Perhaps two of the most significant changes in the Land Transfer 2007 Act (NZ), are the introduction of a statutory definition of land transfer fraud, together with a provision allowing registration to be overturned on grounds other than a finding of fraud by the new registered proprietor. This...

Using a simple version of the Milgrom and Roberts entry deterrence model, it is shown that adjusting a quota so that a greater volume of imports is allowed, can facilitate entry into the domestic industry. That is, the easing of a quota, can cause the domestic incumbent to shift from deterring...

This paper develops a simple model where a manager of a firm in a Less-Developed Country (LDC) has the choice of whether or not to purchase an inappropriate technology in return for a bribe (kick-back) from the supplier of the technology. Provided that the manager achieves some minimum level of...

The Porter Hypothesis refers to the idea that environmental regulations push firms into developing and adopting new technologies. Controversially, it asserts that the investments in new technology that the firms are pushed into making would be profitable irrespective of whether the regulations...

This comprehensive research Handbook brings together cutting-edge legal and economic analysis into antitrust issues by leading experts from Europe, the USA, Canada, Mexico and South America. The Handbook also includes discursive consideration of the similarities and differences among the various...

This paper uses a dynamic model to analyse the effects of liberalisation on the longrunoutput and transitional growth of the Vietnamese rice sector during the period ofreform from 1981 to the present. In particular, the paper attempts to allow for the incentive effects which can result if...