The purpose of this paper is the following: firstly, to chart how much economic reform of CEE electricity industries has taken place to date; secondly, to discuss why progress has been so limited; and, thirdly, to consider the prospects over the next few years. In charting the economic progress to...

En este artículo desarrollamos un modelo de equilibrio general que explica la coexistencia de producciones formal e informal en situaciones de equilibrio estable y de un grado óptimo de imposición estatal (enforcement) de las normas (el pago de un impuesto) que son acatadas por el sector...

I discuss the design and implementation of a SSNIP test in order to identify the relevant market in a media market. I argue that in such a two-sided market the traditional SSNIP test cannot be applied as it is usually conceived but rather should be modified in order to take into account indirect...

Contrary to the negative public perception, third-generation (3G) broadband mobile telecommunication, aka UMTS, has become reality. UMTS networks have been rolled out above all in Central Europe. The take-up of UMTS differs sharply from one country to the next, though. The large differences are...

En réaction aux multiples scandales en matière de fraude financière, les législateurs américain et européens ont réagi en élaborant de nouvelles lois, ayant comme buts principaux de mieux protéger les investisseurs et de rétablir la confiance sur les marchés financiers. Dans le...

La gestion des hommes diffère fortement de la gestion des choses (stocks, matériels). La raison est que les humains pleurent, protestent, parlementent. Le gestionnaire de santé, comme tout manager d’ailleurs, doit donc s’adapter aux attitudes variables de ses agents. Bien sûr, cela...

This Paper investigates whether the industrial relations climate in Indian states has affected the pattern of manufacturing growth in the period 1958-92. We show that pro-worker amendments to the Industrial Disputes Act are associated with lowered investment, employment, productivity and output...

We analyse the possibility of successful industry self-regulation in terms of the strategic interactions between industry members and government. In particular, this article presents a game-theoretic typology of generic self-regulatory scenarios and evaluates these in terms of the resulting...

La régulation par contrat est souvent présentée comme une alternative à une régulation externe passant par une autorité sectorielle indépendante. Le propos de ce texte est de présenter les avantages et les inconvénients de ces deux modes de régulation et d’insister sur leur...