Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 191
Cover Image
Enhancing Brazil's Regulatory Framework for Network Industries : The Case of Electricity, Oil and Gas, and Water and Sanitation
de Almeida, Edmar - 2005
This paper assesses Brazil’s regulatory framework and agencies for several network industries (electricity, oil and gas … Working Paper relates to the 2005 OECD Economic Survey of Brazil (www.oecd.org/eco/surveys/brazil). …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012444125
Cover Image
Product Market Regulation in Brazil
Vitale, Cristiana - 2022
. However, regulation can also create barriers to the entry and expansion of firms, which may limit and distort competition … market failure(s) regulation is intended to remedy. The OECD developed in the late 1990s a set of Product Market Regulation …, and network industries in Brazil, relying on the results of the PMR indicators, and identifies areas where country …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013523698
Cover Image
Improving the regulatory framework in the natural gas sector in Brazil
Vitale, Cristiana - 2022
This paper describes and analyses recent reforms in the natural gas market in Brazil aimed at fostering a more open … Regulation (PMR) indicator. The paper includes policies options to further improve the regulatory framework in the sector and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013523846
Cover Image
Competition and Efficiency in Publicly Funded Services
Lundsgaard, Jens - 2002
This paper reviews the extent to which OECD countries have opened the provision of publicly funded services to competition among public and private suppliers. The paper lays out an analytical framework identifying the inherent incentive and efficiency issues associated with the provision of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012445450
Cover Image
Labour Market Institutions, Product Market Regulation, and Innovation : Cross-Country Evidence
Bassanini, Andrea - 2002
labour markets, the lower the adjustment costs imposed by labour market regulation. Moreover, in industries with a ... …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012445941
Cover Image
China's Labour Market in Transition : Job Creation, Migration and Regulation
Herd, Richard - 2010
Over the past decade, the share of jobs not controlled by the state has increased considerably, whilst employment in agriculture has declined, against the backdrop of ongoing urbanisation. Over 200 million people have been drawn into urban areas through official or unofficial migration, despite...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012444601
Cover Image
Improving Labour Market Performance in France
Jamet, Stéphanie - 2006
With high unemployment, low participation of specific groups such as the low-skilled and those nearing retirement age, and relatively low average hours worked, France is far from using its full labour potential. Improving the labour market situation would not only increase living standards and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012446018
Cover Image
Enhancing Brazil's Regulatory Framework for Network Industries: The Case of Electricity, Oil and Gas, and Water and Sanitation
Almeida, Edmar Fagundes de; Mulder, Nanno - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2005
This paper assesses Brazil’s regulatory framework and agencies for several network industries (electricity, oil and gas … Working Paper relates to the 2005 OECD Economic Survey of Brazil (www.oecd.org/eco/surveys/brazil).<P>Améliorer le cadre …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005046170
Cover Image
Strengthening Regulation in Chile : The Case of Network Industries
Galetovic, Alexander - 2005
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012442893
Cover Image
OECD's FDI Regulatory Restrictiveness Index : Revision and Extension to more Economies
Koyama, Takeshi - 2006
This paper provides a revised measure of regulatory restrictions on inward foreign direct investment (FDI)for OECD countries and extends the approach to 13 non-member countries. The methodology is largely similar to that adopted in the previous version of the OECD indicator and covers three...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012442991