competitiveness. In particular, often building on recent policy initiatives or commitments, this paper recommends reforms to further … enhance product-market competition, improve innovation efforts and ameliorate the quality of education, which are key to …

euro area competitiveness, cyclical positions, fiscal positions and the oil price. The framework is then used to cyclically …-adjust observed current account balances and illustrate the scale of the additional adjustments to competitiveness and/or fiscal … net external debt levels. In Spain and Portugal, cost competitiveness relative to the rest of the euro area would need to …

, network industries and retailing to more competition through lowering government dominance in provision and loosening planning … restrictions. This Working Paper relates to the 2012 OECD Economic Survey of Finland (www.oecd.org/eco/surveys/finland …

pressures. The government has recently introduced several reforms to strengthen the competition policy framework. Nevertheless …. The powers of the Competition Authority can still be enhanced. Its effective degree of independence, substantially … direction are needed. In the retail sector competition-restricting regulations still protect existing companies against new …

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

competitiveness. The deleveraging process set in motion by the loss of access to foreign financing is helping to rapidly reduce …