This paper studies an externality common to all policy setting hierarchies in which information acquisition is essential to making policy decisions. The paper analyses the regulation of a monopolist with unknown cost both by a state and a federal agency with overlapping jurisdictions. When the objectives of the two tiers in the regulatory hierarchy differ, and the federal agency relies at least...

We have recently demonstrated that the keratin K3 gene, which is active in the suprabasal human corneal epithelium, is missing in the genome of the mouse. We show that a normal K3 gene exists in a wide variety of mammals while in rodents the gene is converted to a pseudogene with a very strong sequence drift. The availability of K5-/- mice provides a unique opportunity to investigate type-speci...

This paper explores the arguments, both in favour of and against vertical integration in railways, taking into account liberalisation requirements according to EU-legislation. It draws on industrial economics insight and combines it with illustrations from the German railway business. Since privatisation, next to liberalisation and restructuring, is taken as a central means of strengthening the...

The debromination pathways of seven polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) by three different cultures of anaerobic dehalogenating bacteria were investigated using comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography (GC x GC). The congeners analyzed were the five major components of the industrially used octa-BDE mixture (octa-BDEs 196, 203, and 197, hepta-BDE 183, and hexa-BDE 153) as well as the...

We analyse the impact of regulation, industrial policy and jurisdictional allocation on broadband deployment using a theoretical model and an empirical estimation. Although central powers may be more focused and internalize interjurisdictional externalities, decentralized powers may internalize local horizontal policy spillovers and use a diversity of objectives as a commitment device in the pr...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES This study's purpose was to measure the current status of research funding and mentoring in family medicine residencies and to ascertain what resources are needed to increase residencies' research output. METHODS This was a cross-sectional survey of family medicine residency program directors in the United States. We measured grant funding sources, availability of me...

DOI: 10.1542/peds.2016-0348 Accepted for publication Mar 16, 2016 Address correspondence to Patrick T. McGann, MD, MS, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, 3333 Burnet Ave, Cincinnati, OH 45229. E-mail: [email protected] PEDIATRICS (ISSN Numbers: Print, 0031-4005; Online, 10984275). Copyright © 2016 by the American Academy of Pediatrics FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE: The author has indi...

I explore the effects of on-net / off-net differentiation on network sizes in mobile telecommunications when both rational and non-rational consumers coexist in the market. In particular, three different types of consumers are modeled: (1) fully informed rational (FIR) consumers who are perfectly informed about the true market shares of all networks and choose the network with the lowest expect...

This paper evaluates the opportunity and efficiency to introduce a two-part tariff to coordinate the location of power plants with lumpy transmission investments. Nodal pricing sends the short run component of such a two-part tariff and we study the case where the average participation tariff sends the long run one. We argue that this solution is helpful because the average participation tariff...