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Enhancing business dynamism and consumer welfare in Costa Rica with regulatory reform
González Pandiella, Alberto - 2020
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. …
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Assessing the efficiency of environmental policy design and evaluation : results from a 2018 cross-country survey
Berestycki, Clara; Dechezleprêtre, Antoine - 2020
competition. They may also impose transaction and administrative costs related to permitting and licensing. If stringent …
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Like it or not? : the impact of online platforms on the productivity of incumbent service providers
Bailin Rivares, Alberto; Gál, Peter; Millot, Valentine; … - 2019
review and rating systems reduce information asymmetries between consumers and service providers, enhancing competition …
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Finance and economic growth in OECD and G20 countries
Cournède, Boris; Denk, Oliver - 2015
This paper shows that finance has been a key ingredient of long-term economic growth in OECD and G20 countries over the past half-century, but that there can be too much finance. The evidence indicates that at current levels of household and business credit further expansion slows rather than...
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Finance and income inequality in OECD countries
Denk, Oliver; Cournède, Boris - 2015
Using data from OECD countries over the past three decades, this paper shows that financial expansion has fuelled greater income inequality. Higher levels of credit intermediation and stock markets are both related with a more unequal distribution of income. Greater income inequality may not...
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Household finance and income inequality in the euro area
Denk, Oliver; Cazenave-Lacroutz, Alexandre - 2015
The size and composition of assets and liabilities of households differ vastly across the income distribution in euro area countries. This paper shows that differences between income groups in household finance on both sides of the balance sheet contribute to income inequality. The distribution...
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Stock market listing and corporate tax aggressiveness : evidence from legal reforms in squeeze out in Japan
Orihara, Masanori - 2015
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