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Review #10

REVIEW #10: Retail Opening Hours: Regulation That Fails

LFMI and 4liberty.eu/April 4, 2019April 12, 2019 /Leave a comment

Out of thirty European countries, sixteen allow retail trade on Sundays, whereas fourteen do not limit retail opening hours on public holidays. The countries which regulate retail trade on Sundays and/or public holidays apply a range of exemptions.

Economy

Retail Chain Tax in Slovakia: Scary for the Big, Hammering the Small

Martin Vlachynsky and INESS/October 29, 2018 /Leave a comment

The Slovak government’s intention is to lower the market power of large international retail chains. Unfortunately, the alleged problems are mostly made-up. Instead, the “retail chain tax” may end up raising the food prices and wrecking havoc in Slovak retail.

Economy

Retail Opening Hours in Europe: Regulation That Fails

LFMI/June 19, 2018June 25, 2018 /Leave a comment

Regulation of retail opening hours is applicable in 14 out of 30 European countries. The range of the regulation varies widely across the countries, as evidenced by a variety of exemptions. Yet, the bans fail to achieve their objectives: a number of European countries have gone through deregulation.

Economy

The Benefits of Modern Retail in Bulgaria: A Fact-Based Study

IME/September 19, 2017September 19, 2017 /Leave a comment

The objective of the study “The Seen and the Unseen Effects of the Entry of Modern Retail1 in Bulgaria: Facts Against Myths” is to examine a number of popular claims that have been circulating in the media, and public debates. They often become grounds for political action and even legislative initiatives against modern retail formats.

Economy

Shops Closed on Sunday in Poland? Bad Idea for Consumers, Employees and the Retail Sector

Maciej Orczyk and FOR/December 15, 2016February 13, 2018 /Leave a comment

At the beginning of September, the representatives of the biggest Polish trade union “Solidarity” submitted in the Polish parliament a policy proposal to ban Sunday trading. This proposal, signed by hundreds of thousands of Poles, became a trigger for a public discussion on potential effects of this regulation.

Economy, Politics

Government Yet Again Tells Lithuanians Not to Work

Dominykas Sumskis and LFMI/June 20, 2016August 29, 2017 /Leave a comment

With Lithuanian Parliamentary elections approaching, Lithuanian MPs like magicians are pulling out of a hat same old populistic laws. Once again they are trying to push through an old and already bashed suggestion that prohibits people from working on holidays.

Politics

Gloomy Sunday for the Hungarian Government

Daniel Kovarek and Republikon Institute/May 5, 2016 /Leave a comment

Just a single year has passed since the introduction of the infamous shop closure law in Hungary, but the Fidesz-led right-wing government had already withdrew the regulation that forbade most retail outlets to open and serve customers on Sundays.

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