. More competition-friendly regulations, as measured by the OECDs' Product Market Regulation (PMR) indicator improve economic … non-OECD countries. The findings suggest that the quality of institutions matters to a large extent for economic outcomes … businesses boost the capital stock and the employment rate. No robust link between labour market regulation and MFP and capital …

The COVID pandemic caused the political competition between the prime ministers of the German states to reach its peak … politically. In this paper, we attempt to document which state leaders are forerunners or latecomers in this political competition …

-prudential tools by focusing on institutions, financial structure, and banking sector regulations. We find strong evidence indicating …