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operating on downstream markets which are subject to liberalisation. Arguments for and against these tendencies have been …
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liberalisation of the gas market whose functioning cannot disregard the network infrastructure required to bring this fuel to the … EU legislation on the liberalisation and organisation of the internal market in gas. Competition on the downstream gas … upstream and downstream markets is not "synchronous", a discrepancy which can weaken the impact of liberalisation. Moreover …
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This paper reviews trends, outcomes and issues in regulatory reform in OECD countries. First, it summarises the evidence on the evolution of regulatory environments and the economy-wide and sectoral effects of reforms (including privatisation) in both competitive and non-competitive industries...
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The paper looks at patterns of regulation in service industries and explores their implications for service performance. Focusing on restrictions to market mechanisms, a map of the state of service regulation in OECD countries is provided, based on data recently collected and summarised by the...
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liberalisation of the gas market whose functioning cannot disregard the network infrastructure required to bring this fuel to the … EU legislation on the liberalisation and organisation of the internal market in gas. Competition on the downstream gas … upstream and downstream markets is not "synchronous", a discrepancy which can weaken the impact of liberalisation. Moreover …
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The change in the market of public utilities – the liberalisation of markets – is a much debated and highly significant … liberalisation of the market of public utilities has become stronger in certain professional circles, emphasising the benefits of the … competition evolving as a consequence of the opening of the market. The idea of privatisation was closely linked to liberalisation …
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We test the significance of the relationship between the exchange rate regime and the degree of structural reforms by estimating panel regressions for a world and an OECD country sample. The empirical results suggest a positive correlation between on the one side the adoption of an exchange rate...
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This paper investigates the relationship between the exchange rate regime and the degree of structural reforms using panel data techniques. We look at a broad sample of countries (the "world sample") and also an OECD sample. Our main findings suggest that adopting a fixed exchange rate rule is...
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empirically examines whether the level of liberalisation of the banking system, the stock market and capital account depend on …
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