Research Catalog

Title

Regulation and Investment [electronic resource] / Alberto Alesina ... [et al]

Publication

Paris : OECD Publishing, 2003.

Details

Additional Authors

• Alesina, Alberto.
• Ardagna, Silvia.
• Nicoletti, Giuseppe.
• Schiantarelli, Fabio.

Description

42 p.; 21 x 29.7cm.

Summary

One commonly held view about the difference between continental European countries and other OECD countries, especially the United States, is that the heavy regulation of Europe reduces its growth. Using newly assembled data on regulation in several sectors of many OECD countries, we provide substantial and robust evidence that various measures of regulation in the product market, concerning in particular entry barriers, are negatively related to investment. The implications of our analysis are clear: regulatory reforms, especially those that liberalise entry, are very likely to spur investment ...

Series Statement

OECD Economics Department Working Papers, 1815-1973 ; no.352

Uniform Title

OECD Economics Department Working Papers, no.352.

Subject

Economics

LCCN

10.1787/206618567362

OCLC

oecd-lib-002420

Title

Regulation and Investment [electronic resource] / Alberto Alesina ... [et al]

Imprint

Paris : OECD Publishing, 2003.

Series

OECD Economics Department Working Papers, 1815-1973 ; no.352

OECD Economics Department Working Papers, 1815-1973 ; no.352.

Connect to:

http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/206618567362

Indexed Term

Economics

Added Author

Alesina, Alberto.

Ardagna, Silvia.

Nicoletti, Giuseppe.

Schiantarelli, Fabio.

Other Standard Identifier

10.1787/206618567362 doi