This paper estimates the average effect of regulatory intensity and administrative redtape on productivity and innovation. For this purpose we exploit the exogenous variation of the decentralization process that has taken place in Spain during the last three decades. Using objective proxies for...

El comercio minorista está sometido a regulación estatal, autonómica y local. El marco establecido por la Constitución de 1978 ha llevado a una creciente intervención y regulación de las comunidades autónomas, dando lugar a una notable diversidad regulatoria en todo el Estado. El Tribunal...

Current theory provides no clear framework for the analysis of the current system of private copy compensation and its potential modifications and/or alternatives. Building upon more general incentive economics theory and on general legal considerations, this paper attempts to build such...

We study empirically the determinants of public tomb prices in a sample of Spanish towns. We document strong evidence in favor that cemeteries act as local monopolies that use second degree price discrimination to maximize profits. Additionally we report that local cemetery prices react to...

(WP 13/03 Clave pdf)The Spanish university system has witnessed many changes. Initial conditions for competition were laid down in 83, specially through the recognition of legal status to private universities. However, the shortage of students since 98 and the drop on demand for higher education...

(WPE 18/03 Clave pdf) La muerte y lo que la rodea no resulta nada atractiva. Esta circunstancia afecta de modo inexorable a las condiciones de contratación en el mercado de los servicios funerarios. Los condicionantes emocionales, religiosos y culturales afectan poderosamente al juego de las...

The commented book offers a solid and convincing critique about the origins and evolution of competition policy in Latin America, which probably could be extended elsewhere. Some of the assumptions on which the competition authorities act are unsound and farfetched, this causes notable...