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errors, we show that the relationship between regulation and broadband investment is an inverted U shape in developed world … developing countries, the regulation has a strict negative impact on broadband deployment. …
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We look at the effect of the US Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) financial regulation on industrial innovation. Our theoretical …
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Agricultural crop production is highly dependent upon environmental conditions among which air quality plays a central role. Various air pollutants have been identified as a potential influence on commercial crops including SO2, NOx, O3 and CO2. In particular, ozone in the lower atmosphere has...
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This paper merges the literature on regulation, specifically private provision of public goods, and governance with the … discussions under the literature on regulation and governance, particularly the property rights. This paper analyzes the role of …-time provider of public goods, awqaf can be studied of property rights and regulation process, while its organizational structure …
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This paper studies whether a monopolist with private marginal cost information has incentives to make cost-reducing innovations through research and development (R&D) when its output and price are regulated according to the incentive-compatible mechanism of Baron and Myerson (1982). Under...
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Standards and the global framework. The BIS as host of standard setting bodies. Legal impact of standards.
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In January 2011, a price regulation was established in the Austrian gasoline market which prohibits firms from raising … with consumer search, I show that in face of the regulation, firms will distort their prices intertemporally in such a way …
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Traditionally, the main role of the bank is to offer loans to its customers, to facilitate the intermediary role in the financial market between the investors and feed the need of the big corporations in terms of investment. This study is an attempt to analyze, at the same time, the impact of...
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We study departures from network neutrality through implementing a Quality of Service tiering regime in which an ISP charges for prioritization on a non-discriminatory basis. We find that Quality of Service tiering may be more efficient in the short run, because it better allocates the existing...
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Italian policies to stimulate power production have been a success in the sense that solar power capacity has exploded, but they have also led to formidable costs. What is more, argues Carlo Stagnaro of the Italian think tank Istituto Bruno Leoni, support for green power has profoundly distorted...
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