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Structural Reforms and the Benefits of the Enlarged EU Internal Market : Much Achieved and Much to Do
Arnold, Jens; Hoeller, Peter; Morgan, Margaret; … - 2009
in the economy. Empirical estimates suggest that competition and trade-enhancing reforms in services industries could …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012446958
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Public Policy and Resource Allocation: Evidence from Firms in OECD Countries
Andrews, Dan; Cingano, Federico - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2012
The correlation between a firm’s size and its productivity level varies considerably across OECD countries, suggesting that some countries are more successful at channelling resources to high productivity firms than others. Accordingly, we examine the extent to which regulations affecting...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011276926
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Structural Reforms and the Benefits of the Enlarged EU Internal Market: Much Achieved and Much to Do
Arnold, Jens; Hoeller, Peter; Morgan, Margaret; … - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2009
in the economy. Empirical estimates suggest that competition and trade-enhancing reforms in services industries could …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005046039
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Regulation, Allocative Efficiency and Productivity in OECD Countries: Industry and Firm-Level Evidence
Arnold, Jens; Nicoletti, Giuseppe; Scarpetta, Stefano - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2008
This paper relates diverging productivity performances across OECD countries over the past fifteen years to differences in the stringency of regulations in the product market. We first summarize industry-level evidence linking these diverging patterns to delays in service markets reforms in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005046057
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Improving the business regulatory environment in Poland
Terrero-Davila, Javier - 2023
A competition-friendly business regulatory environment is essential for the well-functioning of markets. It ensures … entry and expansion of firms that may limit and distort competition and hinder the efficient allocation of resources … aims to create a more competition-friendly business environment. The analysis suggests that only a limited number of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014435849
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Product market regulation in Indonesia : An international comparison
Lewis, Christine - 2022
of a country is competition-friendly across a range of sectors and regulatory areas. The analysis reveals that PMR in … Indonesia is less conducive to competition than in most OECD countries. The scope for improvement is particularly great in areas …-owned Enterprises (SOEs) and the extent to which the impact on competition is assessed when designing new regulation. The paper proposes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013523745
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Improving the business environment to accelerate convergence in Croatia
Leidecker, Timo - 2023
Raising productivity growth is central to closing the gap with the incomes and well-being enjoyed in many OECD countries. Croatia has internationally competitive firms, and a dynamic economy with many young and potentially productive firms. However, overall performance has been limited by the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014491281
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China's March to Prosperity: Reforms to Avoid the Middle-income Trap
Koen, Vincent; Herd, Richard; Hill, Sam - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2013
liberalisation; strengthening competition in markets for goods and services; education, research and innovation. Progress is also …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011277005
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Can India Achieve Double-digit growth ?
Herd, Richard; Conway, Paul; Hill, Sam; Koen, Vincent; … - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2011
improving in key sectors, partly thanks to greater private investment, bottlenecks endure and efforts to intensify competition …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009191040
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Measuring Competition in Slovenian Industries : Estimation of Mark-ups
Molnár, Margit - 2010
Product market regulation on average is Slovenia does not appear particularly stringent, but heavy state involvement and high market concentration in several industries call for the gauging of competitive pressures in Slovenian industries. Owing to such characteristics, more sophisticated...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012447036