How Can We Boost Competition in the Services Sector?

Oliver Holtemöller

doi:10.5771/9783845289021

Summary

‘How Can We Boost Competition in the Services Sector?’ is a key question in the process of creating a more effi-cient economic environment in Germany. This book contains a collection of conference contributions on service sector reforms from members of academic institutions, ministries, the EU Commission and other organisations. The conference consisted of a keynote on the importance and implementation of structural reforms in Europe and two panels that dealt with the evaluation of past reforms in the services sector and the potential scope and effects of further reforms.

Since the 1990s, productivity growth in Germany and other Member States of the European Union has been significantly lower than in the US. The development of productivity growth in the services sector is estimated to account for two thirds of this widening gap. The European Commission advocated reforms in the services sector in its country-specific recommendations for Germany. At a conference in Berlin in July 2016, experts from various fields presented and discussed studies on service sector reforms.

With contributions by

Oliver Holtemöller, Brigitte Zypries, Joaquim Nunes de Almeida, Dirk Palige, Henrik Enderlein, Stefan Profit, Davud Rostam-Afschar, Paolo Mengano, Oliver Arentz, Erik Canton, Jochen Andritzky

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Bibliographic data

Copyright year: 2017
ISBN-Print: 978-3-8487-4676-7
ISBN-Online: 978-3-8452-8902-1
Publisher: Nomos, Baden-Baden
Language: English
Pages: 270
Product type: Edited Book

