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Policy Implementation in Italy: Legislation, Public Administration and the Rule of Law
O'Brien, Paul - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2013
OECD indicators of structural policy show that policy changes in Italy since 1998 should have improved the environment for entrepreneurship significantly, but in the same period its economic performance has deteriorated noticeably. This may be partly because there is a difference between policy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011276806
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Improving the Business Climate in Russia
Radziwill, Artur; Vaziakova, Yana - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2015
Economic growth is below what would be needed to resume rapid convergence to average OECD living standards. On-going efforts to improve the business climate are laudable, but need to be widened and strengthened. Much progress has been achieved in reducing red tape, but it is only recently that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011276869
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Boosting Growth and Reducing Informality in Mexico
Dougherty, Sean - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2015
Mexico has embarked on a bold package of structural reforms that will help it to break away from three decades of slow growth and low productivity. Major structural measures have been legislated to improve competition, education, energy, the financial sector, labour, infrastructure and the tax...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011274591
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Legal Reform, Contract Enforcement and Firm Size in Mexico
Dougherty, Sean - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2013
Legal systems provide the basic institutions for firms and markets to operate. Their quality can have important … ratings to examine the impact of state-level legal institutions on firm and industrylevel outcomes. A robust effect of … of institutions. Indicative evidence is found that the effect is strongest in more capital-intensive industries. Market …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011277011
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The 2013 update of the OECD's database on product market regulation: Policy insights for OECD and non-OECD countries
Koske, Isabell; Wanner, Isabelle; Bitetti, Rosamaria; … - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2015
abolishing price controls or improving their design, streamlining administrative procedures for start-ups, simplifying rules and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011220508
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Strengthening Regulation in Chile: The Case of Network Industries
Galetovic, Alexander; Mello, Luiz de - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2005
population’s access to basic services, while calling for a comprehensive upgrading of regulatory institutions. At the same time … base, en même temps que modernisé les institutions de réglementation. Parallèlement, les partenariats public-privé ont …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005045675
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Improving Product Market Regulation in India: An International and Cross-State comparison
Conway, Paul; Herd, Richard - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2008
Competition in product markets has been found to be an important determinant of economic performance in developed and developing countries. This paper uses the OECD's indicators of product market regulation (PMR) to assess the extent to which India's regulatory environment is supportive of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005045723
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The Benefits of Liberalising Product Markets and Reducing Barriers to International Trade and Investment in the OECD
Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et …; … - 2005
This paper provides an assessment of the impact of a package of structural reforms in all OECD countries on their long-run trade and output gains. The package includes reforms that reduce competition-restraining regulations, cut tariff barriers and ease restrictions on foreign direct investment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005045845
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Summary Indicators of Product Market Regulation with an Extension to Employment Protection Legislation
Nicoletti, Giuseppe; Scarpetta, Stefano; Boylaud, Olivier - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2000
This paper presents a database on indicators of product market regulations and employment protection legislation for most of the OECD countries and illustrates a methodology for aggregating these detailed indicators into summary indicators of the strictness of regulations. The summary indicators...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005045866
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Fifteen Years of Economic Reform in Russia: What has been Achieved? What Remains to be Done?
Ahrend, Rudiger; Tompson, William - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2005
deal to be done to strengthen the basic institutions of the market economy. While the Russian authorities have embarked on … state institutions. Thirdly, the pursuit of reforms across a broad front could enable Russia to profit from … pour renforcer les institutions de base d’une économie de marché. Bien que les autorités russes aient commencé quelques …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005045923