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of competition and economic performance.<P>Régulation des services dans les pays de l'OCDE : évaluation et traits …Product market regulation in the non-manufacturing sectors of OECD countries: measurement and highlights This paper … describes a new set of indicators that measure differences in the regulation of non-manufacturing sectors of OECD countries over …
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Product market regulation in the non-manufacturing sectors of OECD countries: measurement and highlights This paper … describes a new set of indicators that measure differences in the regulation of non-manufacturing sectors of OECD countries over … the past three decades. The indicators focus on regulations that affect competitive pressures in areas where competition …
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procedures, internationalisation needs to be fostered, and competition strengthened. In addition, the negative impact of the …
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The economic crisis in the early 1990s prompted action on reforming the Swedish welfare state and its institutions, including deregulation of a wide range of product markets. In that way, Sweden took early action compared to other OECD countries currently struggling with how to make public...
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to keep up the sustained growth of productivity. Reforms that enhance competition in product markets are among those that … capacity and waste of public money. A more level playing field would bring about efficiency-enhancing competition by private … competition is developing in some segments. Digitalisation is a promising candidate to lift China’s long-term growth potential …
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four widely-advocated policies: removing explicit restrictions to trade and FDI; promoting domestic competition; improving …
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Empirical work shows that competition is important for promoting economic growth. However, in Japan the promotion of … competition has long been compromised by ministerial guidance and exemptions from the competition law. Thus, the level and growth … Japanese economy had difficulty in coming out of the quasi-stagnation of the past decade. Recognising that gains from more pro-competition …
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The paper examines the current state of competition in a number of sectors that are important for the economy. Because …, rather than some standard indicators of competition stance. The competition law and institutions are generally well …
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The OECD Growth Study and other empirical work have shown that the strength of competition in product markets plays an … sense. More intense competition is likely to encourage stronger efforts of managers to improve efficiency and induce higher … economic reforms. Attention is then turned to indicators of product market competition to gauge the strength of competitive …
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This paper reviews recent studies on the links between competition, innovation and productivity growth in the long run …. From a long-run perspective, one can see that gains from competition-enhancing regulatory reform are likely to exceed … static gains observed in the short run since firms will continue to innovate in ways they would not have under regulation. By …
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