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Product Market Competition and Economic Performance in France / Jens Høj and Michael Wise

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Høj, Jens [aut]

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Wise, Michael [oth]

Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Buch (Online)Sprache: Englisch Reihen: OECD Economics Department Working Papers ; no.473Verlag: Paris : OECD Publishing, 2006Beschreibung: 52 p. ; 21 x 29.7cmSchlagwörter:

Andere physische Formen: Parallelausg.: Concurrence sur les marchés de produits et performance économique en France DOI: DOI: 10.1787/285535265617Online-Ressourcen:

Zusammenfassung: Over the past decade, French economic growth has been insufficient to bring down high and persistent unemployment. Available cross-country evidence suggests that enhancing competition is an important means to improve economic performance. France is catching up with best practice in competition policy reform. However, other policy considerations often hamper the emergence of effective competition. Relatively weak competitive pressures remain in a number of sectors, particularly in sheltered service industries. Restrictions on competition reduce productivity growth and hinder job creation in regulated sectors. Policy must focus on giving more weight to overall consumer welfare in the face of opposition from relatively small but vocal special interest groups. This paper discusses reforms that would increase competition by: i) strengthening institutions and better clarifying their responsibilities with respect to competition enforcement; ii) reinforcing the ability of sector regulators to improve non-discriminatory third-party access and other aspects of competition in the network industries; iii) abolishing overly prescriptive regulation in the retail sector; and iv) removing unnecessary protection in some professional services. This Working Paper relates to the 2005 OECD Economic Survey of France (www.oecd.org/eco/surveys/france).PPN: PPN: 730015165Package identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-13-SOC | ZDB-13-SOC-ebook

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