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Competition, Information, and Development
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In this article, the authors ask whether and how each of these problems calls for a different view of competition, to what extent competition helps solve these problems, and how it is implementable.Abstract:
Developing countries suffer from weak institutions: inefficient tax systems, lack of auditing expertise, poor education, corruption, inefficient financial systems, lack of credibility of governments, capture of politicians and bureaucrats. This paper asks whether and how each of these problems calls for a different view of competition, to what extent competition helps solve these problems, and to what extent it is implementable. Even though the pressure of competition is generally favorable, some care must be exerted in implementing it in the context of weak institutions. The need to support institutional improvements and to condition aid on such changes is great.read more
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A Theory of Incentives in Procurement and Regulation.
TL;DR: A Theory of Incentives in Procurement and Regulation (TIIN) as mentioned in this paper is a popular textbook for regulatory economics, with a particular focus on the regulation of natural monopolies such as military contractors, utility companies and transportation authorities.
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A Theory of Incentives in Procurement and Regulation
Jean Tirole,Jean-Jacques Laffont +1 more
TL;DR: A Theory of Incentives in Procurement and Regulation (TIIN) as mentioned in this paper is a popular textbook for regulatory economics, with a particular focus on the regulation of natural monopolies such as military contractors, utility companies and transportation authorities.
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Corruption and Development: A Review of Issues
TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss the reasons for the persistence of corruption that have to do with frequency-dependent equilibria or intertemporal externalities, and suggest that corruption may actually improve efficiency and help growth.
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Rents, Competition, and Corruption
Alberto Ades,Rafael Di Tella +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the relationship between natural rents and corruption and found that natural rents, as in the case of oil, and rents induced by lack of product market competition foster corruption.
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The Market Mechanism as an Incentive Scheme
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors formalize the idea that there is a common component to firms' costs, i.e., as one firm's (total and marginal) costs fall, so do those of other firms.