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Measuring Competitiveness [PDF]
IMF Working Papers, 2006 This paper reviews alternative approaches to measuring an economy's cost competitiveness and proposes some new measures derived from the economic theory of index numbers. The indices provide a theoretical benchmark for estimated real effective exchange rates, but differ from standard measures in that they are based on marginal rather than average ...
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Fuelling the economy: A critical review of liquid fuels regulation in South Africa
Journal of Economic and Financial Sciences, 2014 This article reviews the regulation of liquid fuels in South Africa over the past decade. We first briefly assess the regulatory regime and how the regulatory functions have been carried out.
Pamela Mondliwa, Simon Roberts
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Selective Enforcement and Multi-Party Antitrust Infringements: How to Handle "Unilateral Agreements"? [PDF]
Yearbook of Antitrust and Regulatory Studies, 2023 In cartel cases, there are good policy reasons to investigate all cartel members and to address a decision to each of them. Yet, the case is different when it comes to vertical infringements.
Jan Polański
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SSRN Electronic Journal, 2007 We investigate the role of financial constraints for product market competition in a general equilibrium model, where firms may differ in terms of own wealth and/or efficiency. We find that, in general, the amelioration of financial constraints increases competition (it lowers the Lerner index of markups) in financially dependent sectors even when ...
Ana Fernandes +3 more
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Egalitarianism and Competitiveness [PDF]
American Economic Review, 2009 Competition is a cornerstone of economic life. Some environments are, however, more competitive than others and individuals are often confronted with the decision whether to self-select into a competitive environment. An important example is occupational choice: a self-employed lawyer is in constant competition for clients, whereas a lawyer working as ...
Bartling, Björn +3 more
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Mutual insurance in the entrepreneurial landscape
Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, 2022 In this article, the authors introduce mutual insurance as a constructive component of the modern entrepreneurial landscape aimed at the protection of the wealth-related interests of the participants of the mutual insurance company (mutual insurance ...
Irina L. Logvinova +3 more
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Considerations for state-imposed conditions on healthcare provider transactions
Frontiers in Public Health, 2023 The widespread consolidation of health systems, hospitals, and physicians has contributed to the high price of healthcare across the United States.
Alexandra D. Montague +4 more
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The Impact of the Competition Policy on Economic Development in the Case of Developing Countries [PDF]
Economic Horizons, 2018 In this paper, we will analyse the impact of the effective application of the competition policy to the economic development of developing countries. Many empirical papers suggest that the existence of the competition policy does not significantly affect
Sinisa Milosevic +2 more
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Synthesizing a novel genetic sequential logic circuit: a push‐on push‐off switch
Molecular Systems Biology, 2010 Design and synthesis of basic functional circuits are the fundamental tasks of synthetic biologists. Before it is possible to engineer higher‐order genetic networks that can perform complex functions, a toolkit of basic devices must be developed.
Chunbo Lou +16 more
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THE CONCEPT OF UNDERTAKING IN THE EUROPEAN UNION COMPETITION LAW [PDF]
Challenges of the Knowledge Society, 2018 One of the most important concepts that the European Union Competition Law uses is the undertaking. In order to correctly apply the rules under this domain, it is necessary to fully understand when an entity is or isn`t an undertaking under competition
Alexandra STĂNCIULESCU
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