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1. Deregulation: What Are The Pros and Cons? Pros: 1. Increased competition: Deregulation allows for more companies to enter the market and compete, which can lead to lower prices, better products, and improved customer service. 2. Innovation: By removing certain regulations, companies are free to explore new technologies and services that they may not have been able to before. 3. Improved efficiency: By reducing certain regulations, companies are able to streamline their operations and reduce costs. Cons: 1. Consumer protection: Without certain regulations in place, companies are free to engage in predatory practices which can be harmful to consumers. 2. Monopoly power: When certain regulations are removed, a few companies can dominate the market and put smaller competitors at a disadvantage. 3. Environmental protection: Certain regulations are in place to protect the environment from pollution and other forms of damage. Without these regulations, companies may not be held accountable for their actions.
One recent study shows just how important regulation is in contributing to monopoly. Since 1970, increased regulation can explain 31% to 37% of the subsequent increase in market power. Upon reflection, it is obvious that larger firms are better able to deal with regulatory burdens. They have more employees, bigger legal departments and are better suited to […]
Prof Lars Jonung of Lund University, in this interesting paper discusses Swedish monetary policy in the 1980s: After World War II and prior to the financial deregulation of the 1980s, monetary policy in Sweden as well as in other western European countries rested chiefly on a system of far-reaching non-market-oriented controls of credit flows and…
At the beginning of the year 2000, a book titled Irrational Exuberance was published. The American economics professor and Nobel laureate Robert Shiller warned that the extensive deregulation in the financial market that had taken place since the Thatcher-Reagan era had led to a rapid credit expansion. Banks and financial institutions saw a skyrocketing increase…
Lars Syll At the beginning of the year 2000, a book titled Irrational Exuberance was published. The American economics professor and Nobel laureate Robert Shiller warned that the extensive deregulation in the financial market that had taken place since the Thatcher-Reagan era had led to a rapid credit expansion. Banks and financial institutions saw a skyrocketing increase…
In several recent posts, I pushed back on a claim by Scott Alexander than making cities denser will also make them more expensive. That claim is certainly true for many factors that boost density. But I argued that those density increases that are spurred by the deregulation of construction would usually lower housing prices. Even […]
Fusion Micro Finance Ltd.’s Q1 FY24 profit after tax grew 60% YoY to ~Rs 1.2 billion, aided by net interest margin expansion and higher other income. Net interest income increased Fusion has transmitted higher borrowing costs to customers and also benefitted from the spread deregulation that was announced in March 2022. Net interest margin expanded by ~30 bp QoQ in Q1 FY24 and we expect this margin expansion to sustain over the next two years, with NIM of 13.8%/14% in FY24/FY25. Maintain 'Buy' rating with a target price of Rs 740