Product Market Regulation in Romania : A Comparison with OECD Countries - Part I

Less restrictive product market policies are crucial in promoting convergence to higher levels of GDP per capita. This paper benchmarks product market policies in Romania to those of the OECD countries by estimating OECD indicators of Product Market Regulation (PMR). The PMR indicators allow a compr...

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Main Authors: Fay, M., Rosa, D., Pauna, C.
Format: Journal Article
Language:EN
Published: 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5224
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spelling okr-10986-52242021-04-23T14:02:21Z Product Market Regulation in Romania : A Comparison with OECD Countries - Part I Fay, M. Rosa, D. Pauna, C. Less restrictive product market policies are crucial in promoting convergence to higher levels of GDP per capita. This paper benchmarks product market policies in Romania to those of the OECD countries by estimating OECD indicators of Product Market Regulation (PMR). The PMR indicators allow a comprehensive mapping of policies affecting competition in product markets. Comparison with OECD countries reveals that Romania's product market policies are less restrictive of competition than most direct comparators from the region and not far from the OECD average. Nonetheless, this achievement should be interpreted in light of the fact that PMR approach measures officially adopted policies. It does not capture implementation and enforcement, the area where future reform efforts should be directed if less restrictive policies are to have an effective impact, on long-term growth prospects. Part I: a comparative analysis of Romania's PRM and Inward-oriented Policies. 2012-03-30T07:31:52Z 2012-03-30T07:31:52Z 2008 Journal Article Romanian Journal of Economic Forecasting 1582-6163 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5224 EN http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Journal Article Romania
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description Less restrictive product market policies are crucial in promoting convergence to higher levels of GDP per capita. This paper benchmarks product market policies in Romania to those of the OECD countries by estimating OECD indicators of Product Market Regulation (PMR). The PMR indicators allow a comprehensive mapping of policies affecting competition in product markets. Comparison with OECD countries reveals that Romania's product market policies are less restrictive of competition than most direct comparators from the region and not far from the OECD average. Nonetheless, this achievement should be interpreted in light of the fact that PMR approach measures officially adopted policies. It does not capture implementation and enforcement, the area where future reform efforts should be directed if less restrictive policies are to have an effective impact, on long-term growth prospects. Part I: a comparative analysis of Romania's PRM and Inward-oriented Policies.
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author Fay, M.
Rosa, D.
Pauna, C.
spellingShingle Fay, M.
Rosa, D.
Pauna, C.
Product Market Regulation in Romania : A Comparison with OECD Countries - Part I
author_facet Fay, M.
Rosa, D.
Pauna, C.
author_sort Fay, M.
title Product Market Regulation in Romania : A Comparison with OECD Countries - Part I
title_short Product Market Regulation in Romania : A Comparison with OECD Countries - Part I
title_full Product Market Regulation in Romania : A Comparison with OECD Countries - Part I
title_fullStr Product Market Regulation in Romania : A Comparison with OECD Countries - Part I
title_full_unstemmed Product Market Regulation in Romania : A Comparison with OECD Countries - Part I
title_sort product market regulation in romania : a comparison with oecd countries - part i
publishDate 2012
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