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Ranking the Unrankable: How useful are OECD league tables?

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  • Glenn Boyle
  • Bronwyn Howell

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Using OECD rankings as either a measure of a country's performance or as a target to justify adopting a particular policy has become popular amongst the OECD's member states in recent years. Policies benchmarked through rankings are simple concepts to market to voters and appeal to a sense of nationalistic pride: 'winning' is important, but if you can't win then at least you want to be seen to be outranking your fiercest national rival. However, as Glenn Boyle and Bronwyn Howell note, using rankings in this way is simplistic and potentially dangerous.

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  • Glenn Boyle & Bronwyn Howell, 2008. "Ranking the Unrankable: How useful are OECD league tables?," Competition & Regulation Times 372303, New Zealand Institute for the Study of Competition and Regulation.
    • Handle: RePEc:vuw:vuwcrt:372303
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    1. Howell, Bronwyn, 2012. "Competition and Regulation Policy in Antipodean Government-Funded UltraFast Fibre Broadband Markets," Working Paper Series 4133, Victoria University of Wellington, The New Zealand Institute for the Study of Competition and Regulation.
    2. repec:vuw:vuwscr:18774 is not listed on IDEAS
    3. Howell, Bronwyn, 2011. "Competition and Regulation Policy in Antipodean Government-Funded Ultrafast Broadband Network Markets," Working Paper Series 19206, Victoria University of Wellington, The New Zealand Institute for the Study of Competition and Regulation.
    4. repec:vuw:vuwscr:19242 is not listed on IDEAS
    5. Howell, Bronwyn, 2010. "Flat-Rate Tariffs and Competitive Entry in Telecommunications Markets," Working Paper Series 19156, Victoria University of Wellington, The New Zealand Institute for the Study of Competition and Regulation.
    6. repec:vuw:vuwscr:19206 is not listed on IDEAS
    7. Howell, Bronwyn, 2012. "Competition and Regulation Policy in Antipodean Government-Funded UltraFast Fibre Broadband Markets," Working Paper Series 2787, Victoria University of Wellington, The New Zealand Institute for the Study of Competition and Regulation.
    8. Howell, Bronwyn, 2012. "Competition and Regulation Policy in Antipodean Government-Funded UltraFast Fibre Broadband Markets," Working Paper Series 19242, Victoria University of Wellington, The New Zealand Institute for the Study of Competition and Regulation.
    9. Howell, Bronwyn, 2011. "Competition and Regulation Policy in Antipodean Government-Funded Ultrafast Broadband Network Markets," Working Paper Series 4099, Victoria University of Wellington, The New Zealand Institute for the Study of Competition and Regulation.
    10. repec:vuw:vuwscr:19156 is not listed on IDEAS
    11. Howell, Bronwyn, 2012. "Competition and Regulation Policy in Antipodean Government-Funded UltraFast Fibre Broadband Markets," Working Paper Series 18774, Victoria University of Wellington, The New Zealand Institute for the Study of Competition and Regulation.
    12. Howell, Bronwyn, 2010. "Flat-Rate Tariffs and Competitive Entry in Telecommunications Markets," Working Paper Series 4053, Victoria University of Wellington, The New Zealand Institute for the Study of Competition and Regulation.

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