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Product market regulation in Indonesia

An international comparison

Appropriately designed Product Market Regulation (PMR) is essential to enhance productivity, boost economic growth and increase welfare. Regulation is needed to address market failures and guarantee the health and safety of consumers. However, by limiting the entry and expansion of firms, a too stringent regulatory environment can hinder an efficient allocation of resources both within and across industries. This paper provides a detailed review of PMR in Indonesia and analyses the country’s performance in this area relative to OECD countries, other G-20 members and regional peers. To do so, it relies on the OECD’s PMR Indicators, which have been recently compiled for Indonesia. These indicators assess the extent to which the regulatory framework of a country is competition-friendly across a range of sectors and regulatory areas. The analysis reveals that PMR in Indonesia is less conducive to competition than in most OECD countries. The scope for improvement is particularly great in areas such as barriers in network sectors, command-and-control regulation, public procurement, the governance of State-owned Enterprises (SOEs) and the extent to which the impact on competition is assessed when designing new regulation. The paper proposes concrete policy measures to align the regulatory environment of Indonesia with that of best performing countries.

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Keywords: Governance of State-Owned Enterprises, Professional Services, Public Procurement, Regulation, Product Market Regulation, Indonesia, Productivity, Competition
JEL: K23: Law and Economics / Regulation and Business Law / Regulated Industries and Administrative Law; L1: Industrial Organization / Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance; L5: Industrial Organization / Regulation and Industrial Policy; O53: Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth / Economywide Country Studies / Economywide Country Studies: Asia including Middle East; H57: Public Economics / National Government Expenditures and Related Policies / National Government Expenditures and Related Policies: Procurement; L2: Industrial Organization / Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior; L8: Industrial Organization / Industry Studies: Services; L6: Industrial Organization / Industry Studies: Manufacturing; D4: Microeconomics / Market Structure, Pricing, and Design; K32: Law and Economics / Other Substantive Areas of Law / Energy, Environmental, Health, and Safety Law; L4: Industrial Organization / Antitrust Issues and Policies; D24: Microeconomics / Production and Organizations / Production; Cost; Capital; Capital, Total Factor, and Multifactor Productivity; Capacity; L3: Industrial Organization / Nonprofit Organizations and Public Enterprise; L7: Industrial Organization / Industry Studies: Primary Products and Construction; L9: Industrial Organization / Industry Studies: Transportation and Utilities
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