This paper argues that economic competition and political contestability are two key determinants of the successful … contestability that maintained government efficiency and led to political stability throughout history. The combination of these …

depends on the contestability of elections, which declines as party fragmentation exceeds the long run level predicted by … of vote shares and a new index of electoral contestability over the history of the Canadian parliamentary system from …

[1982] type contestability model, we argue that the internet has reduced sunk costs and therefore increased contestability … contestability in deposit markets, and no effect for loan markets. The paper suggests that for time and savings deposits, the …

stagnation before deregulation, weak competition from sea carriers, the lack of charter airlines, the large ethnic Irish …

-deposit spread suggests that the levels of contestability and efficiency are low. A more in-depth analysis using stochastic frontier … contestability support the hypothesis that contestability in Colombia is subpar. Finally, the paper also explores some of the … potential determinants of efficiency and contestability for a sample of the 24 countries over the period 2004 – 2013. This …

topic. Despite the importance of contestability in this context, previous literature concentrates only on the subadditivity … market is contestable. In this respect, further research is needed in order to account for contestability. …

This paper argues that economic competition and political contestability are two key determinants of the successful … contestability that maintained government efficiency and led to political stability throughout history. The combination of these …