The paper uses a data base on regulation, market structure and performance in the air passenger transportation industry …

increased in recent years, despite extensive liberalisation and privatisation in the OECD area. We then look at the regulation … new set of quantitative indicators of regulation, we show that the cross-country variation of regulatory settings has … productivity. Both privatisation and entry liberalisation are estimated to have a positive impact on productivity. In manufacturing …

The paper uses an original international database on regulation, market structure and performance in the … telecommunications industry to investigate the effects of entry liberalisation and privatisation on productivity, prices and quality of … 1991-1997 period. The data on regulation and market structure is analysed by means of factor analysis techniques in order …

privatisation) in both competitive and non-competitive industries in the past two decades. Turning to network industries, it then … discusses the main policy issues raised by the need to adapt the regulation of the noncompetitive segments of these industries …-neutral charges for accessing the fixed networks of incumbents; ii) the pros and cons of structural measures such as privatisation …

This paper seeks to assess the impact of liberalisation and privatisation on performance in the generation segment of …

privatisation) in both competitive and non-competitive industries in the past two decades. Turning to network industries, it then … discusses the main policy issues raised by the need to adapt the regulation of the noncompetitive segments of these industries …-neutral charges for accessing the fixed networks of incumbents; ii) the pros and cons of structural measures such as privatisation …

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 … data recently collected and summarised by the OECD. The paper also surveys the available cross-country empirical evidence …

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