Policy makers and analysts are often faced with situations where it is unclear whether market-based instruments hold real promise of reducing costs, relative to conventional uniform standards. We deve...

The Journal of Regulatory Economics serves as a high quality forum for the analysis of regulatory theories and institutions by developing rigorous foundations ...

This paper examines the Swedish electricity distribution sector to highlight three key findings. First, we identify significant economies of scale among electricity distribution firms, indicating that...

We examine the effect of the passage of the 2016 Real estate regulation and development act on real estate firms in India. We use the regulatory intervention as an exogenous shock and find an adverse ...

The postal industry has undergone drastic changes over the last 30 years. These changes include the separation of postal and telecommunications sectors and the abolition of the monopoly status of post...

The postal industry has undergone drastic changes over the last 30 years. These changes include the separation of postal and telecommunications sectors and the abolition of the monopoly status of post...