to initiate adequate investment incentives. Using a two-equation estimation approach, a direct competition effect (more … service competition increases the supply of infrastructure) can be disentangled from an indirect effect (more service … competition increases the demand for infrastructure quality and, as a consequence, increases the supply of infrastructure). While …

In models of political economy, institutionalization of free and open elections is presented as infusing competition … democratic regime and contributed to the demise of the country. I argue that nobles' democracy emerged from competition between …

market players fervently hoped for a bigger market. The regulatory competition between the US and the EU is more replica of …

We study competition in the German interurban bus industry two years after its liberalization in January 2013. In … of market power by incumbents – and derive several recommendations to secure effective competition in the industry. …

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 … competition will also allow higher wages. Reducing barriers to entry can facilitate firm creation, boosting investment and jobs. …

that are more effective at preventing outsider's entry and at mitigating price competition lead to less patenting. We test … restrict entry and price competition. We show that guilds which originated from medieval religious confraternities were more … likely to regulate entry and competition, and that the effect on patenting is robust to instrumenting guild statutes with …

monopoly basis, competition does play a key role on routes with a sufficiently large base of (potential) customers. From a … 24 years old and the presence of intermodal competition by intercity railway services. …

sector regulators in network industries and the powers of the Competition Authority can still be enhanced, as the reform …