This paper revisits barriers to exit, explores their different definitions in the literature and identifies what these have in common. It then analyses the different ways in which such barriers to exit can affect allocative efficiency and competition while assessing their impacts by looking at...

Economic analysis is central to effective merger review. This paper was prepared as background for a discussion on Economic Analysis in Merger Investigations held at the 2020 OECD Global Forum on Competition.

Vom 9. bis 10. Dezember 1996 fand in Wien ein Seminar statt, das sich mit dem Umstellungsprozess der Banken der Transformationsländer befaßte. Zu diesem Zeitpunkt befanden sich Rumänien und Bulgarien in schwerwiegenden Reformproblemen, zu deren Lösung dieses Diskussionsforum beitragen...

The OECD Competition Committee debated retail banking in October 2006. This document includes an executive summary and the documents from the meeting: an analytical note by the OECD and written submissions from Brazil, Chinese Taipei, the Czech Republic, Denmark, the European Commission, France,...

The OECD Competition Committee the role of competition in the regulation of banks in February 1998. This document includes an executive summary and submissions from Australia, Austria, Canada, the Czech Republic, Denmark, the European Commission, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy,...