The paper presented in this ZEW Research Seminar estimates the impact of shop opening hours deregulation on the retail sector market structure, and on the size and composition of its labor force.
The deregulation of electricity markets in many jurisdictions around the world and the growing share of renewable energy in the total energy mix are forcing utilities to re-examine
Since the German interurban bus sector underwent extensive deregulations in 2013, licensed bus companies have been able to offer regularly scheduled services on routes of over 50 kilometres. ZEW econo
Germany’s regulation of professional services needs an overhaul. The country has a wide variety of regulations governing the Freie Berufe, or “liberal professions”, an occupational category that inclu