OECD Recommendation on Fighting Bid Rigging in Public Procurement

On 17 July 2012, the OECD Council adopted a Recommendation on Fighting Bid Rigging in Public Procurement, which together with the Guidelines, will help sensitise governments to assess their public procurement laws and practices at all levels in order to promote more effective procurement and reduce the risk of bid rigging in public tenders.

Liberalisation and competition interventions in selected sectors

Competition is about increasing choice and efficiency to benefit consumers and make the economy more productive. This applies also to utilities which in many countries have been liberalised (such as electricity, water, railways and telecoms), are subject to regulation (‌banking and other financial services) or where the government plays an important role (healthcare, education and local public services).

Boosting integrity, fighting corruption

This brochure describes the multiple domains where the OECD is engaged in fighting corruption and boosting integrity. It relates how the CleanGovBiz initiative is drawing together for the first time these anti-corruption tools under a single umbrella.

Procedural Fairness and Transparency - 2012

This publication summarises three roundtable discussions on transparency and procedural fairness held during 2010 and 2011 at OECD Competition meetings.

Competition Law and Policy in Israel 2011

This Review was prepared as part of the process of Israel’s accession to OECD membership. It highlights some of the key challenges facing Israel in its implementation and enforcement of competition policy. Israel became an OECD member on 7 September 2010.

L’impact à court terme des réformes structurelles : une analyse empirique

Cet article s’appuie sur des données portant sur trente années de reformes structurelles dans les pays de l’OCDE et analyse l’impact de ces reformes au cours du temps.

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Gain ou perte à court terme ? Une analyse à partir d’un modèle DSGE des effets de court terme des réformes sur les marchés du travail et des produits

Cet article évalue les effets de court terme des réformes des marchés du travail et des produits à l’aide d’un modèle d’équilibre général dynamique incorporant une entrée endogène des firmes, un chômage d’équilibre et des coûts de création et destruction d’emplois.

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OECD Journal: Economic Studies 2010. How OECD Journal: Economic Studies 2010: Large Are Competitive Pressures in Services Markets? Estimation of Mark-ups for Selected OECD Countries

This study estimates mark-ups for services industries in European OECD members and its novelty is that it i) allows for non-constant returns to scale, ii) jointly estimates mark-ups for all sectors and in all countries and iii) estimates mark-ups at a detailed level of sectoral disaggregation. <

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Country reviews of competition policy frameworks

Reports on national competition institutions and regulation in specific sectors.

Competition Law and Policy in Honduras - 2011

This report reviews the competition regime in Honduras and makes recommendations for improvements such as reducing government intervention in the unregulated sectors of the economy and strengthening awareness and understanding of the importance of competition for the Honduran economy.