This paper presents a set of panel data to study the diffusion of retail checkout barcode scanning in ten European countries over the period 1981-1996. Estimates from a standard diffusion model suggest that countries differ most in the long-run diffusion level of barcode scanning and less in...

Die im vorliegenden Regierungsentwurf angestrebte Liberalisierung der Stromwirtschaft beinhaltet die Schaffung eines Durchleitungsmodells unter grundsätzlicher Partizipation aller Endkundenkategorien. Widerstand gegen den Regierungsentwurf formiert sich insbesondere in den Reihen der kommunalen...

Gegenstand des Beitrages sind die Umstrukturierungen der Stromwirtschaft in Kalifornien. Im Gefolge der Entwicklungen auf der Bundesebene - dem Energy Policy Act von 1992 und der neueren Politik der Federal Energy Regulatory Commission - hat die kalifornische Regulierungskommission Maßnahmen...

Gegenstand des Beitrages sind die Umstrukturierungen der Stromwirtschaft in den Vereinigten Staaten. Im Gefolge von Gesetzesreformen auf der Bundesebene - dem Public Utilities Regulatory Policies Act von 1978 und dem Energy Policy Act von 1992 - beginnt sich zunehmender Wettbewerb in der...

Vietnam has gone through massive economic restructuring from a socialist command economy to market-oriented economy. This provides an excellent example of a country that has experienced changes in competition regime. Economic reforms in late 1980s and 1990s and the introduction of...

This paper focuses on the effects of within and between standards competition and competition between firms on the performance of an emerging new technology, digital mobile telecommunication (2G). Our empirical exploration provides a more complete picture of the market dynamics of digital mobile...

Understanding the degree and evolution of competition across industries is an important step towards understanding the impact of economic reform and competition on economic growth in Vietnam during the economic transition. In this paper, the author investigates the evolution of competition in...

Economic growth is below what would be needed to resume rapid convergence to average OECD living standards. On-going efforts to improve the business climate are laudable, but need to be widened and strengthened. Much progress has been achieved in reducing red tape, but it is only recently that...

In many countries hospital regulation undergoes fundamental change. In reaction to steadily increasing costs, authorities switch from cost of service regulation to prospective payment systems (PPS). While it seems clear that this new scheme sets strong cost saving incentives, this is not so...