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No. 167 | 01 Jan 1996 |
Modelling the Supply Side of the Seven Major OECD Economies
If a macroeconometric model is to be useful for policy analyses which go beyond short-term forecasting requirements, particular attention must be paid to the form and consistency of its various components with respect to longer-term equilibria. In... |
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No. 166 | 01 Jan 1996 |
Size Distribution of Output and Employment
This paper presents a new data set on the number of enterprises, employees, gross output and value added in manufacturing by size category. The figures are obtained from censuses of manufactures and industrial surveys for three years (one year in the... |
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No. 165 | 01 Jan 1996 |
Trade and Competition
With the gradual dismantling of tariffs and the growing integration of markets across countries, non-tariff and non-border barriers to international trade, investment and competition have become more visible, a greater source of trade tensions and... |
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No. 164 | 01 Jan 1996 |
Corporate Governance, Competition and Performance
The paper examines interrelations between corporate governance, competition and performance. Traditional theories emphasise the importance of managerial incentives and disciplining in corporate governance, and how institutional arrangements affect... |
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No. 163 | 01 Jan 1996 |
Fiscal Relations within the European Union
This paper reviews fiscal relations within the European Union in the context of the theory of fiscal federalism and of the principle of subsidiarity. It analyses the fiscal policy implications of the introduction of the single currency, tax... |
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No. 162 | 01 Jan 1996 |
Mark-Up Ratios in Manufacturing Industries
This paper provides estimates of mark-ups of product prices over marginal costs for 36 manufacturing industries in 14 OECD countries over the 1970- 1992 period. The estimates are based on the methodology put forward by Roeger (1995), extended to... |
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No. 161 | 01 Jan 1996 |
Innovation, Firm Size and Market Structure
This paper surveys the empirical literature on the links between innovation, market structure and firm size. The review shows that there is little evidence in support of the Schumpeterian hypothesis that market power and large firms stimulate... |
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No. 160 | 01 Jan 1996 |
Valuing the Right to Tax Incomes
This paper uses options pricing techniques to estimate the value of the government’s tax claim on household or business incomes. It treats the annual tax claim as a European call option on taxable income (a European call is an option that can be... |
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No. 159 | 01 Jan 1995 |
Innovation and Competitive Advantage
This paper examines the effects of the production of major innovations and patents on various measures of corporate performance. The analysis draws on panel data for 440 UK firms over the period 1972-1982. The observed direct effects of innovations... |
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No. 158 | 01 Jan 1995 |
Monetary Policy at Price Stability
In this paper policy issues related to the operation of monetary policy in a low inflation environment are discussed. The successful reduction of inflation rates in a number of OECD countries in recent years arguably represents a regime shift that is... |
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No. 157 | 01 Jan 1995 |
Technical Progress, Factor Productivity and Macroeconomic Performance in the Medium Term
This paper examines the possible short- and medium-term macroeconomic consequences of changes in trend factor productivity growth for the major OECD economies. The analysis includes a range of different scenarios based on the recently re-estimated... |
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No. 156 | 01 Jan 1995 |
Ageing Populations, Pension Systems and Government Budgets
The paper examines the effects of demographic changes on government budgets and national savings. Most OECD countries will experience a rapid ageing of the population in the future and this development will put public pensions, health care systems... |
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No. 155 | 01 Jan 1995 |
The Determinants of Real Long-Term Interest Rates
In this paper a model is presented and estimated that explains real long-term interest rates in terms of developments in low-frequency and high-frequency economic factors in a multi-country framework, using a data set covering 17 OECD countries since... |
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No. 154 | 01 Jan 1995 |
An Assessment of Financial Reform in OECD Countries
This paper reviews the experience with financial reform in OECD countries. A general overview of the course of deregulation is provided and the economic rationale for financial regulation is discussed. The question of whether financial liberalisation... |
