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, challenge antitrust and regulation policy. The paper focusses on the theoretical and methodological basis provided by the New … specific view of NIE at industrial organization, antitrust and regulation, discusses three current issues -- the European …
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Reforming regulation of the financial sector is currently among the most immediate concerns of domestic and … reform. It argues that the process of reforming financial regulation should begin with a comprehensive, granular study of …-containment with regulatory reform and may end up designing a retrospective framework for financial regulation. A comprehensive post …
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Regulatory outcomes can vary substantially from one US state to the next. For example, at the end of 2002 regulated prices for access to the local loops of incumbent telephone networks varied from $2.79 per month in downtown Chicago, IL to $7.70 in Manhattan, NY to $12.14 in Houston, TX....
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rules that apply to themselves. In this paper, we focus on this latter kind of regulation, specifically assessing self-regulation … as well as what some have called meta-regulation. We begin by conceptually situating these options within a larger … regulatory taxonomy, characterizing self-regulation by the unity between the regulator and the regulated entity and defining meta-regulation …
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intent. Third, economic analysis demonstrates that subjecting VoIP to the full panoply of regulation under Title II of the … some selective regulation is necessary, it has ample authority to impose targeted regulation without subjecting VoIP to all …
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Adding to the literature on factors driving corruption and bribery, this paper examines the effect of contestability in business operations on bribe solicitations. Contestability undermines bureaucratic rent-seeking potential and this paper tries to capture this empirically using cross-country...
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This paper discusses problems of harmonisation and regulation of the European Internal Financial Market. The argument …
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-increasing effects of differences in product market regulation. They also pursue regulatory cooperation independent of trade agreements …
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approach. Even when modularity is desirable, theory must provide some basis for making key design decisions, such as the number …
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The paper focuses on the cost characteristics of Internet technology and on the question whether there are monopolistic bottlenecks in Internet services which justify regulatory intervention into the market. The analysis is prompted by a discussion which followed the MCI and Worldcom merger in...
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