اثر قانون رقابت بر تسهيل رقابت، رقابتمندي و استاندارد زندگي

The Impact of Competition Law on Competition Facilitation, Competitiveness and Standard of Living

This paper examines the impact of competition law on the degree of local competition, competitiveness and the standard of living. Data is obtained from the World Economic Forum2003 and Global Competition Review2003 - in the form of different indices calculated for 83 less developed, developing and developed countries. A system of three equations is established, which is estimated both simultaneously and in single form. The result of both models showed that competition law application affects competitiveness and thus the standard of living in a positive way (0.62). Also the simultaneous approach results on the degree of local competition showed that monopoly regulation policies influences the level of competition among domestic firms (5.4%) and through that it improves the standard of living (0.58%). JEL Classification: L40, K21, F23.