New Zealand’s productivity level remains markedly below the OECD frontier. Insufficient competition is an important … concentration. Ensuring adequate competition policy settings is important for offsetting these geographic handicaps, foster … innovation and support higher living standards. This paper reviews the competition landscape and the recent reforms in several …

in various sectors of the Danish economy. It looks at a number of indicators of the strength of competition — including … competition legislation framework. The paper then focuses on the large public sector, which has been slow to open up to … competition, partly because of regulatory restrictions but also because some local governments are too small to handle tenders and …

Vigorous product market competition plays a central role in bolstering productivity growth. Sweden has strengthened … competition legislation and deregulated a number of sectors, including electricity, telecommunications and parts of transport …, over the past 10 to 15 years. This paper examines the current state of product market competition and proposes further …

This paper examines problems of entry, exit and competition in Ukrainian product markets. It finds that Ukraine still … increased competition and further privatisation, for productivity growth in Ukraine. This paper relates to the 2007 Economic …

in various sectors of the Danish economy. It looks at a number of indicators of the strength of competition — including … competition legislation framework. The paper then focuses on the large public sector, which has been slow to open up to … competition, partly because of regulatory restrictions but also because some local governments are too small to handle tenders and …

Vigorous product market competition plays a central role in bolstering productivity growth. Sweden has strengthened … competition legislation and deregulated a number of sectors, including electricity, telecommunications and parts of transport …, over the past 10 to 15 years. This paper examines the current state of product market competition and proposes further …

Russia in 2003 embarked on the restructuring of its electricity sector. The reform is intended to introduce competition … characterised by real competition based on economically meaningful prices. There are two dangers here. The first is that private …

policy approaches to product market competition and their consequences for product market rents. Against this background, the … paper summarises OECD recommendations to further strengthen competition in various sectors and areas. These include … easing residency or nationality requirements (professional services); meet competition challenges in network industries by …

competition is important for promoting economic growth. Recognising the benefits of competition, the government wants to introduce … regulatory reforms to stimulate economic growth. However, the promotion of competition has often conflicted with other policy … competition in a number of sectors, resulting in high prices, weak innovative activity and inefficient resource allocation …