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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...

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The Implementation and the Effects of Regulatory Reform: Past Experience and Current Issues

Gönenç, Rauf; Maher, Maria; Nicoletti, Giuseppe - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2000

privatisation) in both competitive and non-competitive industries in the past two decades. Turning to network industries, it then …-neutral charges for accessing the fixed networks of incumbents; ii) the pros and cons of structural measures such as privatisation … sectoriels des réformes (privatisation y compris) dans des industries concurrentielles et non compétitives au cours des deux …

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Regulation in Services: OECD Patterns and Economic Implications

Nicoletti, Giuseppe - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2001

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 data recently collected and summarised by the...

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Raising Greece's Potential Output Growth

Koutsogeorgopoulou, Vassiliki; Ziegelschmidt, Helmut - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2005

This Working Paper looks at structural policies which would improve Greece’s long-term economic performance and help speed economic and social convergence with average European Union member countries. It focuses on a number of key areas which are particularly important for rapid growth as they...

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Reforms to Open Sheltered Sectors to Competition in Switzerland

Fuentes, Andrés - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2009

Measures to make the regulation of product markets more conducive to competition play a prominent role in the governments “growth package” of measures to stimulate economic growth which are in the process of being implemented. This paper discusses these measures and suggests further...

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Too little Destruction too little Creation: A Schumpeterian Diagnosis of Barriers to Sustained Growth in Ukraine

Gianella, Christian; Tompson, William - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2007

increased competition and further privatisation, for productivity growth in Ukraine. This paper relates to the 2007 Economic …

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Market Mechanisms in Public Service Provision

Blöchliger, Hansjörg - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2008

This paper presents a new set of institutional indicators that assess how sub-central governments harness market mechanisms such as tendering, outsourcing, user choice and competition, user fees and output-related funding when providing public services. Services put under scrutiny comprise...

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Boosting Growth Through Greater Competition in Denmark

Jorgensen, Martin - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2005

This paper discusses ways of strengthening the competitive environment in order to help boost productivity performance in various sectors of the Danish economy. It looks at a number of indicators of the strength of competition — including price levels, industrial concentration and product...

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Raising Economic Performance by Fostering Product Market Competition in Germany

Fuentes, Andrés; Wurzel, Eckhard; Reindl, Andreas - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2006

entrepreneurship and reduce the involvement of the government in business sector activities, notably through accelerated privatisation …'entrepreneuriat et réduire l'intervention de l'État dans les activités du secteur des entreprises, notamment par une privatisation …

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Product Market Competition and Economic Performance in New Zealand

Mourougane, Annabelle; Wise, Michael - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2005

The paper examines the current state of competition in a number of sectors that are important for the economy. Because of the country’s small size and isolation, the analysis focuses on barriers to entry, investment and external trade, rather than some standard indicators of competition...

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