Barriers to Competition in Croatia : The Role of Government Regulation
This paper examines product market policies in Croatia by benchmarking them to OECD countries and highlighting how policies that are more conducive to competition would stimulate a more efficient allocation of resources and, in consequence, facilit...
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ADMINISTRATIVE BURDEN ADMINISTRATIVE BURDENS ADMINISTRATIVE POLICIES ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATION ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS ADMINISTRATIVE SYSTEM AIR AIR FARES AIR TRANSPORT AIR TRAVEL ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES BARRIERS TO COMPETITION BARRIERS TO ENTRY BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT CARRIERS CODES OF PRACTICE COMMON MARKET COMPETITION POLICY COMPETITIVE ACTIVITIES COMPETITIVE MARKETS COMPETITIVE PRESSURE COMPETITIVE PRODUCT COMPETITIVENESS COMPETITORS COMPLIANCE STRATEGIES CONSUMER PROTECTION CONTROL REGULATION CONTROL REGULATIONS CORPORATE GOVERNANCE DOMESTIC AIRLINES DOMESTIC COMPETITION DRIVING DYNAMIC ECONOMY ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC INSTRUMENTS ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ENFORCEMENT OF REGULATIONS ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT FARES FINANCIAL DISCIPLINE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FINANCIAL SECTOR FINANCIAL SERVICES FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN FIRMS FOREIGN INVESTMENT FOREIGN INVESTMENTS FOREIGN INVESTOR FOREIGN INVESTORS FOREIGN OWNERSHIP FOREIGN TRADE FREE TRADE FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS FREIGHT FREIGHT SERVICES FREIGHT TRANSPORT GASOLINE GLOBAL MARKETS GOVERNMENT POLICY GOVERNMENT REGULATION GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS INCOME INSURANCE INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS INTERNATIONAL HARMONIZATION INTERNATIONAL HARMONIZATION OF STANDARDS INTERNATIONAL NORMS INTERNATIONAL TRADE INVENTORY INVESTMENT BARRIERS INVESTMENT CLIMATE LAND TRANSPORT LEGISLATION LIBERALIZATION MACROECONOMIC STABILITY MARKET ACCESS MARKET COMPETITION MARKET INCENTIVES MARKET REFORM MARKET REGULATION MARKET REGULATIONS MARKET SHARE MARKET STRUCTURE MOBILITY MOTOR VEHICLES MUTUAL RECOGNITION PASSENGER TRANSPORT PETROLEUM PRODUCTS POLICY GOALS POLICY INSTRUMENTS PRICE CONTROL PRICE CONTROLS PRICE REGULATION PRIVATE MARKET PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT PRIVATIZATION PRODUCT MARKET PRODUCT MARKETS PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS PROFESSIONAL BODIES PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENTS PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION PUBLIC ENTERPRISE PUBLIC INTEREST PUBLIC OWNERSHIP PUBLIC SECTOR RAIL RAIL TRANSPORT RAILROAD RAILWAY RAILWAYS REGULATORS REGULATORY APPROACHES REGULATORY AREAS REGULATORY AUTHORITIES REGULATORY BODIES REGULATORY BURDEN REGULATORY CONTROLS REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT REGULATORY FRAMEWORK REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS REGULATORY GOALS REGULATORY IMPACT REGULATORY IMPACT ASSESSMENT REGULATORY INTERVENTION REGULATORY MEASURES REGULATORY POLICIES REGULATORY POLICY REGULATORY PRACTICES REGULATORY PROCESSES REGULATORY PROVISIONS REGULATORY REGIME REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS RETAIL RETAIL PRICES RETAIL TRADE ROAD ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE ROAD TRANSPORT ROUTES RULES SAFETY SAFETY STANDARDS SALE SALES SELF-REGULATION SINGLE MARKET STARTUPS TECHNICAL STANDARDS TRADABLE PERMITS TRANSITION COUNTRIES TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE TRANSPORTATION TRUE TURNOVER TYPE OF REGULATION VOLUNTARY ARRANGEMENT VOLUNTARY CODES WHOLESALE TRADE WORKING CAPITAL WORLD TRADE |
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ADMINISTRATIVE BURDEN ADMINISTRATIVE BURDENS ADMINISTRATIVE POLICIES ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATION ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS ADMINISTRATIVE SYSTEM AIR AIR FARES AIR TRANSPORT AIR TRAVEL ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES BARRIERS TO COMPETITION BARRIERS TO ENTRY BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT CARRIERS CODES OF PRACTICE COMMON MARKET COMPETITION POLICY COMPETITIVE ACTIVITIES COMPETITIVE MARKETS COMPETITIVE PRESSURE COMPETITIVE PRODUCT COMPETITIVENESS COMPETITORS COMPLIANCE STRATEGIES CONSUMER PROTECTION CONTROL REGULATION CONTROL REGULATIONS CORPORATE GOVERNANCE DOMESTIC AIRLINES DOMESTIC COMPETITION DRIVING DYNAMIC ECONOMY ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC INSTRUMENTS ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ENFORCEMENT OF REGULATIONS ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT FARES FINANCIAL DISCIPLINE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FINANCIAL SECTOR FINANCIAL SERVICES FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN FIRMS FOREIGN INVESTMENT FOREIGN INVESTMENTS FOREIGN INVESTOR FOREIGN INVESTORS FOREIGN OWNERSHIP FOREIGN TRADE FREE TRADE FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS