Product Market Regulation and Macroeconomic Performance: A Review of Cross Country Evidence

Fabio Schiantarelli ()

No 623, Boston College Working Papers in Economics from Boston College Department of Economics

Abstract: The main purpose of this paper is to provide a critical overview of the recent empirical contributions that use cross-country data to study the effect of product market regulation and reform on a country’s macroeconomic performance. After a review of the theoretical literature and of relevant micro-econometric evidence, the paper discusses the main data and methodological issues related to empirical work on this topic. It then critically evaluates the cross-country evidence on the effect of product market regulation on mark- ups, firm dynamics, investment, employment, innovation, productivity and output growth. A summary of what we learn from the econometric results concludes the paper.

Keywords: Regulation; Product Market; Performance; Productivity; Innovation; Growth (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D24 K20 L10 L51 O31 O40 O57 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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Date: 2005-09-28, Revised 2008-08-04
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