Measures to make the regulation of product markets more conducive to competition play a prominent role in the … discusses these measures and suggests further improvements. Notwithstanding significant reforms in recent years, competition law … competition-friendly is large in the network industries. While sector-specific regulators have been introduced, their independence …

private-sector investment, while avoiding full competition in generation and in retail markets. Canada has more significant …This paper examines the strength of product market competition and economic performance in Canada and discusses way in … which the institutional framework governing competition policy could be improved. Competitive forces are comparatively …

Much scope remains to make regulation of product markets more conducive to competition ? notwithstanding progress in … recent years ? with substantial benefits for consumer welfare, productivity and employment. While the general competition …. Policies favouring small enterprises need to be revised, with a view to fully exposing them to competition and avoiding …

retail sector, market power remains a problem and the competition authorities will need to remain vigilant. The government …This paper assesses what role product market competition and regulatory reforms may have played in the performance of … regulations inhibiting competition and barriers to trade amongst the lowest in the OECD. Nevertheless, there is scope for …

inhibiting competition and productivity growth in the retail sector and there is considerable scope to eliminate practices that …This paper assesses what role product market competition and reforms may have played in the performance of the Dutch …. Competition in product markets has been strengthened through the creation of a competition authority (NMa) and the Competition …

national regulatory authorities (NRAs) was whether to foster service-based competition in the first phase of liberalisation or … to focus on infrastructurebased competition. The different NRAs chose to head down different roads. This paper analyses … indicates that infrastructure-based competition has a positive effect on innovation. Moreover, infrastructure-based competition …