FREIGHT FREIGHT SERVICES FREIGHT TRANSPORT GASOLINE GLOBAL MARKETS GOVERNMENT POLICY GOVERNMENT REGULATION GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS INCOME INSURANCE INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS INTERNATIONAL HARMONIZATION INTERNATIONAL HARMONIZATION OF STANDARDS INTERNATIONAL NORMS INTERNATIONAL TRADE INVENTORY INVESTMENT BARRIERS INVESTMENT CLIMATE LAND TRANSPORT LEGISLATION LIBERALIZATION MACROECONOMIC STABILITY MARKET ACCESS MARKET COMPETITION MARKET INCENTIVES MARKET REFORM MARKET REGULATION MARKET REGULATIONS MARKET SHARE MARKET STRUCTURE MOBILITY MOTOR VEHICLES MUTUAL RECOGNITION PASSENGER TRANSPORT PETROLEUM PRODUCTS POLICY GOALS POLICY INSTRUMENTS PRICE CONTROL PRICE CONTROLS PRICE REGULATION PRIVATE MARKET PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT PRIVATIZATION PRODUCT MARKET PRODUCT MARKETS PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS PROFESSIONAL BODIES PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENTS PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION PUBLIC ENTERPRISE PUBLIC INTEREST PUBLIC OWNERSHIP PUBLIC SECTOR RAIL RAIL TRANSPORT RAILROAD RAILWAY RAILWAYS REGULATORS REGULATORY APPROACHES REGULATORY AREAS REGULATORY AUTHORITIES REGULATORY BODIES REGULATORY BURDEN REGULATORY CONTROLS REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT REGULATORY FRAMEWORK REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS REGULATORY GOALS REGULATORY IMPACT REGULATORY IMPACT ASSESSMENT REGULATORY INTERVENTION REGULATORY MEASURES REGULATORY POLICIES REGULATORY POLICY REGULATORY PRACTICES REGULATORY PROCESSES REGULATORY PROVISIONS REGULATORY REGIME REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS RETAIL RETAIL PRICES RETAIL TRADE ROAD ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE ROAD TRANSPORT ROUTES RULES SAFETY SAFETY STANDARDS SALE SALES SELF-REGULATION SINGLE MARKET STARTUPS TECHNICAL STANDARDS TRADABLE PERMITS TRANSITION COUNTRIES TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE TRANSPORTATION TRUE TURNOVER TYPE OF REGULATION VOLUNTARY ARRANGEMENT VOLUNTARY CODES WHOLESALE TRADE WORKING CAPITAL WORLD TRADE De Rosa, Donato Madzarevic-Sujster, Sanja Boromisa, Ana-Maria Sonje, Velimir Barriers to Competition in Croatia : The Role of Government Regulation |
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Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5100 |
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This paper examines product market
policies in Croatia by benchmarking them to OECD countries
and highlighting how policies that are more conducive to
competition would stimulate a more efficient allocation of
resources and, in consequence, facilitate convergence to
higher income levels. OECD indicators of overall regulation
in product markets indicate that Croatias policies in 2007
were generally more restrictive of competition than were the
policies in OECD countries. This is especially true for
policies concerned with the degree of state control of the
economy and with barriers to entrepreneurship. Regulatory
obstacles to trade and foreign direct investment, by
contrast, are in line with those of pre-accession European
Union countries (Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovak Republic,
and Poland in 2003, as well as Bulgaria and Romania in
2006), albeit well above the OECD average. Regulation of
post, electricity, gas, telecoms, air, rail, and road
transport, as estimated by the OECD energy transport and
communication sectors indicator, is also less liberal than
in the OECD, highlighting the positive knock-on effects for
the rest of the economy that could derive from further
liberalization of network industries. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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De Rosa, Donato Madzarevic-Sujster, Sanja Boromisa, Ana-Maria Sonje, Velimir |
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De Rosa, Donato Madzarevic-Sujster, Sanja Boromisa, Ana-Maria Sonje, Velimir |
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De Rosa, Donato |
| title |
Barriers to Competition in Croatia : The Role of Government Regulation |
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Barriers to Competition in Croatia : The Role of Government Regulation |
| title_full |
Barriers to Competition in Croatia : The Role of Government Regulation |
| title_fullStr |
Barriers to Competition in Croatia : The Role of Government Regulation |
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Barriers to Competition in Croatia : The Role of Government Regulation |
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barriers to competition in croatia : the role of government regulation |
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2012 |
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http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20091109084001 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4308 |
