After Sweden eased planning laws in its retail sector during the 1990’s, the country posted the strongest retail productivity growth in Europe (and outstripped that of the United States) between 1995 and 2005. Standardization and liberalization in European telecoms underpinned 9% growth in value added and productivity in this period, compared to 6% growth in the US.
20世纪90年代，瑞典放松了零售部门的规划法，此后，1995—2005年，该国零售生产率增长在欧洲一马当先（甚至超过了美国）。同期，欧洲电信业的标准化和自由化带来了增加值和生产率9%的增长，而美国只有6%。