Pro-competition regulatory reforms: design, assessment, and impact using the PMR indicators

• Luiz de Mello, Director, Policy Studies Branch, Economics Department, OECD
• Geraldine Mahieu – Director, Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs, European Commission

Giuseppe Nicoletti, Senior Fellow at Luiss Lab of European Economics and former Head of Structural Policy Analysis Division, Economics Department, OECD.

Presentation

Chair: Alessandro Turrini, Head of Economics of Structural Reforms and Investment Unit, Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs, European Commission

1.        Balázs Egert (Senior Economist, Economics Department, OECD):

The Quantification of Structural Reforms: The Role of PMR | Presentation

2.        Sara Calligaris (Economist, Productivity Innovation and Entrepreneurship Division, Science Technology and Innovation Directorate, OECD) and Peter Gal (Senior Economist, Structural Policy Analysis Division, Economics Department, OECD) | Presentation

The role of product market regulation for business dynamics and productivity: evidence from firm-level data

3.        Paloma López García (Adviser, Directorate General Economics, European Central Bank) | Presentation

The use of the PMR indicators at the European Central Bank: policy and research

Chair: Alain de Serres, Director, Policy Studies Branch, Economics Department, OECD

1.        Lukas Vogel (Deputy Head of Unit, Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs, European Commission) | Presentation

Product market regulation in the European Semester

2.        Federica Maiorano (Senior Competition Expert, Directorate for Financial and Enterprise Affairs, OECD) and Tim Bulman (Senior Economist, Economics Department, OECD). | Presentation

Greece’s experience: PMR indicators as a guide for structural reforms for post-crisis prosperity

3.        Carlo Stagnaro (Research Director, Istituto Bruno Leoni)  | Presentation

The Italian experience: designing pro-competition reforms using the PMR indicators

4.        Graciela Miralles (Senior Economist, Markets and Technology Global Unit, World Bank) 

The World Bank experience: identifying reform priorities

5.        Alexandre Messa Peixoto da Silva (Director of Infrastructure, the Ministry of Development, Industry, Commerce and Services, Brazil) | Presentation

The OECD PMR indicators as a tool to identify areas for reform

• Cristiana Vitale, Head of PMR Team, Economics Department, OECD