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Product Market Competition and Economic Performance in the United Kingdom
Maher, María E. - 2005
This paper assesses what role product market competition and regulatory reforms may have played in the performance of the British economy over the past decade. Competitive pressures appear to be relatively strong in the United Kingdom, with regulations inhibiting competition and barriers to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012446749
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Competition Policy Trends and Economic Growth : Cross-National Empirical Evidence
Clougherty, Joseph A. - 2009
, I present measures here of the overall resources dedicated to competition policy and the merger policy work-load for … thirty-two antitrust jurisdictions over the 1992-2007 period. The data allow analysing a number of perceived trends in … budgetary commitment to competition policy in the cross-national environment for antitrust has substantially increased over this …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013154103
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Product Market Competition and Economic Performance in Canada
Maher, María E. - 2005
This paper examines the strength of product market competition and economic performance in Canada and discusses way in which the institutional framework governing competition policy could be improved. Competitive forces are comparatively strong and administrative and economic regulations...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012444013
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Product Market Competition and Economic Performance in Korea
Baek, Yongchun - 2004
Maintaining rapid economic growth depends increasingly on productivity gains, particularly in the service sector. Competition has an important role to play in achieving such gains. However, Korea’s development strategy has tended to weaken competition and has left a legacy of government...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012444204
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Product Market Competition and Economic Performance in the Netherlands
Maher, María E. - 2005
This paper assesses what role product market competition and reforms may have played in the performance of the Dutch economy over the past decade, and discusses what further product market reforms might contribute to enhancing growth. In general, competitive pressures appear to be relatively...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012446211
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Raising Economic Performance by Fostering Product Market Competition in Germany
Fuentes, Andrés - 2006
Much scope remains to make regulation of product markets more conducive to competition ? notwithstanding progress in recent years ? with substantial benefits for consumer welfare, productivity and employment. While the general competition legislation and enforcement framework is mostly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012443967
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Improving Egypt’s business climate to revive private sector growth
Thiemann, Ania - 2024
Weak productivity in Egypt is rooted in deep-seated structural causes that impede market competition and prevent a more efficient resource allocation. This implies a number of challenges for economic policy to meet the objectives for long-term sustainable growth as set out in the National...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015081887
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European Union Competition Policy in Light of Modern Theories of Economic Growth : A Necessary Review to Support the Private Sector's Contribution to Growth Through Investment in Technology
Ciriani, Stephane - 2015
Competition policy in the European Union is built on the principle that the exercise of market power is a source of inefficiency and as such should be prevented or eliminated. According to this doctrine, effective competition exempt from market power is the source of economic growth. Observation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013021141
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The Role of Market Power in Economic Growth : An Analysis of the Differences between EU and US Competition Policy Theory, Practice and Outcomes
Ciriani, Stephane - 2016
The European Union has experienced relatively weak economic performance over the past fifteen years, notably compared to the U.S. In order to restore investment, innovation, and therefore growth, the European Commission seeks to raise the level of static competition in all markets. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012979601