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No. 147 | 01 Apr 1994 |
The EC's Internal Market
This paper summarizes the content of the EC’s internal market programme and progress made in its implementation. It analyses the mechanisms which should lead to welfare gains, and reviews a wide variety of micro- and macroeconomic indicators in order... |
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No. 146 | 01 Jan 1994 |
OECD Model Comparison Project (II) on the Costs of Cutting Carbon Emissions
This paper forms part of the second round of the OECD Model Comparison Project on "The costs of cutting carbon emissions". It provides an overview of two global general equilibrium models GREEN and 12RT. The comparison exercise was carried out by... |
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No. 145 | 01 Jan 1994 |
An International Sectoral Data Base for Fourteen OECD Countries (Second Edition)
Part I of this paper describes the international sectoral data base, the ISDB, which has been created at the OECD as part of the continuing study of industrial structure and economic performance in OECD Member countries. This data base relates... |
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No. 144 | 01 Jan 1994 |
Fiscal Policy, Government Debt and Economic Performance
This paper reviews fiscal policy, government indebtedness and its implications for economic performance in OECD countries. Government debt, expenditure and revenue relative to GDP have all risen significantly over the past 15 years and in several... |
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No. 143 | 01 Jan 1994 |
GREEN - The Reference Manual
This document provides a full description of the GREEN model. It is intended to accompany the GREEN code, i.e. the implementation of the model, and to enable the user to understand the links between the theoretical framework of the model and its... |
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No. 142 | 01 Jan 1993 |
Pension Liabilities in the Seven Major Economies
This paper forms part of on-going OECD work on the economic assessment of public pension systems in view of the process of the ageing of populations. It provides indicative estimates of the likely size of public pension liabilities in the main seven... |
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No. 141 | 01 Apr 1993 |
The Distribution System in Sweden
This paper forms part of an OECD project which addressed the issue of the structure and change in the distribution systems of seven OECD countries.The paper gives an overview of the distribution system in Sweden for the period 1970-88. Next, it... |
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No. 140 | 01 Apr 1993 |
The Distribution Sector in the United Kingdom
This paper forms part of an OECD project which addressed the issue of the structure and change in the distribution systems of seven OECD countries.The paper gives a comprehensive view of the distribution system in the United Kingdom. Namely, it... |
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No. 139 | 01 Apr 1993 |
The Italian Distribution System
This paper forms part of an OECD project which addressed the issue of the structure and change in the distribution systems of seven OECD countries.The paper discusses the role of distribution systems in the Italian economy and gives an overview of... |
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No. 138 | 01 Apr 1993 |
The French Distribution Industry and the Openness of the French Economy
This paper forms part of an OECD project which addressed the issue of the structure and change in the distribution systems of seven OECD countries.This paper gives an overview of the structure, policy and performance of the French distribution system... |
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No. 137 | 01 Jan 1993 |
The German Distribution System
This paper forms part of an OECD project which addressed the issue of the structure and change in the distribution systems of seven OECD countries.First, the paper discusses the role of distribution systems in the overall economic performance. Next,... |
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No. 136 | 01 Jan 1993 |
A Study of the Distribution System in Japan
This paper forms part of an OECD project which addressed the issue of the structure and change in the distribution systems of seven OECD countries.The paper gives an overview of the structure of the Japanese distribution system and discusses its... |
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No. 135 | 01 Jan 1993 |
An Analysis of the U.S. Distribution System
This paper forms part of an OECD project which addressed the issue of the structure and change in the distribution systems of seven OECD countries.The paper begins with a conceptual framework describing the functions, market outcomes and economic... |
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No. 134 | 01 Jan 1993 |
Market Structure, International Trade and Relative Wages
This paper investigates the link between trade flows and relative wages on a cross-section of 22 sectors in 12 OECD countries. Industries are classified according to stylised facts about market structure (fragmentation, segmentation and degree of... |
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No. 133 | 01 Jan 1993 |
The Economic Analysis of Institutions and Organisations - in General and with Respect to Country Studies
Institutional questions have become increasingly prominent in the evaluation of nearly every area of structural policy. The present article shows how formal economic analysis may be brought to bear on the problem of understanding institutions. It... |
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No. 132 | 01 Jan 1993 |
High and Persistent Unemployment
Unemployment has emerged as one of the most pressing economic concerns in the majority of OECD countries. However, experiences differ across countries as regards the level, volatility and composition of unemployment. Nevertheless, a common feature in... |
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No. 131 | 01 Apr 1993 |
Centralisation of Wage Bargaining and Macroeconomic Performance
Starting from the theoretical argument underlying the “hump shape” hypothesis, the paper investigates the various dimensions of centralisation in the wage formation process. The diversity of effects discussed in the paper makes it harder to arrive at... |
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No. 130 | 01 Apr 1993 |
Unemployment and Labour Force Participation
This paper deals with trends and cycles of unemployment and labour-force participation. Empirical evidence on both trends and cyclical movements in unemployment and participation is presented. Some of the mechanisms behind the observed developments... |
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No. 129 | 01 Apr 1993 |
Trends and Cycles in Labour Productivity in the Major OECD Countries
This paper uses a multivariate generalisation of the Beveridge and Nelson methodology to model trends and cycles of business-sector labour productivity in the major OECD countries. The method implies that the trend is the long-term forecast of... |
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No. 128 | 01 Jan 1993 |
International Integration of Financial Markets and the Cost of Capital
Despite the increased capital mobility that has accompanied the trend towards liberalisation and international integration of financial markets, differences remain in financing costs and, in particular, the cost of capital, that similar businesses... |
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The EC's Internal Market
Peter Hoeller and Marie-Odile Louppe
01 Apr 1994
This paper summarizes the content of the EC’s internal market programme and progress made in its implementation. It analyses the mechanisms which should lead to welfare gains, and reviews a wide variety of micro- and macroeconomic indicators in order...
