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finds that despite the regulatory difficulties, the Internet is far from being a “regulation-free” space as there are … regulation. Most of them aim at protecting personal data and consumers more generally. In many cases generally applicable laws …
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This paper discusses the design and analyzes the potential benefits and costs of executive pay package policy within the US 2009 Emergency Economic Stabilization Act (EESA), commonly known "Bailout". It shows that the ultimate effect of the EESA on executive compensation is generally difficult...
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sector regulation and objectives as a context within the process of implementation of competition law in the energy sector … and third, we will investigate how sector regulation in energy sector incorporates competition law principles and affirms … combined with the need for effectiveness and focus on other than competition objectives of sector regulation and we will result …
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This paper describes patterns and developments of regulation that potentially affect product market competition in OECD … countries over the past decade. It uses the 2008 update and revision of the OECD indicators of product market regulation (PMR …) that integrate to a larger extent than in the past information on sector-specific regulation and adapt a simpler and more …
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Country rankings with respect to a country's business environment draw strong international attention. Methods of business environment assessment differ; two competing methods will be described and compared with respect to their results for Rwanda in the years 2008-2010. They do not come to the...
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This paper investigates the market reaction to recent legislative and regulatory actions pertaining to corporate governance. The managerial power view of governance suggests that executive pay, the existing process of proxy access, and various governance provisions (e.g., staggered boards and...
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Government regulation is a double-edged sword. By restricting the inputs—capital, labor, technology, and more—that can … be used in the production process, regulation shapes the economy and, by extension, living standards today and in the … future. Applied effectively, regulation can foster a thriving, competitive marketplace where innovation and technological …
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This paper explores how the regulatory approval process affects innovation incentives in medical technologies. Prior studies have found early mover regulatory advantages for drugs. I find the opposite for medical devices, where pioneer entrants spend 34 percent (7.2 months) longer than follow-on...
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Europeans face a regulatory challenge: how can the human rights and dignitary values that animate data protection law be protected in transborder data flows? With the proposal of the EU-US Privacy Shield, part of the challenge will be answered by the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The FTC is...
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