The Impact of Product Market Reforms on Firm Productivity in Italy /

This paper examines the role of removing obstacles to competition in product markets in raising growth and productivity. Using firm-level data from Italy during 2003-13 and OECD measures of product market regulation, we estimate the effect of deregulation in network sectors on value added and produc...

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Autor principal: Lanau, Sergi
Altres autors: Topalova, Petia
Format: Revista
Idioma:English
Publicat: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2016.
Col·lecció:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2016/119
Accés en línia:Full text available on IMF