and policy settings. This paper first draws a topography of disparities in mortgage structure, documenting considerable … tax advantages for mortgage borrowing. The paper finally proposes a novel indicator to measure the balance between the … rights of borrowers and lenders. Mortgage markets are deepest in countries where the index shows that creditor and borrower …

countries. Deregulation of the mortgage markets in most OECD countries since the 1970s has made it easier for households to …

recurrent cuts in shipments of natural gas from Argentina since 2004 have put additional strain on regulation in the electricity … improvements in the regulation of telecoms would do much to further improve the business climate. The governance of public …

Much scope remains to make regulation of product markets more conducive to competition ? notwithstanding progress in … objectives in energy market regulation could be achieved at lower cost. In the telecommunications industry, competition in the … local loop can be strengthened. Regulation of the liberal professions is among the most restrictive in the OECD. Entry …

This paper uses the OECD’s indicators of product market regulation (PMR) to assess the extent to which the regulatory … restrictive, which provides considerable scope for reaping gains from bringing regulation into line with international best …

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 …