the United States, is that the heavy regulation of Europe reduces its growth. Using newly assembled data on regulation in … several sectors of many OECD countries, we provide substantial and robust evidence that various measures of regulation in the …

the United States, is that the heavy regulation of Europe reduces its growth. Using newly assembled data on regulation in … several sectors of many OECD countries, we provide substantial and robust evidence that various measures of regulation in the …

The paper looks at patterns of regulation in service industries and explores their implications for service performance …. Focusing on restrictions to market mechanisms, a map of the state of service regulation in OECD countries is provided, based on … regulation can encourage competition, efficiency and investment in those segments of the service industries where non …

the United States, is that the heavy regulation of the former reduces their growth. Using newly assembled data on … regulation in several sectors of many OECD countries, we provide substantial and robust evidence that various measures of … regulation in the product markets, concerning in particular entry barriers, are negatively related to investment. The policy …

The paper uses an original international database on regulation, market structure and performance in the … 1991-1997 period. The data on regulation and market structure is analysed by means of factor analysis techniques in order …