This report proposes an analysis of the mutually reinforcing relationship between trade, investment and competition …, investment and competition. It is then used in quantitative analysis to determine the impact of barriers to competitive markets …

to increasing competition in liberalised markets. It focuses on four topics that dominate the debate over regulatory …

regulation can encourage competition, efficiency and investment in those segments of the service industries where non …

policies, a number of challenges remain. Although there are few sectors of the economy from which competition policy and law … competition enforcement. Intellectual property rights create special challenges for competition policy and some problems have … setbacks, reflecting both the difficulties in ensuring competition in such industries and policy mistakes.<P>Concurrence sur …

This paper discusses the current state of product market competition in Iceland, including the legal and regulatory … competition law since the early 1990s have strengthened competitive forces in many sectors of the economy, and proposed amendments … to that law would further improve market surveillance. The changes in the regulatory framework for telecommunications …

. Competition has an important role to play in achieving such gains. However, Korea’s development strategy has tended to weaken … competition and has left a legacy of government intervention. Strengthening competition requires upgrading competition policy …

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 …

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 … taking a dynamic perspective on competition and efficiency, one can also understand better the new modes of competition …

The strength of product market competition plays an important role in economic growth as it affects economic efficiency … market competition and economic performance in the European Union. The Community’s competition rules, which apply whenever …’s Directorate General for Competition, and complement national competition legislation. Reforms have been adopted recently to …

endemically weak domestic competition, though the country’s relatively low productivity among domestic business likely signals … some sheltering from international competition. The generally healthy level of competition is partly because competition … proceed via the competition authority. And, it is suggested that sanctions against individuals in hard-core cartel cases are …