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Antitrust failures : the internet giants
Taschdjian, Martin; Alleman, James - 2018
Facebook, Amazon, Netflix and Google, as well as Twitter – the FANG companies – have transformed society with both positive and negative effects. Soaring consumer access to information, news, social networks, and entertainment has been stimulated by the ever-more ubiquitous and falling...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011990829
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Antitrust for internet gianst
Taschdjian, Martin; Alleman, James H. - 2018
There can be no doubt that the FANG companies – Facebook, Amazon, Netflix and Google, as well as Twitter – have transformed society since their emergence. Like all social transformations, the changes wrought by their services have had ripple effects that are both positive and negative. On...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012010582
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Product Market Competition and Economic Performance in Norway
Høj, Jens - 2004
Norwegian growth has been strong over the past decade. This development has been supported by the off-shore sector, but depleting oil reserves implies that growth will have to rely increasingly on the mainland economy. Empirical work shows that competition is important for promoting economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012444401
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Product Market Competition and Economic Performance in New Zealand
Mourougane, Annabelle - 2005
The paper examines the current state of competition in a number of sectors that are important for the economy. Because of the country’s small size and isolation, the analysis focuses on barriers to entry, investment and external trade, rather than some standard indicators of competition...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012444441
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The Implementation and the Effects of Regulatory Reform : Past Experience and Current Issues
Gönenç, Rauf - 2000
discusses the main policy issues raised by the need to adapt the regulation of the noncompetitive segments of these industries …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012445164
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Product Market Competition and Economic Performance in France
Høj, Jens - 2006
; iii) abolishing overly prescriptive regulation in the retail sector; and iv) removing unnecessary protection in some …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012445441
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Product Market Competition and Economic Performance in Finland
Høj, Jens - 2004
Following the deep recession in the early 1990s growth has been strong, but the scope for economic catch-up remains considerable and cross-country empirical evidence suggests that enhancing competition is an important means of achieving this. Structural reforms to strengthen competition in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012445451
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Product Market Competition and Economic Performance in Switzerland
Giorno, Claude - 2004
The strength of product market competition plays an important role in ensuring dynamic economic growth. This paper examines product market competition and its link with economic performance in Switzerland whose growth has been weaker than in most OECD countries since 1980. It shows that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012447088
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The Implementation and the Effects of Regulatory Reform : Past Experience and Current Issues
Gonenc, Rauf; Maher, Maria; Nicoletti, Giuseppe - 2003
discusses the main policy issues raised by the need to adapt the regulation of the non-competitive segments of these industries … society; and iv) the design of regulatory mechanisms and institutions that encourage best practice regulation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014149682
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Regulating Access to Stimulate Competition in Postal Markets?
de Bijl, Paul; van Damme, Eric; Larouche, Pierre - 2005
competition is likely to develop on its own, or whether specific access regulation is necessary or desirable in attaining this end … that specific mandatory access regulation, on top of generic non-discrimination principles found in competition law and … strengthened if necessary in sector-specific regulation, is not needed to facilitate competition and may be counterproductive …
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