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Information Asymmetries and Regulatory Decision Costs : An Analysis of U.S. Electric Utility Rate Changes 1980-2000
Fremeth, Adam; Holburn, Guy L. F. - 2010
We argue that information asymmetries between regulators and firms increase the administrative decision costs of initiating new policies due to the costs of satisfying evidentiary or “burden of proof” requirements. We further contend that regulators with better information about regulated...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014201122
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Regulatory Opportunism and Investment Behavior : Evidence from the U.S. Electric Utility Industry
Lyon, Thomas P.; Mayo, John W. - 2012
The traditionally large and sunk nature of utility investments gives rise to the possibility, if not the likelihood, of opportunistic behavior on the part of either regulators or regulated firms. In this paper, we develop a theoretical model to provide insights into this possibility, then employ...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014159347
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A Note on the Regulation of Executive Compensation within the 2009 US (Bailout)
Haidar, Jamal Ibrahim - 2011
This paper discusses the design and analyzes the potential benefits and costs of executive pay package policy within the US 2009 Emergency Economic Stabilization Act (EESA), commonly known "Bailout". It shows that the ultimate effect of the EESA on executive compensation is generally difficult...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013134122
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Die Grundzüge der Strommarktregulierung auf der Bundesebene der Vereinigten Staaten und in Kalifornien
Kumkar, Lars - 2001
This paper outlines the essentials of electricity market regulation in the United States and in California. It deals …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011474437
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Analyzing the extent and influence of occupational licensing on the labor market
Kleiner, Morris M.; Krueger, Alan B. - 2011
This study examines the extent and influence of occupational licensing in the U.S. using a specially designed national labor force survey. Specifically, we provide new ways of measuring occupational licensing and consider what types of regulatory requirements and what level of government...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009230732
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Lobbying and Regulation in a Political Economy : Evidence from the U.S. Cellular Industry
Duso, Tomaso - 2005
In this paper we empirically test the simultaneity between the effects and the determinants of price regulation in the …. Because of lobbying successfulness, firms avoided regulation in those markets where it would have been more effective …. Therefore, regulation did not significantly reduce cellular tariffs in regulated markets but it would have decreased them if …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014074586
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A Point of View : Net Neutrality Regulation in the United States
Esbin, Barbara S. - 2013
The United States moved closer to Net Neutrality regulation this year when the Federal Communications Commission found …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013095892
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Baseball : An Illustration of How Professional Sports are Structured, Internally Governed, and Legally Regulated in the USA
Mitten, Matt - 2009
Baseball, America's National Pastime, provides an apt illustration of the North American model of sports and how U.S. professional sports leagues are internally governed and externally regulated by public laws. This article describes how U.S. law has influenced the development of U.S....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014211613
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The Impact of Commercial Real Estate Regulations on U.S. Output
Babalievsky, Fil; Herkenhoff, Kyle; Ohanian, Lee E.; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
Commercial real estate accounts for roughly 20% of the U.S. fixed asset stock, and commercial land use is highly regulated. However, little is known about the quantitative impact of these regulations on economic activity or consumer welfare. This paper develops a spatial general equilibrium...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014437026
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Effective Regulatory Reform : What the United States Can Learn from British Columbia
Broughel, James - 2018
In 2017, President Trump signed Executive Order 13771, which required that two regulations be identified for elimination each time a new federal rule is proposed. The order also created, for the first time, a system of annual regulatory budget allocations for federal agencies. On the surface,...
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