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In spite of improvements, on various measures of health outcomes the United States appears to rank relatively poorly among OECD countries. Health expenditures, in contrast, are significantly higher than in any other OECD country. While there are factors beyond the health-care system itself that...
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behaviour. We find that the impact of regulation on investment is both sector and firm specific. A reduction in the degree of …
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new regulation on the voluntary basis to identify the most successful solutions that can be later rolled out to the whole …
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As a result of reforms and financial sector development, the People’s Bank of China (PBoC) now exerts significant control over money market interest rates. With money market conditions increasingly influencing effective commercial lending rates, the PBoC is also able to affect the cost of...
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significant. Despite impressive progress, product market regulation remains more burdensome than in most OECD countries, partly … procurement processes. Economic rents in many sectors seem high, as stringent entry regulations, regulatory barriers and … autorités de régulation sectorielles dans les industries de réseau et les prérogatives de l'Autorité de la concurrence peuvent …
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OECD indicators of structural policy show that policy changes in Italy since 1998 should have improved the environment for entrepreneurship significantly, but in the same period its economic performance has deteriorated noticeably. This may be partly because there is a difference between policy...
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Policy efforts to revitalise entrepreneurship and investment in Spain are key to generating growth and new jobs. The government has a substantial reform program to make it easier to do business in Spain, which should in some cases be deepened. Boosting economic growth requires a new generation...
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finds that despite the regulatory difficulties, the Internet is far from being a “regulation-free” space as there are … regulation. Most of them aim at protecting personal data and consumers more generally. In many cases generally applicable laws … normes de l'industrie, des accords de co-régulation entre l'industrie et le gouvernement, et dans certains cas, la …
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Australia’s productivity growth has decelerated markedly around the turn of the century. Part of the decline is probably temporary, but raising multifactor productivity is key to ensure that living standards continue to grow strongly, especially if the currently strong terms of trade weaken...
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. Fostering competition by removing regulatory barriers and improving public procurement would help. In addition, innovation …
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