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Reglementierte Berufe: Einordnung der Länderempfehlungen der Europäischen Kommission zum Reformbedarf des Regulierungsrahmens in Deutschland

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  • Recker Clemens

    (FDP-LTF NRWPlatz des Landtags 1, 40221DüsseldorfDeutschland)

Abstract

In its country-specific recommendations for Germany, the European Commission regularly calls for reform in the area of regulated professions. These reform demands focus in particular on the business-related services provided by lawyers, tax advisors, auditors, architects or civil engineers. In doing so, the Commission pursues the thesis that the protection of similar general interests in the case of the domestic regulatory approach with binding professional access rules and a mandatory chamber system is accompanied by a comparatively high regulatory intensity and unnecessarily restricts competition. The Commission bases this assumption on different direct and indirect regulatory and competition indicators. This paper provides an overview of the strengths and weaknesses of these indicators and concludes that these do not allow for a robust conclusion on below-average competition intensity in professional services in Germany.

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  • Recker Clemens, 2021. "Reglementierte Berufe: Einordnung der Länderempfehlungen der Europäischen Kommission zum Reformbedarf des Regulierungsrahmens in Deutschland," Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftspolitik, De Gruyter, vol. 70(2), pages 162-188, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:lus:zwipol:v:70:y:2021:i:2:p:162-188:n:6
    DOI: 10.1515/zfwp-2021-2057
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    Keywords

    Regulated Professions; European Single Market for Services;

    JEL classification:

    • D4 - Microeconomics - - Market Structure, Pricing, and Design
    • J4 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets

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