OECD Model Comparison Project (II) on the Costs of Cutting Carbon Emissions
Alan S. Manne and Joaquim O. Martins
01 Jan 1994
This paper forms part of the second round of the OECD Model Comparison Project on "The costs of cutting carbon emissions". It provides an overview of two global general equilibrium models GREEN and 12RT. The comparison exercise was carried out by...
An International Sectoral Data Base for Fourteen OECD Countries (Second Edition)
F. J. M. Meyer and J. L. Meyer
01 Jan 1994
Part I of this paper describes the international sectoral data base, the ISDB, which has been created at the OECD as part of the continuing study of industrial structure and economic performance in OECD Member countries. This data base relates...
Fiscal Policy, Government Debt and Economic Performance
Willi Leibfritz, Deborah Roseveare and Paul van den Noord
01 Jan 1994
This paper reviews fiscal policy, government indebtedness and its implications for economic performance in OECD countries. Government debt, expenditure and revenue relative to GDP have all risen significantly over the past 15 years and in several...
GREEN - The Reference Manual
Dominique van der Mensbrugghe
01 Jan 1994
This document provides a full description of the GREEN model. It is intended to accompany the GREEN code, i.e. the implementation of the model, and to enable the user to understand the links between the theoretical framework of the model and its...
Pension Liabilities in the Seven Major Economies
Paul van den Noord and Richard Herd
01 Jan 1993
This paper forms part of on-going OECD work on the economic assessment of public pension systems in view of the process of the ageing of populations. It provides indicative estimates of the likely size of public pension liabilities in the main seven...
The Distribution System in Sweden
Sören Wibe
01 Apr 1993
This paper forms part of an OECD project which addressed the issue of the structure and change in the distribution systems of seven OECD countries.The paper gives an overview of the distribution system in Sweden for the period 1970-88. Next, it...
The Distribution Sector in the United Kingdom
John A. Dawson
01 Apr 1993
This paper forms part of an OECD project which addressed the issue of the structure and change in the distribution systems of seven OECD countries.The paper gives a comprehensive view of the distribution system in the United Kingdom. Namely, it...
The Italian Distribution System
Luca Pellegrini and Angelo M. Cardani
01 Apr 1993
This paper forms part of an OECD project which addressed the issue of the structure and change in the distribution systems of seven OECD countries.The paper discusses the role of distribution systems in the Italian economy and gives an overview of...
The French Distribution Industry and the Openness of the French Economy
Patrick A. Messerlin
01 Apr 1993
This paper forms part of an OECD project which addressed the issue of the structure and change in the distribution systems of seven OECD countries.This paper gives an overview of the structure, policy and performance of the French distribution system...
The German Distribution System
Josef Lachner, Uwe Chr. Täger and Günter Weitzel
01 Jan 1993
This paper forms part of an OECD project which addressed the issue of the structure and change in the distribution systems of seven OECD countries.First, the paper discusses the role of distribution systems in the overall economic performance. Next,...
A Study of the Distribution System in Japan
Masayoshi Maruyama
01 Jan 1993
This paper forms part of an OECD project which addressed the issue of the structure and change in the distribution systems of seven OECD countries.The paper gives an overview of the structure of the Japanese distribution system and discusses its...
An Analysis of the U.S. Distribution System
Roger R. Betancourt
01 Jan 1993
This paper forms part of an OECD project which addressed the issue of the structure and change in the distribution systems of seven OECD countries.The paper begins with a conceptual framework describing the functions, market outcomes and economic...
Market Structure, International Trade and Relative Wages
Joaquim Oliveira Martins
01 Jan 1993
This paper investigates the link between trade flows and relative wages on a cross-section of 22 sectors in 12 OECD countries. Industries are classified according to stylised facts about market structure (fragmentation, segmentation and degree of...
The Economic Analysis of Institutions and Organisations - in General and with Respect to Country Studies
Oliver E. Williamson
01 Jan 1993
Institutional questions have become increasingly prominent in the evaluation of nearly every area of structural policy. The present article shows how formal economic analysis may be brought to bear on the problem of understanding institutions. It...
High and Persistent Unemployment
Jørgen Elmeskov
01 Jan 1993
Unemployment has emerged as one of the most pressing economic concerns in the majority of OECD countries. However, experiences differ across countries as regards the level, volatility and composition of unemployment. Nevertheless, a common feature in...
Centralisation of Wage Bargaining and Macroeconomic Performance
Lars Calmfors
01 Apr 1993
Starting from the theoretical argument underlying the “hump shape” hypothesis, the paper investigates the various dimensions of centralisation in the wage formation process. The diversity of effects discussed in the paper makes it harder to arrive at...
Unemployment and Labour Force Participation
Jørgen Elmeskov and Karl Pichelmann
01 Apr 1993
This paper deals with trends and cycles of unemployment and labour-force participation. Empirical evidence on both trends and cyclical movements in unemployment and participation is presented. Some of the mechanisms behind the observed developments...
Trends and Cycles in Labour Productivity in the Major OECD Countries
Giuseppe Nicoletti and Lucrezia Reichlin
01 Apr 1993
This paper uses a multivariate generalisation of the Beveridge and Nelson methodology to model trends and cycles of business-sector labour productivity in the major OECD countries. The method implies that the trend is the long-term forecast of...
International Integration of Financial Markets and the Cost of Capital
Mitsuhiro Fukao
01 Jan 1993
Despite the increased capital mobility that has accompanied the trend towards liberalisation and international integration of financial markets, differences remain in financing costs and, in particular, the cost of capital, that similar businesses...