Alesina, Alberto; Ardagna, Silvia; Nicoletti, Giuseppe; … - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2003
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 … product market, concerning in particular entry barriers, are negatively related to investment. The implications of our …