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Competitive bidding (as auctions) is commonly used to procure goods and services. Public buyers are often mandated by law to adopt competitive procedures to ensure transp [...]
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2008-10 |
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This paper analyzes the political economy of regulatory and judicial appointment rules. I study a model of price-setting by a political principal faced with a firm with u [...]
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2008-06 |
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Participation of small businesses in the market for public contracts is widely recognized as a key policy issue. It is also commonly held that the adoption of e-procureme [...]
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2008-06 |
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The topic of corruption has recently attracted a great deal of attention, yet there is still a lack of micro level empirical evidence regarding the determinants of corrup [...]
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2008-04 |
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This paper provides a comparative analysis of statistical methods to evaluate the consumer perception about the quality of Services of General Interest. The evaluation of [...]
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2008-04 |
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The determinants of incentive regulation are a key issue in industrial policy. I study an asymmetric information model of incentive rules selection by a political princip [...]
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2008-04 |
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This paper analyzes the effects of supervisors' (i.e., regulators and judges) selection rules on regulated prices. A checks and balances regulatory review process strengt [...]
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2006 |
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Nontradable shares (NTS) are an unparalleled feature of the ownership structure of Chinese listed companies and represented a major hurdle to domestic financial market de [...]
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2006 |
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To avoid high profit levels often experienced in countries where monopolies in public utility sectors are regulated through price-cap mechanisms, several regulatory agenc [...]
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2006 |
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We survey the theoretical literature on privatization and efficiency by tracing its evolution from the applications of agency theory to recent contributions in the field [...]
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2006 |
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