Alesina, AlbertoArdagna, SilviaNicoletti, GiuseppeSchiantarelli, Fabio2009-02-092005Alesina, Alberto, Silvia Ardagna, Giuseppe Nicoletti, and Fabio Schiantarelli. 2005. Regulation and investment. Journal of the European Economic Association 3(4): 791-825.1542-4766http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:2579825We use newly assembled data on regulation in several sectors of many OECD countries to provide evidence that regulatory reform of product markets is associated with an increase in investment. A component of reform that plays a very important role is entry liberalization, but privatization also has a substantial effect on investment. Sensitivity analysis suggests that our results are robust.Journal Article10.1162/1542476054430834