments. However, even in integrated firms, managers invest to maximize their compensation, which is chiefly driven by divisional income. Thus it is not clear that integration has any effect on investments in a world of...
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