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No. 153 | 01 Jan 1995 |
Markets for Tradeable CO2 Emission Quotas Principles and Practice
This paper reviews a range of issues relating to tradeable carbon dioxide quotas. It considers the economic principles on which they are based, compares them with alternative carbon abatement policies, and reviews many aspects of how tradeable quotas... |
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No. 152 | 01 Jan 1995 |
Estimating Potential Output, Output Gaps and Structural Budget Balances
This paper reviews the methods used for estimating potential output in OECD countries and the use of the resulting output gaps for the calculation of structural budget balances. The "split time trend" method for estimating trend output that was... |
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No. 151 | 01 Jan 1994 |
NOx/SOx Emissions and Carbon Abatement
This paper provides evidence on the reductions of NOx/SOx emissions induced by the adoption of carbon abatement policies. It describes the methodology to compute emissions of these pollutants and the way they were introduced in the OECD GREEN model.... |
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No. 150 | 01 Jan 1994 |
The Determinants and Properties of Monetary Conditions
In the absence of a generally accepted indicator of monetary conditions the current and expected stance of monetary policy remains undefined. However, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand, by directly surveying perceived and expected monetary conditions,... |
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No. 149 | 01 Apr 1994 |
Health Care Reform Controlling Spending and Increasing Efficiency
The paper reviews trends in health-care expenditure and assesses the main forces underlying the increase since 1960. It then describes and evaluates various health-care reforms. The report argues that top-down budget controls appear to have had some... |
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No. 148 | 01 Jan 1994 |
Macroeconomic Performance and Fiscal Policy Adjustments in the Medium Term
This paper describes a number of alternative medium-term scenarios for the OECD economies and related policy stimulations using the OECD world model INTERLINK. The starting point of the analysis is a reference scenario to 2000 featuring a general... |
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Modelling the Supply Side of the Seven Major OECD Economies
Dave Turner, Pete Richardson and Sylvie Rauffet
01 Jan 1996
If a macroeconometric model is to be useful for policy analyses which go beyond short-term forecasting requirements, particular attention must be paid to the form and consistency of its various components with respect to longer-term equilibria. In...
Size Distribution of Output and Employment
Bart van Ark and Erik Monnikhof
01 Jan 1996
This paper presents a new data set on the number of enterprises, employees, gross output and value added in manufacturing by size category. The figures are obtained from censuses of manufactures and industrial surveys for three years (one year in the...
Trade and Competition
OECD
01 Jan 1996
With the gradual dismantling of tariffs and the growing integration of markets across countries, non-tariff and non-border barriers to international trade, investment and competition have become more visible, a greater source of trade tensions and...
Corporate Governance, Competition and Performance
Colin Mayer
01 Jan 1996
The paper examines interrelations between corporate governance, competition and performance. Traditional theories emphasise the importance of managerial incentives and disciplining in corporate governance, and how institutional arrangements affect...
Fiscal Relations within the European Union
Peter Hoeller, Marie-Odile Louppe and Patrice Vergriete
01 Jan 1996
This paper reviews fiscal relations within the European Union in the context of the theory of fiscal federalism and of the principle of subsidiarity. It analyses the fiscal policy implications of the introduction of the single currency, tax...
Mark-Up Ratios in Manufacturing Industries
Joaquim Oliveira Martins, Stefano Scarpetta and Dirk Pilat
01 Jan 1996
This paper provides estimates of mark-ups of product prices over marginal costs for 36 manufacturing industries in 14 OECD countries over the 1970- 1992 period. The estimates are based on the methodology put forward by Roeger (1995), extended to...
Innovation, Firm Size and Market Structure
George Symeonidis
01 Jan 1996
This paper surveys the empirical literature on the links between innovation, market structure and firm size. The review shows that there is little evidence in support of the Schumpeterian hypothesis that market power and large firms stimulate...
Valuing the Right to Tax Incomes
Teun Draaisma and Kathryn Gordon
01 Jan 1996
This paper uses options pricing techniques to estimate the value of the government’s tax claim on household or business incomes. It treats the annual tax claim as a European call option on taxable income (a European call is an option that can be...