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis No access Pages 1 - 15
1. Oliver Holtemöller
  1. References No access Oliver Holtemöller
2. I.2 Competition in the Services Sector No access Pages 23 - 24 Richard Kühnel
1. II.1 No access Pages 25 - 29 Brigitte Zypries
2. II.2 No access Pages 30 - 35 Joaquim Nunes de Almeida
3. Dirk Palige
  1. References No access Dirk Palige
Henrik Enderlein
1. Executive Summary No access Henrik Enderlein
2. Henrik Enderlein
  1. 1.1 What are structural reforms? No access Henrik Enderlein
  2. 1.2 Why structural reforms are important for growth No access Henrik Enderlein
  3. 1.3 Why structural reforms matter for the euro area No access Henrik Enderlein
3. Henrik Enderlein
  1. 2.1 How to make sense of laundry lists No access Henrik Enderlein
  2. 2.2 Deriving consensus reform lists No access Henrik Enderlein
4. Henrik Enderlein
  1. 3.1 Growth effects No access Henrik Enderlein
  2. 3.2 Contribution to euro area stability No access Henrik Enderlein
  3. 3.3 Political feasibility No access Henrik Enderlein
5. 4 Conclusion: The euro area reform priorities on a single page No access Henrik Enderlein
6. Appendix No access Henrik Enderlein
7. References No access Henrik Enderlein
1. IV.1 Introduction No access Pages 87 - 88 Stefan Profit
2. Davud Rostam-Afschar
  1. Abstract No access Davud Rostam-Afschar
  2. 1 Introduction No access Davud Rostam-Afschar
  3. 2 The amendment to the German Trade and Crafts Code in 2004 as a natural experiment No access Davud Rostam-Afschar
  4. Davud Rostam-Afschar
    1. 3.1 Definition of the treatment and control groups No access Davud Rostam-Afschar
    2. 3.2 Trends in craftsmanship No access Davud Rostam-Afschar
    3. 3.3 Identification of causal effects No access Davud Rostam-Afschar
    4. 3.4 Other entrepreneurship policies No access Davud Rostam-Afschar
  5. 3.5 Estimation procedure No access Davud Rostam-Afschar
  6. Davud Rostam-Afschar
    1. 4.1 Sample design No access Davud Rostam-Afschar
    2. 4.2 Descriptives No access Davud Rostam-Afschar
  7. Davud Rostam-Afschar
    1. 5.1 Treatment effects on transition probabilities No access Davud Rostam-Afschar
    2. 5.2 Treatment effects on self-employment probabilities No access Davud Rostam-Afschar
    3. 5.3 Heterogeneous treatment effects No access Davud Rostam-Afschar
    4. 5.4 Specification and sensitivity tests No access Davud Rostam-Afschar
  8. 6 Summary and conclusions No access Davud Rostam-Afschar
  9. Appendix No access Davud Rostam-Afschar
  10. References No access Davud Rostam-Afschar
3. Paolo Mengano
  1. Abstract No access Paolo Mengano
  2. 1 Introduction No access Paolo Mengano
  3. 2 Literature Review No access Paolo Mengano
  4. Paolo Mengano
    1. 3.1 Data preparation No access Paolo Mengano
    2. 3.2 Panel VAR No access Paolo Mengano
    3. 3.3 Robustness No access Paolo Mengano
  5. Paolo Mengano
    1. 4.1 The CompNet firm-level-based database No access Paolo Mengano
    2. 4.2 OECD’s database on Product Market Regulations No access Paolo Mengano
  6. Paolo Mengano
    1. 5.1 Baseline specification No access Paolo Mengano
    2. 5.2 Labour costs No access Paolo Mengano
    3. 5.3 Productivity No access Paolo Mengano
    4. 5.4 Resources allocation No access Paolo Mengano
    5. 5.5 Competition and concentration No access Paolo Mengano
  7. 6 Conclusions No access Paolo Mengano
  8. Paolo Mengano
    1. Annex A No access Paolo Mengano
    2. Annex B No access Paolo Mengano
  9. References No access Paolo Mengano
4. 1. Dr Stefan Profit No access
  2. Dr Davud Rostam-Afschar No access
  3. Paolo Mengano No access
1. Oliver Arentz
  1. Executive Summary No access Oliver Arentz
  2. 1 Introduction No access Oliver Arentz
  3. Oliver Arentz
    1. 3 Services gap – the relationship between the services sector and the manufacturing sector No access Oliver Arentz
    2. 4 Empirical survey of the status quo of the regulation in the services sector No access Oliver Arentz
    3. 5 Endeavours to deregulate the services market No access Oliver Arentz
    4. 6 Economic effects of services deregulation No access Oliver Arentz
  4. 6.1 Direct effects No access Oliver Arentz
  5. 6.2 Indirect effects No access Oliver Arentz
  6. 6.3 Effects on imports and exports No access Oliver Arentz
  7. 6.4 Labour market effects No access Oliver Arentz
  8. Oliver Arentz
    1. 7 Politico-economic considerations for services liberalisation No access Oliver Arentz
    2. 8 Approaches for reform for Germany No access Oliver Arentz
  9. 8.1 Approaches for reform No access Oliver Arentz
  10. Oliver Arentz
    1. 9 Conclusion No access Oliver Arentz
    2. Appendix No access Oliver Arentz
  11. Oliver Arentz
    1. Regression model and data basis No access Oliver Arentz
    2. Model results No access Oliver Arentz
    3. Categorising the model results No access Oliver Arentz
  12. Appendix B: Operating surplus in a national and international comparison No access Oliver Arentz
  13. References No access Oliver Arentz
2. Erik Canton
  1. Abstract No access Erik Canton
  2. 1 Motivation No access Erik Canton
  3. Erik Canton
    1. 2.1 Mark-ups No access Erik Canton
    2. 2.2 Allocation of productive resources No access Erik Canton
  4. Erik Canton
    1. Erik Canton
      1. (i) Regulation and mark-ups No access Erik Canton
      2. (ii) Regulation and allocative efficiency No access Erik Canton
  5. 5 Economy-wide effects: Simulations with QUEST No access Erik Canton
  6. 6 Concluding remarks No access Erik Canton
  7. References No access Erik Canton
3. Jochen Andritzky
  1. Erik Canton No access Jochen Andritzky
  2. Oliver Arentz No access Jochen Andritzky
VI Conclusions No access Pages 269 - 270 Oliver Holtemöller

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