This paper contributes to the policy debate about the optimal termination charge when penetration rates are explicitly taken into account. Although lowering termination charges towards cost leads to more efficient usage, its impact on consumer surplus is ambiguous since it induces an increase in...

The paper deals with the analysis of the competition policy across the EU27, in order to establish if this policy is able to face the crisis’ challenges. The theoretical approach from the first part of the paper is followed by concrete elements connected to the EU competition policy...

Analyzing the judicial regime applicable to sign the concession contract there are made researches on concession contract parts, the validity conditions, as well as the concession procedure in order to choose the best joint person to sign the contract who will sign the contract. Presenting the...

One of the efficiency and lawfulness conditions of the local public authorities’ activity is the correct application of legal norms in their activity. According to the art. 109 of the Constitution of the Republic of Moldova, local public authorities work on the basis of the autonomy principle...

The emergence of cloud computing is promising enormous benefits for small businesses, due to the dramatic reduction in IT costs caused by the service-oriented architecture. At the same time, the transition to a cloud ecosystem is more controversial for individual end users, as emerging business...

The net neutrality debate has continued to develop at European level, particularly regarding the significance and use of the provisions in the "telecom package". This paper concentrates on the important activity of BEREC in this area. Four pieces of related work were included in its 2011 Work...

This paper analyses when EU intervention is needed to achieve this internal market for electronic communications. It sets legal and economic criteria to determine the appropriate scope of the EU intervention. It applies these criteria to several case studies and concludes that sometimes the EU...

Este artículo proporciona una base de datos y unos indicadores de las principales restricciones al comercio minorista entre 1997 y 2007 en las Comunidades Autónomas (CCAA). En particular, se considera la regulación sobre: horarios comerciales, temporada de rebajas, definición de grandes...

The organization of dock labor and, more in particular, the use of dock labor schemes has been under EU scrutiny for a long while. The EU however has not come with clear-cut answers so far. The diversity of dock labor schemes existing in Europe is an important factor in assessing their...

French municipalities often contract out the provision of local public services to private companies, and regularly choose the same private operator for a range of different services. We develop a model of relational contracts that shows how this strategy may lead to better performance at lower...