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

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 …

This paper examines whether regulation that is more conducive to competitive and efficient financial systems has a … external sources of funding tend to grow faster in countries that have more competition-friendly regulation in markets for … on regulations in banking and securities markets. They point to substantial variations in the stance of regulation across …