IMF paper points to short-term benefits of product market reforms

Authors find product market reforms can deliver benefits in short run as well as long

IMF headquarters in Washington, DC
The IMF's headquarters in Washington, DC

The long-term benefits of product market reforms are "well established" but such reforms can also prove beneficial in the short run, according to a working paper published on June 10 by the International Monetary Fund.

Peter Gal and Alexander Hijzen focus on firm-level responses to product market-focused structural reforms in The short-term impact of product market reforms. The authors focus on 18 advanced economies using impulse-response functions, finding immediate benefits to output and

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