Indicators of Product Market Regulation Homepage

The OECD has developed a range of indicators of product market regulation at both the economy-wide and sectoral levels. All of these indicators measure the extent to which policy settings promote or inhibit competition in areas of the product market where competition is viable.

Indicators of economy-wide regulation

The indicators of product market regulation (PMR) are economy-wide indicators of policy regimes in OECD countries and have been estimated for 1998 and 2003. These indicators summarise a wide array of different regulatory provisions across OECD countries. For more on the PMR indicators click here.

Indicators of sectoral regulation

Regulation in the professional services
These indicators measure regulatory conditions in the professional services. The professional services indicators cover entry and conduct regulations in the legal, accounting, engineering, and architecture professions and have been estimated for 1996 and 2003.  For more on the indicators of regulation in the professional services sector click here.

Regulation in retail trade
These indicators measure regulatory conditions in the retail sector. The retail indicators have been estimated for 1998 and 2003.  For more on the indicators of regulation in the retail distribution sector click here.

Regulation in energy, transport and communications
The indicators of regulation in energy, transport and communications (ETCR) summarise regulatory provisions in seven sectors: telecoms, electricity, gas, post, rail, air passenger transport, and road. These indicators have been estimated for 21 OECD countries over the period 1975 to 2003. For more on the ETCR indicators click here.

Regulation impact
The indicators of regulation impact (RI) are sectoral indicators that measure the ‘knock-on’ effects of regulation in non-manufacturing sectors on all sectors of the economy. These indicators have been estimated over the period 1975 to 2003 for 36 ISIC rev 3 sectors in 21 OECD countries. Download the complete set of Regulation Impact indicators  (Excel formal). Access the Regulation Impact Indicators via the OECD Stats Browser.

All of these indicators, along with the underlying regulatory data used to construct them, are accessible by clicking on the above links.