. We consider the competition between public and private hospitals - and the rules supervising the financial agreements …

over the period 1911-1951 and of their links with competition policy. By relying on a newly compiled dataset and on fresh … industries. Finally, we find that reductions in the level of competition, induced by specific policies, were associated with …

Insufficient competition remains a major obstacle to growth in Italy. The main culprits include the institutional … rights to provide services and restrictive regulation hindered competition in professional services. Growing awareness of the … importance of competition policies to foster growth has given new impetus to the implementation of a wide programme of …

The main purpose of this study is to investigate how regulation, competition, governance structure, and business … competition factor shows a quite clear effect on a firm' s cost reduction. (iii) As a company diversifies further from its core …

This paper evaluates the macroeconomic effects of simultaneously implementing fiscal consolidation and competition … joint implementation of reforms has additional expansionary effects on long-run economic activity. Increasing competition in …