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Economic Patriotism in Open Economies , Ben Clift and Cornelia Woll (Eds.), London: Routledge, 2012

Thiemann, Matthias - In: Accounting, Economics and Law 4 (2014) 1, pp. 49-54

Abstract How do governments answer to the demands of their electorate for prosperity and protection from the vagaries of the market place, if governments have pledged to steer away from protective interventions in markets? This tension is what motivates this timely little book, edited by Ben...

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Eliciting Multi-Dimensional Care through Liability and Regulation

Che, Yeon-Koo - In: Asian Journal of Law and Economics 7 (2016) 3, pp. 279-303

Abstract This paper examines the incentive performance of liability and regulation when a potential injurer can take … regulation may not be effective if preventative care efforts are substitutes but is effective if they are complements; (4) an …

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An Equilibrium Analysis of the Insurance Market with Horizontal Differentiation

Okura, Mahito - In: Asia-Pacific Journal of Risk and Insurance 4 (2010) 2

premium. Second, introducing regulation in insurance product characteristics leads to a lower degree of differentiation and a … lower level of sales promotion. Such regulation may then be desirable in terms of social surplus. …

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History of Insurance, Market Development and Regulation in Seven Least Developed Countries in Asia: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Nepal

Kwon, W. Jean - In: Asia-Pacific Journal of Risk and Insurance 5 (2011) 1

This paper examines the history of market development and regulation in the insurance markets of seven Least Developed … insurance business has begun to re-emerge. Findings from the investigation of insurance regulation and supervision show that all … compulsory cession to government insurer or its designee. They also lack clear exit (insolvency) regulation and policyholder …

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Cigarette Demand, Structural Change, and Advertising Bans: International Evidence, 1970-1995

Nelson, Jon P. - In: Contributions in Economic Analysis & Policy 2 (2003) 1, pp. 1-27

Using panel data for a cross-section of countries, several previous studies estimate the effect of advertising bans on cigarette consumption. These studies suffer from three problems: (1) structural change in cigarette demand functions; (2) endogeneity of advertising bans; and (3)...

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Contestable Licensing

Neeman, Zvika; Orosel, Gerhard Oskar - In: Contributions in Economic Analysis & Policy 3 (2004) 1, pp. 1-20

We analyze a model of repeated franchise bidding for natural monopoly with contestable licensing -- a franchisee holds an (exclusive) license to operate a franchise until another firm offers to pay more for it. In a world where quality is observable but not verifiable, the simple regulatory...

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Regulation by Negotiation: the Private Benefit Bias

Lambert-Mogiliansky, Ariane; Picard, Pierre - In: The B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics 2 (2002) 1

approach to the regulation of utilities. Private benefits may take various forms: excessive job security, perks, overstaffing …

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Price Interventions in a Cournot Oligopoly with a Dominant Firm

Banerjee, Priyodorshi - In: The B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics 7 (2007) 1

We study a Cournot oligopoly with one low-cost (dominant) firm and one or more high-cost (subordinate) firms. If the equilibrium is interior, with all firms producing positive quantity, a reallocation of production relative to the equilibrium point, such that the dominant firm produces more,...

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Deregulation and Interdependence in the Asia-Pacific Region

Chang, Ching-hsi (contributor); Chen, Shin-Horng (contributor) - 2007

Recently, real and artificial barriers to international transactions have fallen sharply, causing a rise in the overall volume of international trade. East Asia has been particularly affected by the economic stresses and gains derived from deregulation. Deregulation and Interdependence in the...

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Negro Employment in Land and Air Transport : A Study of Racial Policies in the Railroad, Airline, Trucking, and Urban Transit Industries

Northrup, Herbert R; Risher, Jr., Howard W; Leone, Richard D - 1971

Frontmatter -- Foreword -- CONTENTS -- Part One THE NEGRO IN THE RAILROAD INDUSTRY / Risher, Howard W. -- Part Two THE NEGRO IN THE AIR TRANSPORT INDUSTRY / Northrup, Herbert R. / Thieblot, Armand J. / Chernish, William N. -- Part Three THE NEGRO IN THE TRUCKING INDUSTRY / Leone, Richard D. --...

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