and dynamics of product markets overall. The particular reform we consider is the deregulation of the French banking … industry in the mid 1980s. This deregulation eliminated government interference in bank lending decisions and allowed French … banks to compete more freely in the credit market. Post deregulation, we find that banks are less willing to bail out poorly …

We assess how banking competition will be affected by the process of deregulation and integration in European financial …

What determines the enforcement of deregulation reform of business activities? What are the outcomes of deregulation … variation. 2) The enforcement of deregulation reform was better in regions with a transparent government, low corruption, better … substantial positive effect of deregulation on net entry and small business employment and no effect on pollution and public …

profits. Instead of such an equilibrium, a deregulation race is likely to emerge in which all but the last country repeal … their antitrust laws. The deregulation race results in a chain of Stackelberg leadership positions taken over by national …

(deregulation) and improving contractual enforcement (legal reform). Deregulation fosters entry, thereby increasing the number of … deregulation, as it preserves incumbents' rents, while at the same time allowing the less efficient among them to transfer control …

Product and labour market deregulation are fundamentally about reducing and redistributing rents, leading economic … players to adjust in turn to this new distribution. Thus, even if deregulation eventually proves beneficial, it comes with … market deregulation, we then use our results to study two specific issues. First, to shed light on macroeconomic evolutions …