Publications

State-Owned Enterprises as Global Competitors - A Challenge or an Opportunity?

Retirement savings adequacy

This OECD-EU project which was completed in 2015 investigated whether people are saving enough for retirement and examined the role that private pensions can play in the retirement readiness of the working age population.

Life Annuity Products and Their Guarantees

The role of financial education in supporting decision-making for retirement: A checklist

The OECD International Network on Financial Education developed two practical policy tools to support policy makers in identifying financial education needs for retirement and in improving their financial education efforts in this area. The two policy tools include this checklist and a matrix contained in Chapter 5 of the 2016 OECD Pensions Outlook.

Competition and sanctions in antitrust cases

Competition law offenders are often subject to fines (civil, administrative or criminal). The 2016 Global Forum on Competition addressed how sanctions including fines are applied in various jurisdictions.

Independence of competition authorities - from designs to practices

Competition authorities independence from political power is a key element of effective enforcement of competition law. The 2016 Global Forum on Competition discussed the issue of the independence of competition authorities at its meeting on 1-2 December 2016.

The role of market studies as a tool to promote competition

The 2016 Global Forum on Competition discussed the results of the OECD survey and questionnaire on market studies and explored its categorisation according to their main purpose: competition advocacy and pre-enforcement.