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The effect of coca and FDI on the level of corruption in Bolivia

Bojanic, Antonio N. - In: Latin American Economic Review 23 (2014) 1, pp. 1-23

This paper analyzes the causes of corruption in contemporary Bolivia. It argues that, along with the well …, supporting the hypothesis that the way to a less corrupt Bolivia is by lowering government intervention into this controversial …

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Empaquetamiento e incentivos para mejoras en calidad

Correa, Alexander - In: Revista de Métodos Cuantitativos para la Economía y … 30 (2020), pp. 163-195

This study presents the competition beyond a single product market where a multi-product firm competes with monoproduct rivals through the use of different bundling strategies that impact the firms' incentives to make quality improvements in different ways. The pure bundling strategy can make...

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Advertising bans

Motta, Massimo - In: SERIEs - Journal of the Spanish Economic Association 4 (2013) 1, pp. 61-81

I show that an advertising ban is more likely to increase - rather than decrease - total consumption when advertising does not bring about a large expansion of market demand at given prices and when it increases product differentiation (thus allowing firms to command higher prices). In this...

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The Ethics of Price Variation

Jackson, William A. - In: Forum for Social Economics 53 (2024) 2, pp. 201-215

Orthodox price theory turns on flexible prices that move frequently to maintain market-clearing equilibrium. Fixed prices are a source of market imperfections and failures. In the traditional ethics of pricing, by contrast, prices should be set at a just norm and stay there, with only rare...

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Erfahrungen und Herausforderungen der Telekommunikationsregulierung in Deutschland

Dewenter, Ralf; Heimeshoff, Ulrich - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 81 (2012) 1, pp. 9-22

The liberalization and regulation of telecommunications markets in Germany is called, despite some adversity as a great … of the regulation was for almost one and a half decades the non-discriminatory access to the copper-based infrastructure … of the incumbent. Due to technical progress, the focus of regulation will continue to move to other areas, such as, for …

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Von der Relais- zur App-Ökonomie: Perspektiven für Wettbewerb und Regulierung in der Telekommunikation

Krancke, Jan; Vidal, Miguel - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 81 (2012) 1, pp. 23-39

question arises how telecommunications markets of the future will develop and what role regulation ought to have in this …

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Europäische Preisregulierungssysteme in der Wasserwirtschaft: Konzepte und Umsetzungsprobleme

Meran, Georg - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 81 (2012) 1, pp. 167-181

In the course of the deregulation of the telecommunication and energy sector new price regulation mechanisms were … leads to the issue what kind of proce regulation should be implemented. In the water sector conditions are a bit different … monopolistic exploitation of customers. This contribution gives an overview what kind of regulation systems are conceivable and …

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Anforderungen an die konsistente Regulierung der Eisenbahnen

Miram, Frank - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 81 (2012) 1, pp. 149-165

A current topic in Germany and the EU is the review of railway legislation regarding access and price regulation as … whether unbundling requirements should be extended. Secondly, it discusses a possible new design of price regulation … principles. Before analysing these proposals, this paper describes the specific requirements for regulation of the railway sector …

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No barriers to investment in electricity and gas distribution grids through incentive regulation

Cullmann, Astrid; Dehnen, Nicola; Nieswand, Maria; … - In: DIW Economic Bulletin 5 (2015) 6, pp. 82-87

Since early 2009, electricity and gas distribution in Germany has been subject to incentive regulation designed to … questions are whether the introduction of incentive regulation in 2009 has had an empirically demonstrable impact on investment … and whether this effect is due to the introduction of incentive regulation per se, or to its specific design. The findings …

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Keine Investitionshemmnisse in Elektrizitäts- und Gasverteilnetze durch Anreizregulierung

Cullmann, Astrid; Dehnen, Nicola; Nieswand, Maria; … - In: DIW Wochenbericht 82 (2015) 6, pp. 98-104

Since early 2009, power supply in Germany has been subject to incentive regulation designed to ensure greater … whether the introduction of incentive regulation from 2009 onwards can be attributed to an empirically demonstrable impact on … investment and whether this effect is due to the introduction of incentive regulation per se, or to its specific design. The …

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