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Product Market Competition and Economic Performance in New Zealand
Mourougane, Annabelle - 2005
The paper examines the current state of competition in a number of sectors that are important for the economy. Because of the country’s small size and isolation, the analysis focuses on barriers to entry, investment and external trade, rather than some standard indicators of competition...
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Product Market Competition and Economic Performance in Australia
Ziegelschmidt, Helmut; Koutsogeorgopoulou, Vassiliki; … - 2005
The OECD Growth Study and other empirical work have shown that the strength of competition in product markets plays an important role in the economic growth process as well as contributing to a more efficient allocation of resources in a static sense. More intense competition is likely to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012445025
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The Unequal Enforcement of Liberalization : Evidence from Russia's Reform of Business Regulation
Yakovlev, Evgeny; Zhuravskaya, Ekaterina - 2011
We document unequal enforcement of liberalization reform of business regulation across Russian regions with different governance institutions which lead to unequal effects of liberalization. The enforcement of national liberalization laws was better in subnational regions with more transparent...
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Competition in International Postal Markets : Should the Universal Postal Union's Anti-Remail Provisions Be Repealed?
Ghosal, Vivek - 2002
The Universal Postal Union (UPU) is the governing body that provides the framework for agreements in international postal markets. The UPU Congress is attempting to reform some key international agreements related to remail and terminal dues. The private postal carriers argue that UPU's...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014119335
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Liberalisation of International Civil Aviation – Charting the Legal Flightpath
Lykotrafiti, Antigoni - 2020
The paper focuses on the issue of liberalisation of international civil aviation, examining how the law could accommodate a reform of the Chicago regime. It looks into the strengths and weaknesses of the most prominent legal options available to States to implement liberalisation, namely,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014098006
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Fostering Innovation Growth through Regulatory Reform
Park, Jung-Soo - 2023
This study takes a comprehensive look at the overall flexibility of regulatory governance in Korea, including the design, implementation, and monitoring of the many issues surrounding regulatory reform that stand in the way of innovation growth. Based on the findings of the analysis, the paper...
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Deregulation of Business
Yakovlev, Evgeny; Zhuravskaya, Ekaterina - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007
What determines the enforcement of deregulation reform of business activities? What are the outcomes of deregulation … variation. 2) The enforcement of deregulation reform was better in regions with a transparent government, low corruption, better … substantial positive effect of deregulation on net entry and small business employment and no effect on pollution and public …
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How Can California Be a Bad State for Business if Its Per Capita GDP Keeps Growing?
McGee, Robert W. - 2017
This paper is a follow-up to a study that ranked California last in terms of business friendliness. The present paper provides some reasons why the per capita GDP in California is going up even though thousands of business are leaving the state because of its high taxes and burdensome regulations
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012959682
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The First McGee Annual Report on the Best and Worst States for Business
McGee, Robert W. - 2017
This study is the first annual McGee Report on the best and worst states for business. The fifty states are ranked based on the extent to which they facilitate business creation and expansion. This study incorporated the data collected from five other studies, which included the examination of...
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