Innovation and Competitive Advantage
Paul Geroski
01 Jan 1995
This paper examines the effects of the production of major innovations and patents on various measures of corporate performance. The analysis draws on panel data for 440 UK firms over the period 1972-1982. The observed direct effects of innovations...
Monetary Policy at Price Stability
Malcolm Edey, Norbert Funke, Mike Kennedy and Angel Palerm
01 Jan 1995
In this paper policy issues related to the operation of monetary policy in a low inflation environment are discussed. The successful reduction of inflation rates in a number of OECD countries in recent years arguably represents a regime shift that is...
Technical Progress, Factor Productivity and Macroeconomic Performance in the Medium Term
Claude Giorno, Pete Richardson and Wim Suyker
01 Jan 1995
This paper examines the possible short- and medium-term macroeconomic consequences of changes in trend factor productivity growth for the major OECD economies. The analysis includes a range of different scenarios based on the recently re-estimated...
Ageing Populations, Pension Systems and Government Budgets
Willi Leibfritz, Deborah Roseveare, Douglas Fore and Eckhard Wurzel
01 Jan 1995
The paper examines the effects of demographic changes on government budgets and national savings. Most OECD countries will experience a rapid ageing of the population in the future and this development will put public pensions, health care systems...
The Determinants of Real Long-Term Interest Rates
Adrian Orr, Malcolm Edey and Michael Kennedy
01 Jan 1995
In this paper a model is presented and estimated that explains real long-term interest rates in terms of developments in low-frequency and high-frequency economic factors in a multi-country framework, using a data set covering 17 OECD countries since...
An Assessment of Financial Reform in OECD Countries
Malcolm Edey and Ketil Hviding
01 Jan 1995
This paper reviews the experience with financial reform in OECD countries. A general overview of the course of deregulation is provided and the economic rationale for financial regulation is discussed. The question of whether financial liberalisation...
Markets for Tradeable CO2 Emission Quotas Principles and Practice
Graciela Chichilnisky and Geoffrey Heal
01 Jan 1995
This paper reviews a range of issues relating to tradeable carbon dioxide quotas. It considers the economic principles on which they are based, compares them with alternative carbon abatement policies, and reviews many aspects of how tradeable quotas...
Estimating Potential Output, Output Gaps and Structural Budget Balances
Claude Giorno, Pete Richardson, Deborah Roseveare and Paul van den Noord
01 Jan 1995
This paper reviews the methods used for estimating potential output in OECD countries and the use of the resulting output gaps for the calculation of structural budget balances. The "split time trend" method for estimating trend output that was...
NOx/SOx Emissions and Carbon Abatement
Christophe Complainville and Joaquim O. Martins
01 Jan 1994
This paper provides evidence on the reductions of NOx/SOx emissions induced by the adoption of carbon abatement policies. It describes the methodology to compute emissions of these pollutants and the way they were introduced in the OECD GREEN model....
The Determinants and Properties of Monetary Conditions
Andreas Fischer and Adrian Orr
01 Jan 1994
In the absence of a generally accepted indicator of monetary conditions the current and expected stance of monetary policy remains undefined. However, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand, by directly surveying perceived and expected monetary conditions,...
Health Care Reform Controlling Spending and Increasing Efficiency
Howard Oxley and Maitland MacFarlan
01 Apr 1994
The paper reviews trends in health-care expenditure and assesses the main forces underlying the increase since 1960. It then describes and evaluates various health-care reforms. The report argues that top-down budget controls appear to have had some...
Macroeconomic Performance and Fiscal Policy Adjustments in the Medium Term
Pete Richardson, Claude Giorno and Stephan Thurman
01 Jan 1994
This paper describes a number of alternative medium-term scenarios for the OECD economies and related policy stimulations using the OECD world model INTERLINK. The starting point of the analysis is a reference scenario to 2000 featuring a general...