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Network Structure and the Efficiency Gains from Mergers: Evidence from U.S. Freight Railroads

The RAND Journal of Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The trade‐off between market power and efficiency gains is central to antitrust analyses of mergers, but empirical evidence quantifying efficiencies remains limited. Using transaction‐level data from U.S. freight railroads (1985–2005), this article quantifies merger‐induced cost efficiencies, driven mainly by eliminating inter‐railroad ...
Yanyou Chen
wiley   +1 more source

Assessing a facilitated social network intervention for health outcomes in lonely and socially isolated people: the pragmatic, cluster-randomized PALS trial. [PDF]

Front Public Health
Band R, Ellis J, Kinsella K, James E, Ciccognani S, Breheny K, Lawrence M, Kandiyali R, Ewings S, Rogers A.   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Mission Impossible? Promoting Global Sustainable Development in Times of National Industrial Policies

Global Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper argues that the growing space for industrial policies, at least in its present form and shape, is unlikely to promote sustainable development in most Global South countries, especially in the smaller economies. This claim builds on those who have thought about structural transformations for and from the Global South throughout ...
Nicolás M. Perrone
wiley   +1 more source

Trade policy reform, retail food prices and access to healthy diets worldwide. [PDF]

World Dev
Gilbert R, Costlow L, Matteson J, Rauschendorfer J, Krivonos E, Block SA, Masters WA.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Rebuilding the Ladder? Contemporary Contests Over Industrial Policy

Global Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Does the greater embrace of industrial policy globally signal the emergence of a New Washington Consensus? We show that the multiplication of industrial policies, while consequential, signals neither normalisation nor consensus. Rather, industrial policy is increasingly the object of contestation over norms and practices of state ...
Ilias Alami, Jack Taggart, Tom Chodor
wiley   +1 more source

Stakeholder-Driven Cost Management Approaches in Iranian Hospitals: A Qualitative Thematic Analysis. [PDF]

Med J Islam Repub Iran
Tolouei Rakhshan S, Arab M, Mosadegh Rad A, Harirchi I.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

New Frontiers in EU Trade Policy: Moving Beyond Conventional Trade Agreements

Global Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As the rules‐based international trading system faces stagnation and increasing unilateralism, the European Union's trade policy must evolve beyond conventional free trade agreements (FTAs). This article examines recent trends in EU trade agreements, highlighting not only their expanded scope to include areas such as digital trade ...
Niall Moran
wiley   +1 more source

Techno-economic analysis of a power-to-hydrogen system in heavy industries with and without national incentives. [PDF]

PLoS One
Marouani I, Albadran S, Alturki M, Almalaq Y, Alshammari BM, Guesmi T.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Paradigm Shift in the Making? Geopolitical Challenges and Institutional Changes in the International Monetary System: From Neoliberalism to a Pluralist Multipolar Financial Order

Global Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examined the critical challenges facing the international monetary system, arguing that they have created conditions for a shift from a neoliberal framework to a pluralist multipolar financial order. Using an interdisciplinary approach that blends international law and international relations, the paper provides an analysis of the ...
Jiangyu Wang
wiley   +1 more source

A Systematic Review of Economic Evaluations on Interventions Targeting Insomnia or Hypersomnia. [PDF]

Appl Health Econ Health Policy
Le PH, Le LK, Le DQ, Rajaratnam SMW, Mihalopoulos C.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source