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Empirical work shows that competition is important for promoting economic growth. However, in Japan the promotion of … competition has long been compromised by ministerial guidance and exemptions from the competition law. Thus, the level and growth … Japanese economy had difficulty in coming out of the quasi-stagnation of the past decade. Recognising that gains from more pro-competition …
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Following many years of underinvestment, renovating and building new transport infrastructure is an important policy … reliant on road transport but is lacking an efficient high-speed road network. It needs important renovation investments both … maritime transport as well as extending and upgrading airport facilities to cope with the fastest growing air market in Europe …
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the past three decades. The indicators focus on regulations that affect competitive pressures in areas where competition … of competition and economic performance.<P>Régulation des services dans les pays de l'OCDE : évaluation et traits …
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Empirical work shows that competition is important for promoting economic growth. However, in Japan the promotion of … competition has long been compromised by ministerial guidance and exemptions from the competition law. Thus, the level and growth … Japanese economy had difficulty in coming out of the quasi-stagnation of the past decade. Recognising that gains from more pro-competition …
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Many studies on household energy efficiency investments suggest that a wide range of seemingly profitable investments are not taken up. This paper provides novel evidence on the main factors behind consumer choices using the OECD Survey on Household Environmental Behaviour and Attitudes. The...
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procedures, internationalisation needs to be fostered, and competition strengthened. In addition, the negative impact of the …
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This paper reviews recent studies on the links between competition, innovation and productivity growth in the long run …. From a long-run perspective, one can see that gains from competition-enhancing regulatory reform are likely to exceed … taking a dynamic perspective on competition and efficiency, one can also understand better the new modes of competition …
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This paper reviews recent studies on the links between competition, innovation and productivity growth in the long run …. From a long-run perspective, one can see that gains from competition-enhancing regulatory reform are likely to exceed … taking a dynamic perspective on competition and efficiency, one can also understand better the new modes of competition …
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. Promoting competition in the transport sector is essential, in particular by effectively opening the railway freight market to …Transport can play an important role in promoting growth, diversification and regional convergence. However, with … insufficient investment and incomplete structural reforms, Russia faces very large challenges in modernising its large transport …
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The OECD Growth Study and other empirical work have shown that the strength of competition in product markets plays an … sense. More intense competition is likely to encourage stronger efforts of managers to improve efficiency and induce higher … economic reforms. Attention is then turned to indicators of product market competition to gauge the strength of competitive …
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