price levels, industrial concentration and product market regulation — and it discusses the appropriateness of the …

behaviour. We find that the impact of regulation on investment is both sector and firm specific. A reduction in the degree of …

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 … indicators and the patterns of product market regulation and regulatory reform that emerge from the analysis. The robustness of …

part summarises the main outcomes of regulatory reform. The data on regulation and market structure are taken primarily … from the OECD International Regulation Database. The main findings of the analysis are the following: <UL …

discusses the main policy issues raised by the need to adapt the regulation of the noncompetitive segments of these industries …

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 … regulation can encourage competition, efficiency and investment in those segments of the service industries where non …

the United States, is that the heavy regulation of Europe reduces its growth. Using newly assembled data on regulation in … several sectors of many OECD countries, we provide substantial and robust evidence that various measures of regulation in the … ... Régulation and investissement<BR><P>Une opinion largement diffuse met en relation le moindre taux de croissance des pays …