Regulatory reform in OECD countries: Reports by subject

This page allows readers to search by subject the background reports prepared for the OECD country reviews on regulatory reform.

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.

Sixth meeting of the Regulatory Policy Committee

The Regulatory Policy Committee took place on 11-12 April 2012 at the OECD headquarters. Delegates from the OECD participated as well as from Brazil, Columbia, Egypt, Indonesia, Malaysia, Russia, Tunisia and Viet Nam.

Better Regulation in Europe: Italy

The EU Better Regulation project is a partnership between the OECD and the European Commission. It draws on the initiatives for Better Regulation promoted by both organisations over the last few years.

Recommendations and Guidelines on Regulatory Policy

OECD has developed over time a series of policy recommendations and guiding principles to help countries develop and self-assess their capacities for Regulatory Reform.

The short-term effects of structural reforms: an empirical analysis

This paper sheds light on the impact of reforms over time, identifies the horizon over which their full effects materialise, and investigates whether such effects vary with prevailing economic conditions and institutions.

Short-term gain or pain? A DSGE model-based analysis of the short-term effects of structural reforms in labour and product markets

This paper explores the short-term effects of labour and product market reforms through a dynamic general equilibrium model that features endogenous producer entry, equilibrium unemployment and costly job creation and destruction.

Recommendation of the Council on Regulatory Policy and Governance, adopted 22 March 2012

This Recommendation sets the current thinking of how to effectively implement regulatory policy in countries, based on over a decade of OECD experience. "This Recommendation is the first comprehensive international statement on regulatory policy since the crisis", says Angel Gurría.

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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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