enhance product-market competition, improve innovation efforts and ameliorate the quality of education, which are key to …

Measures to make the regulation of product markets more conducive to competition play a prominent role in the … discusses these measures and suggests further improvements. Notwithstanding significant reforms in recent years, competition law … competition-friendly is large in the network industries. While sector-specific regulators have been introduced, their independence …

This paper examines the strength of product market competition and economic performance in Canada and discusses way in … which the institutional framework governing competition policy could be improved. Competitive forces are comparatively … strong and administrative and economic regulations inhibiting competition are amongst the lowest in the OECD countries …

Much scope remains to make regulation of product markets more conducive to competition ? notwithstanding progress in … recent years ? with substantial benefits for consumer welfare, productivity and employment. While the general competition …. Policies favouring small enterprises need to be revised, with a view to fully exposing them to competition and avoiding …

This paper assesses what role product market competition and regulatory reforms may have played in the performance of … regulations inhibiting competition and barriers to trade amongst the lowest in the OECD. Nevertheless, there is scope for … improvement and the recent overhaul of competition legislation should help to further promote competition. Much progress has been …

This paper assesses what role product market competition and reforms may have played in the performance of the Dutch …. Competition in product markets has been strengthened through the creation of a competition authority (NMa) and the Competition … competition, by reducing barriers to business start-ups and the expansion of small businesses, as well as lowering business costs …

procedures, internationalisation needs to be fostered, and competition strengthened. In addition, the negative impact of the …

This paper reviews recent studies on the links between competition, innovation and productivity growth in the long run …. From a long-run perspective, one can see that gains from competition-enhancing regulatory reform are likely to exceed … taking a dynamic perspective on competition and efficiency, one can also understand better the new modes of competition …

liberalisation; strengthening competition in markets for goods and services; education, research and innovation. Progress is also …