Conference on

Regulation: Political Economy, Measurement and Effects on Performance

29-30 January 2010, Munich, Germany

The OECD Economics Department, the department of International Institutional Comparisons of the Ifo Institute for Economic Research, and CESifo will organize a joint workshop in Munich on market regulations, with a special focus on product market regulations. The conference is intended to encourage further research in the area of market regulations, and to stimulate interaction and co-operation in these fields.

See call for papers
Contact for queries: Irene.Sinha@oecd.org | hall@cesifo.de

 

Programme

Friday 29 January 2010

 

12:30-13:30 Welcome Lunch

13:30-13:40 Welcome Note (Wolfgang Ochel (Ifo/CESifo), Giuseppe Nicoletti (OECD))

Political Economy of Regulations

13:40-14:20 The political economy of structural reform
Invited speaker: Vincenzo Galasso, Bocconi University

Open discussion, Powerpoint presentation

14:20-15:00 The political economy of regulatory risk
Roland Strausz, Humboldt-University Berlin

Discussant: Carlo Scarpa, University of Brescia, Powerpoint presentation

15:00-15:40 Optimal delegation of enforcement : Centralization vs. decentralization
Jing Xu, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (UAB)

Discussant: Ray Rees, LM University of Munich, Powerpoint presentation

 

15:40-16:00 Coffee Break

16:00-16:40 Unregulated utility sectors: Empirical evaluation of the Swedish district heating sector
Magnus Söderberg, Centre for Regulation and Market Analysis, University of South Australia

Discussant: Ingo Vogelsang, Boston University, Powerpoint presentation

 

16:40-17:20 Policy complementarities and growth
Joaquim Oliveira Martins, OECD

Discussant: Francois Combarnous, University of Bordeaux, Powerpoint presentation 

 

17:20-18:00 Institutions, socio-economic models and development: An overview of the literature and a methodology
François Combarnous, Eric Rougier, University of Bordeaux

Discussant: Vivek Ghosal, Georgia Institute of Technology, Powerpoint presentation

 

19:00- Conference Dinner

 

Saturday 30 January 2010

 

Measurement and Outcome of Regulations

 

9:00-9:20 The revised and extended PMR indicator

Anita Wölfl, OECD

Powerpoint presentation

9:20-10:00 Do product market regulations in upstream sectors curb productivity growth? Panel data evidence for OECD countries
Invited speaker: Jacques Mairesse, Centre de Recherche en Économie et Statistique (CREST)

Open discussion

10:00-10:40 Barriers to entry, deregulation and workplace training: A theoretical model with evidence from Europe
Andrea Bassanini, OECD, Giorgio Brunello, University of Padua

Discussant: Guido Schwerdt, Ifo Institute for Economic Research, Powerpoint presentation

10:40-11:00 Coffee break

11:00-11:40 Much ado about something? Regulation, resource reallocation and productivity in a panel of EU countries
Jens Arnold, Giuseppe Nicoletti, Stefano Scarpetta OECD

Discussant: Oliver Falck, Ifo Institute for Economic Research, Powerpoint presentation

11:40-12:20 Environmental regulation and industry dynamics
Aditi Sengupta, Southern Methodist University, Dallas

Discussant: Till Requate, University of Kiel, Powerpoint presentation

 

12:20-13:20 Lunch break

13.20-14:00 Incentive regulation, investment and technological change
Invited speaker: Ingo Vogelsang, Boston University

Open discussion, Powerpoint presentation

 

14:00-14:40 The reform of network industries, privatisation and consumers’ welfare: evidence from the EU15
Carlo V. Fiorio, Massimo Florio, University of Milan

Discussant: Maria Laura Parisi, University of Brescia, Powerpoint presentation

 

14.40-15:00 Coffee break

15:00-15:40 Competition in the service sector and the performances of manufacturing firms: Does liberalization matter
Emanuele Forlani, University of Leuven

Discussant: Oliver Röhn, OECD, Powerpoint presentation

15:40-16:20 Temporary workers and seasoned managers as causes of low productivity
Francesco Daveri, University of Parma, Maria Laura Parisi, University of Brescia

Discussant: Thomas Strobel, Ifo Institute for Economic Research, Powerpoint presentation

 

End of conference