12
May
2015
Rockets and Feathers – Georgian Fuel Market
The blog piece is available only in Georgian.
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May
2015
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14
April
2014
Fine and Punishment
Imagine arriving at a provincial airport in an unnamed Central Asian country. You leave the terminal and go straight to a row of waiting taxis. In your Lonely Planet, you read that you should pay about $10 for what is a short taxi ride to the city center. You ask the first taxi driver and are quoted a fantasy price of $50. You try to bargain, to no avail. You go to the next taxi, and once again you are quoted $50.
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16
November
2012
A New Competition Policy for Georgia
In recent weeks there has been a lot of talk about alleged monopolies and cartels in Georgia, and Georgia’s future competition policy. With few exceptions, this debate has been pathetic.
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24
October
2012
Georgia: The Hub Issue
The new issue of Investor.GE is out, this time focusing on Georgia as the hub for the South Caucasus and Central Asia. This quote from the lead article caught my attention.
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18
October
2012
Political Instability in Fragile Democracies
The literature, typically using panel data covering many countries, shows that higher government turnover rates reduce growth significantly in both economic and statistical terms, even for established democracies.
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05
October
2012
Competition in the Georgian Retail Gasoline Market
No, nothing about the election here. Instead something about the Georgian retail gasoline market, which according to some is not so competitive.
