Looking Ahead: Will Liberalization Policies Succeed?

Tito Boeri, Carlo Scarpa, Lidia Tsyganok, Christian Wey, Micael Castanheira, Riccardo Faini, Vincenzo Galasso, Giorgio Barba Navaretti, Stéphane Carcillo, Jonathan Haskel (), Giuseppe Nicoletti and Enrico Perotti

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Abstract: The case studies of Germany, Italy, and the UK show that liberalization has had positive direct effects on productivity in services, but does not always result in declining prices and employment gains. Liberalization seems to have positive effects on productivity, which - almost invariably because excessively high levels of employment are reduced - increases in all cases where its measurement is possible and reliable. Productivity may even increase well before privatization and liberalization, in anticipation of an increasingly competitive environment.

Keywords: Germany; Italy; Liberalization; Productivity; Services industry; UK (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007-05
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