02078nam a2200301 a 4500 1/51475 090303s2008 be u pdd 1 a0eng d 9789279082610 1016-8060 (print) 1725-3187 (online) KC-AI-08-336-EN-C 39626 GR-PeUP ΚΕΤ Αλφαβητική σειρά. Ilzkovitz, Fabienne. An Analysis of the possible causes of product market malfunctioning in the EU: first results for manufacturing and service sectors/ Fabienne Ilzkovitz, Adriaan Dierx and Nuno Sousa. Brussels : Office for Infrastructure and Logistics in Brussels, 2008. 64 σ. : διαγ. πιν. ; 30 εκ. European Economy. Economic papers ; Within the context of the follow-up to the Single Market Review, the European Commission has screened EU manufacturing and service sectors for problems of market malfunctioning. This paper investigates the nature of these problems in the selected sectors and focuses on the following four dimensions of market functioning: regulation, integration, competition and innovation. In spite of the data limitations, regulation appears to be a cross cutting factor affecting market functioning in many sectors. The service sectors, in particular, show signs of an unexploited potential in terms of market integration and competition pressures. In all selected sectors there are indications of an unsatisfactory innovation performance. Overall, the analysis appears to confirm the results of the initial sector screening. Economic Papers. Dierx, Adriaan. Sousa, Nuno. European Commission : Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs. Economic Papers August 2008, No 336. European Economy. Economic papers ; 336. INST UNIPILB KET 20090303 EEEP 336 EEEP 336 NOLOAN 23 1 http://ec.europa.eu/economy_finance/publications/publication_summary13085_en.htm