This comparative study aims to highlight new opportunities emerging for public sector innovation while raising awareness on some of the main implications that need to be tackled to successfully grasp these potential benefits. The Study presents how some of the OECD countries have started dealing...

This paper sets out the objectives and scope of application of debarment sanctions in different jurisdictions; describes the practical issues associated with their application; and suggests ways to maximise their effectiveness. It was prepared as a background note for discussions on “Director...

This paper describes how digital platforms have transformed the distribution and consumption of news content and the complex competitive dynamics between news publishers and digital platforms. It was prepared as background for a discussion on Competition issues concerning news media and digital...

This paper delves into Croatia's journey towards a market-based economy post-independence, accentuating the role of higher education institutions (HEIs) in fostering innovation amidst economic constraints. Despite challenges, HEIs are pivotal in shaping Croatia's knowledge-based economy,...

This paper aims at providing guidance on the benefits and challenges of criminal enforcement while exploring the economic deterrence theory and the retribution theory that have emerged in the criminalisation debate. It also offers an overview of criminalisation trends across jurisdictions,...

The OECD Competition Committee debated Monopsony and Buyer Power in October 2008. This document includes an executive summary and the documents from the meeting: an analytical note by the OECD, written submissions from Brazil, Canada, Chile, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Indonesia, Japan,...

This paper explores the interaction between the governmental policies adopted to face the COVID-19 emergency and competition policy. It was prepared as background for a discussion on the role of competition policy in promoting economic recovery held in December 2020.

This paper explores the impact of competition on impoverished consumers in markets for essential goods and services. It was prepared as background material for a session on competition and poverty reductions held at the 2012 Latin American and Caribbean Competition Forum in the Dominican...

Industrial policy describes the set of interventions that governments use to affect the economic structure of the economy. Its success or failure therefore has a huge impact on the extent to which a country can achieve inclusive growth. Individual industrial policies can broadly be considered to...