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Boosting competition on Israeli markets

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  • Claude Giorno

    (OECD)

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Promoting competition to enhance productivity at the firm level and resulting income and growth improvement and a lower cost of living is an important economic and social challenge in Israel. Consistent evidence shows multiple deficiencies leading to a dual functioning of the economy between exposed and sheltered sectors. Product markets are hampered by regulations that are far from best practice. Because of its geographical and geopolitical situation, Israel is less open to foreign trade than other small OECD countries. Moreover, its product markets feature monopolies in many sectors. Addressing these issues have been high on the policy agenda since the 2011 “tent protests”, and the authorities have adopted or launched reforms in many domains since then. However, further increases in foreign trade exposure by lowering non-tariff barriers, making regulation more competition-friendly in network industries, especially electricity, and reducing the oligopolistic structure of the food and banking sectors would still have considerable economic payoffs.This Working Paper relates to the 2016 OECD Economic Review of Israel www.oecd.org/eco/surveys/economic-survey-israel.htm Stimuler la concurrence sur les marchés israéliens Promouvoir la concurrence pour accroître la productivité dans les entreprises et les gains en résultant pour les revenus et la croissance et abaisser le coût de la vie constitue un enjeu économique et social de taille pour Israël. Certains éléments concordants montrent de multiples déficiences qui mènent à un fonctionnement dual de l’économie, partagée entre secteurs exposés à la concurrence internationale et ceux qui en sont protégés. Les marchés de produits sont entravés par des réglementations qui sont loin de constituer des exemples de bonnes pratiques. De par sa situation géographique et géopolitique, Israël est une économie moins ouverte aux échanges internationaux que d’autres petites économies de l’OCDE. Qui plus est, ses marchés de produits se caractérisent par l’existence de monopoles dans de nombreux secteurs. Les autorités ont fait de ces questions une priorité depuis la « révolte des tentes » de 2011 et ont depuis lors adopté ou engagé des réformes dans de nombreux domaines. Toutefois, une plus forte exposition aux échanges internationaux via une réduction des obstacles non tarifaires, une réglementation plus favorable à la concurrence dans les industries de réseau, en particulier dans le secteur de l’électricité, et une organisation moins oligopolistique du marché de l’alimentation et du marché bancaire, serait grandement payante sur le plan économique. Ce Document de travail se rapporte à l’Étude économique de l’OCDE de l’Israël 2016 (www.oecd.org/fr/eco/etudes/etude-economique-israel.htm).

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  • Claude Giorno, 2016. "Boosting competition on Israeli markets," OECD Economics Department Working Papers 1287, OECD Publishing.
  • Handle: RePEc:oec:ecoaaa:1287-en
    DOI: 10.1787/5jm0xf06sz37-en
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    Keywords

    agriculture; agriculture; cartel; cartel; competition; compétition; importations parallèles; industries de réseaux; network industries; parallel imports;
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    JEL classification:

    • K21 - Law and Economics - - Regulation and Business Law - - - Antitrust Law
    • L66 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Manufacturing - - - Food; Beverages; Cosmetics; Tobacco
    • L81 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Services - - - Retail and Wholesale Trade; e-Commerce
    • L87 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Services - - - Postal and Delivery Services
    • L9 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Transportation and Utilities
    • O47 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - Empirical Studies of Economic Growth; Aggregate Productivity; Cross-Country Output Convergence
    • Q18 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Agricultural Policy; Food Policy; Animal Welfare Policy

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