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Pinfield, Chris - Treasury, Government of New Zealand - 2001

The management of biosecurity risks (risks to the production sector, to indigenous biodiversity, and to public health) involves the exercise of extensive regulatory powers both at the border and within New Zealand. This paper reviews the Biosecurity Act 1993, paying particular attention to its...

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Regional aspects of electricity sector regulations in Russia

Serguey, Pobochy; Galina, Yudashkina - EERC Research Network, Russia and CIS - 2006

This paper estimates regional features of the electricity sector regulation in Russia. We use panel data for 77 Russian … regions during 1998–2003. Our analysis is based on the interest-group theory of regulation. The objective of the project is to … estimate the influence of regional energy company, consumers, and governor on regulation policy in the region. Empirical …

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The influence of regulation on competition in the United States banking industry

Graham, Stanley L.; Rolnick, Arthur J. - Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis - 1977

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Regulatory Competition in Network Interconnection Pricing

Agrell, Per J.; Pouyet, Jerome - In: Review of Network Economics 7 (2008) 1, pp. 111-135

This paper covers network investment problems under decentralized control of regulation, infrastructure ownership and … coordination is shown useless in the absence of regulatory coordination. Illustrations from European network regulation policy for …

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The Effect of Regulatory Intervention in Two-Sided Markets: An Assessment of Interchange-Fee Capping in Australia

Chang, Howard; Evans, David S.; Swartz, Daniel D. Garcia - In: Review of Network Economics 4 (2005) 4, pp. 328-358

We examine the impact to date of the Reserve Bank of Australia's decision to reduce interchange fees on credit cards in Australia by almost half. We find that, in the short run, issuers have recovered between 30 and 40 percent of the loss of interchange fees. Merchants have benefited from lower...

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Incentive Regulation and Its Application to Electricity Networks

Joskow, Paul L. - In: Review of Network Economics 7 (2008) 4, pp. 547-560

This paper examines developments since the publication of The Economics of Regulation in the theory of incentive … regulation and its application to the regulation of unbundled electricity transmission and distribution networks. Conceptual … of service incentives in the UK are explained. The limited literature that measures the effects of incentive regulation …

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Regulation of Freight Railroads in the Modern Era: 1970 - 2010

Darius W. Gaskins, Jr - In: Review of Network Economics 7 (2008) 4, pp. 561-572

The fundamental tension between the freight railroads' network economics and economic regulation has never been … regulation has not coped with the economic dilemma. This paper relates the trials and tribulations of railroad regulation from …

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Interchange Fees in Various Countries: Developments and Determinants

Weiner, Stuart E.; Wright, Julian - In: Review of Network Economics 4 (2005) 4, pp. 290-323

Interchange fees and related issues in payment card markets have been the focus of considerable attention recently. The academic community and public officials have begun to scrutinize these markets. Meanwhile, these markets continue to experience dynamic change as card payments account for an...

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Regulation and Efficiency Incentives: Evidence from the England and Wales Water and Sewerage Industry

Erbetta, Fabrizio; Cave, Martin - In: Review of Network Economics 6 (2007) 4, pp. 425-452

price review signaled a tightening in regulation which is shown to have led to a significant reduction in technical … inefficiency. The new economic environment set by price-cap regulation acted to bring inputs closer to their cost-minimizing levels …

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Different Approaches Towards Electricity Transmission Expansion

Rosellón, Juan - In: Review of Network Economics 2 (2003) 3, pp. 238-269

transmission network. We study three hypotheses: the long-term financial-transmission-right hypothesis; the incentive-regulation …

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