on competition, and therefore on business dynamism, productivity and ultimately well-being. A recent update of the OECD …. Regulatory reform can improve consumer welfare by boosting competition and thus lowering prices of key goods and services, which … competition will also allow higher wages. Reducing barriers to entry can facilitate firm creation, boosting investment and jobs. …

monopoly basis, competition does play a key role on routes with a sufficiently large base of (potential) customers. From a … 24 years old and the presence of intermodal competition by intercity railway services. …

alternative theories. In this survey, we focus on four important aspects, namely: (i) the role of competition and market structure …

This paper explores the relationship between the intensity of competition in product markets and firms' incentives to …, allowing us to differentiate between several measures for the intensity of competition. We establish that more firms in the … industry (i.e., lower entry costs) reduce the crime rate. Furthermore, whether more intense competition due to the increased …

reserved sector) in postal markets, the possibilities for competition increase. In this paper, we investigate whether effective … competition is likely to develop on its own, or whether specific access regulation is necessary or desirable in attaining this end … that specific mandatory access regulation, on top of generic non-discrimination principles found in competition law and …

prevent the fragmentation of market structure and an increase in the number of competitors, established competition and … barriers to entry. This Policy Paper draws from the analyses of competition developed over the last decade or so that offers … thinking is directly applicable to understanding the evolution of entry and competition in telecommunications markets and the …

Whereas the EU's internal market rules govern market access and public intervention, its competition rules are … concerned with the market conduct of private parties. When do the competition rules apply to healthcare? In principle the scope … for application of the competition rules to the healthcare sector is largely defined by the Member States themselves. This …