draws heavily on a novel set of cross-country indicators of regulation in the product and labour markets assembled at the …

opportunities of firms. The detailed indicators refer to: economic regulation concerning market access, the use of inputs, output … choices, pricing and international trade and investment; administrative regulation (i.e. the interface between government …: while regulation for regular contracts has remained largely unchanged, many countries (especially in Europe) have eased …

This paper describes trends in product market regulation in OECD countries over the period 1998 to 2003. The analysis … is based on summary indicators of product market regulation that measure the degree to which policies promote or inhibit …. Regulation has also become more homogenous across the OECD as countries with relatively restrictive policies have, in some areas …

This paper describes patterns and developments of regulation that potentially affect product market competition in OECD … countries over the past decade. It uses the 2008 update and revision of the OECD indicators of product market regulation (PMR …) that integrate to a larger extent than in the past information on sector-specific regulation and adapt a simpler and more …

This paper describes patterns and developments of regulation that potentially affect product market competition in OECD … countries over the past decade. It uses the 2008 update and revision of the OECD indicators of product market regulation (PMR …) that integrate to a larger extent than in the past information on sector-specific regulation and adapt a simpler and more …