We study the effects of anti-competitive service regulation by examining whether OECD countries with less anti …-competitive regulation see a better economic performance of manufacturing industries using less-regulated services more intensively. Our … results indicate that lower service regulation translates into faster value added, productivity, and export growth of …

and on the creation of rents deriving from the present taxi regulation. The economic analysis and the positive results of … the recent experiences of liberalization in other countries show that a rigid regulation on tariffs and supply, like the … taxi in Italy does not reflect only quantity and price regulation but also other characteristics of the regulation itself …

quality have affected operating costs, which are higher on average in the South. Significant problems of economic regulation … integration with the collection phase hamper competition and make it desirable for there to be regulation of the terms and … perform this task, given the complexity of the underlying contracts. Assigning responsibility for the economic regulation of …