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Product Market Regulation and Productivity Convergence

Introduction ................................................................................................................................. 40 Product market regulation and labour productivity in the OECD: convergence and divergence? .................................................................................................. 42 Regulation ..................................................

Product and Labour Market Regulations and Patenting Activity

A large literature has focused on labour market institutions as a reason for slow growth in Europe. How important have product market regulations been? Recent work has shown that less regulation encourages investment, increases employment and leads to faster productivity growth. Empirical work at the firm level, within individual countries, suggests that the impact may differ in important ways ...

Product Market Liberalization and Productivity: Evidence from India∗

In this paper, we use a detailed plant-level dataset to study the effect of two reforms aimed at increasing product market competition in India – liberalization of foreign direct investment (FDI) and reduction in tariff rates. First, we examine the effect of the liberalization policies on mean plant-level productivity in the liberalized industries. We find a 23% increase in productivity level f...

R&D, ICT and Productivity

Network Regulations and Market Entry

This paper uses a two-sided market model to study if lastmile access providers (ISPs), should charge content providers (CPs), who derive revenue from advertisers, for the right to access ISP’s end-users. We compare two-sided pricing (ISPs could charge CPs for content delivery) with one-sided pricing (neutrality regulations prohibit such charges). Our analysis indicates that number of CPs is low...