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okr-10986-43082021-04-23T14:02:17Z Barriers to Competition in Croatia : The Role of Government Regulation De Rosa, Donato Madzarevic-Sujster, Sanja Boromisa, Ana-Maria Sonje, Velimir ADMINISTRATIVE BURDEN ADMINISTRATIVE BURDENS ADMINISTRATIVE POLICIES ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATION ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS ADMINISTRATIVE SYSTEM AIR AIR FARES AIR TRANSPORT AIR TRAVEL ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES BARRIERS TO COMPETITION BARRIERS TO ENTRY BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT CARRIERS CODES OF PRACTICE COMMON MARKET COMPETITION POLICY COMPETITIVE ACTIVITIES COMPETITIVE MARKETS COMPETITIVE PRESSURE COMPETITIVE PRODUCT COMPETITIVENESS COMPETITORS COMPLIANCE STRATEGIES CONSUMER PROTECTION CONTROL REGULATION CONTROL REGULATIONS CORPORATE GOVERNANCE DOMESTIC AIRLINES DOMESTIC COMPETITION DRIVING DYNAMIC ECONOMY ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC INSTRUMENTS ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ENFORCEMENT OF REGULATIONS ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT FARES FINANCIAL DISCIPLINE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FINANCIAL SECTOR FINANCIAL SERVICES FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN FIRMS FOREIGN INVESTMENT FOREIGN INVESTMENTS FOREIGN INVESTOR FOREIGN INVESTORS FOREIGN OWNERSHIP FOREIGN TRADE FREE TRADE FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS FREIGHT FREIGHT SERVICES FREIGHT TRANSPORT GASOLINE GLOBAL MARKETS GOVERNMENT POLICY GOVERNMENT REGULATION GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS INCOME INSURANCE INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS INTERNATIONAL HARMONIZATION INTERNATIONAL HARMONIZATION OF STANDARDS INTERNATIONAL NORMS INTERNATIONAL TRADE INVENTORY INVESTMENT BARRIERS INVESTMENT CLIMATE LAND TRANSPORT LEGISLATION LIBERALIZATION MACROECONOMIC STABILITY MARKET ACCESS MARKET COMPETITION MARKET INCENTIVES MARKET REFORM MARKET REGULATION MARKET REGULATIONS MARKET SHARE MARKET STRUCTURE MOBILITY MOTOR VEHICLES MUTUAL RECOGNITION PASSENGER TRANSPORT PETROLEUM PRODUCTS POLICY GOALS POLICY INSTRUMENTS PRICE CONTROL PRICE CONTROLS PRICE REGULATION PRIVATE MARKET PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT PRIVATIZATION PRODUCT MARKET PRODUCT MARKETS PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS PROFESSIONAL BODIES PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENTS PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION PUBLIC ENTERPRISE PUBLIC INTEREST PUBLIC OWNERSHIP PUBLIC SECTOR RAIL RAIL TRANSPORT RAILROAD RAILWAY RAILWAYS REGULATORS REGULATORY APPROACHES REGULATORY AREAS REGULATORY AUTHORITIES REGULATORY BODIES REGULATORY BURDEN REGULATORY CONTROLS REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT REGULATORY FRAMEWORK REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS REGULATORY GOALS REGULATORY IMPACT REGULATORY IMPACT ASSESSMENT REGULATORY INTERVENTION REGULATORY MEASURES REGULATORY POLICIES REGULATORY POLICY REGULATORY PRACTICES REGULATORY PROCESSES REGULATORY PROVISIONS REGULATORY REGIME REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS RETAIL RETAIL PRICES RETAIL TRADE ROAD ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE ROAD TRANSPORT ROUTES RULES SAFETY SAFETY STANDARDS SALE SALES SELF-REGULATION SINGLE MARKET STARTUPS TECHNICAL STANDARDS TRADABLE PERMITS TRANSITION COUNTRIES TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE TRANSPORTATION TRUE TURNOVER TYPE OF REGULATION VOLUNTARY ARRANGEMENT VOLUNTARY CODES WHOLESALE TRADE WORKING CAPITAL WORLD TRADE This paper examines product market policies in Croatia by benchmarking them to OECD countries and highlighting how policies that are more conducive to competition would stimulate a more efficient allocation of resources and, in consequence, facilitate convergence to higher income levels. OECD indicators of overall regulation in product markets indicate that Croatias policies in 2007 were generally more restrictive of competition than were the policies in OECD countries. This is especially true for policies concerned with the degree of state control of the economy and with barriers to entrepreneurship. Regulatory obstacles to trade and foreign direct investment, by contrast, are in line with those of pre-accession European Union countries (Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovak Republic, and Poland in 2003, as well as Bulgaria and Romania in 2006), albeit well above the OECD average. Regulation of post, electricity, gas, telecoms, air, rail, and road transport, as estimated by the OECD energy transport and communication sectors indicator, is also less liberal than in the OECD, highlighting the positive knock-on effects for the rest of the economy that could derive from further liberalization of network industries. 2012-03-19T19:13:41Z 2012-03-19T19:13:41Z 2009-10-01 http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20091109084001 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4308 English Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5100 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Europe and Central Asia Europe and Central Asia Europe Eastern Europe Croatia |