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Does accession to the European Union foster competition policy? : country-level evidence
Böheim, Michael; Friesenbichler, Klaus S. - 2014
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011299301
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Regulation and enforcement of competition policy
Niminet, Liviana Andreea - In: Studies and scientific researches / Economics edition / … 20 (2014), pp. 18-24
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Mergers between regulated firms with unknown efficiency gains
Fiocco, Raffaele; Guo, Gongyu - 2014
In an industry where regulated firms interact with unregulated suppliers, we investigate the welfare effects of a merger between regulated firms when cost synergies are uncertain before the merger and their realization becomes private information of the merged firm. The optimal merger policy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010358241
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Regulating gasoline retail markets : the case of Germany
Wittmann, Nadine - 2014
In 2011, price peaks in retail gasoline prices caused public outrage and attracted the attention of German regulatory agencies. After having examined the market, competition authorities concluded that tacit collusion existed but could not easily be prosecuted under the given competition law. In...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010340142
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Designing a cooperation framework for Philippine competition and regulatory agencies
Mercado-Aldaba, Rafaelita A.; Sy, Geronimo S. - 2014
competition authority while technical and economic regulation would be performed by the sector regulator. At the same time, the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010367296
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The global financial crisis revisited : competition and regulation
Choi, Yun Jeong - In: Global economic review 42 (2013) 4, pp. 362-381
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Regulation : theory and concepts
Bös, Dieter - 2001
mechanism and Shleifer's yardstick Regulation. Unfortunately, in practical applications of these simple mechanisms the regulated … regulator must be extremely well-informed if he wants to apply this sort of regulation: except for the actual realizations of a … regulated public utility. This is the main reason why in practice the simple $RPI - X$ regulation prevails. Finally, in this …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011539949
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Institutional aspects of international competition policy
Palma Martos, Luis; García Hidalgo, José Luis - In: Analele ştiinţifice ale Univerşităţii Alexandru … 60 (2013) 2, pp. 293-313
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Unbundling of electricity transmission system operators in Germany : an experience report
Brunekreeft, Gert; Goto, Mika; Meyer, Roland; Maruyama, … - 2014
The purpose of this research is to evaluate the impact of vertical unbundling on German electric utilities. Our research mainly relies on in-depth interviews with sector-experts from the German utilities. We will discuss both short-term changes and the long-term impact on competition in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010423531
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Network unbundling and flawed coordination : lessons from electricity and railways
Brunekreeft, Gert - 2014
coordination. This paper examines three persistent sources of flawed coordination: 1) a regulation versus unbundling dilemma, 2 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010423547