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Product Market Competition and Economic Performance in Iceland
Laubach, Thomas - 2005
This paper discusses the current state of product market competition in Iceland, including the legal and regulatory framework, and suggests directions for further improvement. Given the size of the economy, efficiency considerations dictate high concentration in many markets, and preventing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012442998
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Product Market Competition and Economic Performance in Japan
Høj, Jens - 2004
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 of productivity have been low in many...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012444046
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Product Market Competition and Economic Performance in the United States
Suppanz, Hannes - 2004
Regulatory reform efforts in a broad range of industries have resulted in increased importance of competitive forces as a means to allocate resources and improve economic efficiency. A number of indicators suggest that such forces have been stronger in the United States than in most other OECD...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012444089
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Product Market Competition and Economic Performance in Korea
Baek, Yongchun - 2004
Maintaining rapid economic growth depends increasingly on productivity gains, particularly in the service sector. Competition has an important role to play in achieving such gains. However, Korea’s development strategy has tended to weaken competition and has left a legacy of government...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012444204
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Regulation, Market Structure and Performance in Telecommunications
Boylaud, Olivier - 2000
The paper uses an original international database on regulation, market structure and performance in the … 1991-1997 period. The data on regulation and market structure is analysed by means of factor analysis techniques in order …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012444748
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Product Market Competition and Economic Performance in Australia
Ziegelschmidt, Helmut; Koutsogeorgopoulou, Vassiliki; … - 2005
The OECD Growth Study and other empirical work have shown that the strength of competition in product markets plays an important role in the economic growth process as well as contributing to a more efficient allocation of resources in a static sense. More intense competition is likely to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012445025
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Product Market Regulation in the Non-Manufacturing Sectors of OECD Countries : Measurement and Highlights
Conway, Paul - 2006
Product market regulation in the non-manufacturing sectors of OECD countries: measurement and highlights This paper … describes a new set of indicators that measure differences in the regulation of non-manufacturing sectors of OECD countries over … indicators and the patterns of product market regulation and regulatory reform that emerge from the analysis. The robustness of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012445919
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Has Deregulation Increased Investment in Infrastructure?: Firm-Level Evidence from OECD Countries
Araújo, Sónia - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2011
behaviour. We find that the impact of regulation on investment is both sector and firm specific. A reduction in the degree of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009322440
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Product Market Regulation in the Non-Manufacturing Sectors of OECD Countries: Measurement and Highlights
Conway, Paul; Nicoletti, Giuseppe - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2006
Product market regulation in the non-manufacturing sectors of OECD countries: measurement and highlights This paper … describes a new set of indicators that measure differences in the regulation of non-manufacturing sectors of OECD countries over … indicators and the patterns of product market regulation and regulatory reform that emerge from the analysis. The robustness of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005045791
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After the Telecommunications Bubble
Lenain, Patrick; Paltridge, Sam - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2003
An unprecedented “boom and bust” investment cycle occurred in the high-tech industries at the turn of the century, in particular in the telecommunications sector. Regulatory reforms and technological innovation fuelled expectations of robust growth in traffic, revenue and earnings....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005045838