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of competition and economic performance.<P>Régulation des services dans les pays de l'OCDE : évaluation et traits …Product market regulation in the non-manufacturing sectors of OECD countries: measurement and highlights This paper … describes a new set of indicators that measure differences in the regulation of non-manufacturing sectors of OECD countries over …
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procedures, internationalisation needs to be fostered, and competition strengthened. In addition, the negative impact of the …
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four widely-advocated policies: removing explicit restrictions to trade and FDI; promoting domestic competition; improving …
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significant. Despite impressive progress, product market regulation remains more burdensome than in most OECD countries, partly … sector regulators in network industries and the powers of the Competition Authority can still be enhanced, as the reform … autorités de régulation sectorielles dans les industries de réseau et les prérogatives de l'Autorité de la concurrence peuvent …
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finds that despite the regulatory difficulties, the Internet is far from being a “regulation-free” space as there are … regulation. Most of them aim at protecting personal data and consumers more generally. In many cases generally applicable laws … normes de l'industrie, des accords de co-régulation entre l'industrie et le gouvernement, et dans certains cas, la …
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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 market regulation — and it discusses the appropriateness of the … competition legislation framework. The paper then focuses on the large public sector, which has been slow to open up to …
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Vigorous product market competition plays a central role in bolstering productivity growth. Sweden has strengthened … competition legislation and deregulated a number of sectors, including electricity, telecommunications and parts of transport …, over the past 10 to 15 years. This paper examines the current state of product market competition and proposes further …
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This paper presents new estimates of country-specific international transport costs for 21 OECD countries over the period 1973-2005. The methodology is based on direct measures of air, maritime, and road transport costs rather than on cif/fob ratios or other balance of payments data employed in...
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Following many years of underinvestment, renovating and building new transport infrastructure is an important policy priority that would increase labour mobility and improve Poland’s competitiveness. This goal is all the more feasible given that the country is going to benefit from substantial...
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The economic crisis in the early 1990s prompted action on reforming the Swedish welfare state and its institutions, including deregulation of a wide range of product markets. In that way, Sweden took early action compared to other OECD countries currently struggling with how to make public...
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