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Dow, J.; Rahi, R. - Department of Economics, European University Institute - 1997

A number of economists have supported the taxation of speculation in financial markets. We examine the welfare economics of such a tax in a model of trading in a financial market where some agents have superiror information. We show that in some cases a tax on speculators may actually increase...

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Simulating the restructuring of the Flemish electricity distribution sector

Pepermans, Guido - Centrum voor Economische Studiën, Faculteit Economie … - 2003

reshuffled and because the old regulation mechanism, allowing for such cash flows, will be revised. This paper presents some … simulations is on the impact of the choice of the regulation mechanism on prices and on the municipalities' budget. Three … regulation schemes are simulated, 'rate-of-return' (ROR) regulation, 'constant profit per unit of output' (CPU) regulation and …

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Toward a Modern State in Chile: Institutions, Governance, and Market Regulation.

Saavedra, Eduardo; Soto, Raimundo - ILADES, Facultad de Economía y Negocios - 2004

Chile, as most Latin American countries, inherited the language, religion, and the institutions from 16th century Spanish conquerors. Most institutions have not changed since. This paper examines the institutional and economic structure of the State in Chile. It concludes that in several...

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Controlling Money and Politics â€“ An Exercise in Damage Control

Walecki, Marcin - eSocialSciences - 2008

Whether there should be transparency in political finance? Whether there should be a control over the money that the political parties are receiving?

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Discussion Paper on Pension Reform and New Pensiion System

eSocialSciences - 2005

PFRDA 1) Current provision of Pensions in India 2) Why review Pension Systems? 3) Governmentsâ€™ Initiatives 4) New Pension System (NPS) 5) Present Status 6) Why PFRDA Bill? 7) Some clarifications 8) Recent International Experience 9) Road Ahead- issues, challenges and opportunities

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Consumer Resistance Against Regulation: The Case of Health Care

Zweifel, Peter; Telser, Harry; Vaterlaus, Stephan - Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, … - 2005

Regulation fostering Managed Care alternatives in health insurance is spreading. This work reports on an experiment … willingness to pay. Marked preference heterogeneity is an argument against regulation imposing uniformity of contract in Swiss …

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Trading on inside information when there may be tippees

Lee, Chi-Wen; Lu, Zemin - In: Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting 31 (2008) 3, pp. 241-260

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Takeover motives in a weak regulatory environment surrounding a market shock: a case study of New Zealand with a comparison of Gondhalekar and Bhagwat’s (2003) US findings

Anderson, Hamish; Marshall, Ben - In: Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting 29 (2007) 1, pp. 53-67

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Was Chadwick right?

Mougeot, Michel; Naegelen, Florence - In: Review of Industrial Organization 30 (2007) 2, pp. 121-137

In this paper, we evaluate the scope of Chadwick’s claim on the superiority of competition for the market over competition in the market under incomplete information. We firstly characterize the expected outcome achieved under competition in the market at a Cournot Bayesian-Nash equilibrium....

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Restructuring Public Transit Systems: Evidence on Cost Properties from Medium and Large-Sized Companies

Cambini, Carlo; Piacenza, Massimiliano; Vannoni, Davide - In: Review of Industrial Organization 31 (2007) 3, pp. 183-203

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