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No. 388 | 12 May 2004 |
Product Market Competition and Economic Performance in Sweden
Vigorous product market competition plays a central role in bolstering productivity growth. Sweden has strengthened competition legislation and deregulated a number of sectors, including electricity, telecommunications and parts of transport, over... |
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No. 387 | 06 May 2004 |
Product Market Competition and Economic Performance in Japan
Empirical work shows that competition is important for promoting economic growth. However, in Japan the promotion of competition has long been compromised by ministerial guidance and exemptions from the competition law. Thus, the level and growth of... |
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No. 386 | 30 Apr 2004 |
Migration and Integration of Immigrants in Denmark
Immigration could offer one way for Denmark to expand its labour supply, thereby lowering the dependency ratio, at least for some time, and easing the task of ensuring fiscal sustainability. However, these beneficial effects are obtained only if... |
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No. 385 | 29 Apr 2004 |
Factors Driving Risk Premia
This paper assesses the extent to which the fall in risk premia of a number of financial assets, which occurred throughout 2003, was due to improvements in factors specific to individual markets at that time or to general economic fundamentals... |
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No. 384 | 16 Mar 2004 |
Rationalising Public Expenditure in the Slovak Republic
Over the past decade, public expenditure in Slovakia was characterised by substantial social transfers and high public sector wage expenses. This paper analyses the main features of Slovakia’s public expenditure system, reviews expenditure trends,... |
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No. 383 | 19 Mar 2004 |
Product Market Competition and Economic Performance in Switzerland
The strength of product market competition plays an important role in ensuring dynamic economic growth. This paper examines product market competition and its link with economic performance in Switzerland whose growth has been weaker than in most... |
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No. 383 | 22 Mar 2004 |
Concurrence sur les marchés de produits et performance économique en Suisse
Une concurrence vigoureuse sur le marché des produits constitue un élément essentiel pour assurer une croissance économique dynamique. Cette étude examine les conditions de la concurrence en liaison avec les performances économiques de la Suisse,... |
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No. 382 | 04 Mar 2004 |
Differences in Resilience Between the Euro-Area and US Economies
This paper is concerned with how stylised differences in monetary policy transmission mechanisms and product and labour market rigidities between the US and euro-area economies affect their resilience to temporary shocks. To address this issue, a... |
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No. 381 | 02 Mar 2004 |
Product Market Competition and Economic Performance in Hungary
The establishment of competitive markets has been one of the cornerstones Hungarian economic policy over the past decade, alongside a successful strategy of attracting foreign investment. Broad statistical measures show no signs of endemically weak... |
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No. 380 | 12 Feb 2004 |
Enhancing the Effectiveness of Public Spending
In most OECD countries, public spending rose steadily as a share of GDP over the past decades to the mid-1990s, but this trend has since abated. The spending pressures stemming from the continued expansion of social programmes have been partly... |
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No. 379 | 02 Feb 2004 |
Is There a Change in the Trade-Off Between Output and Inflation at Low or Stable Inflation Rates?
This paper examines the relationship between the output gap and inflation in Japan by estimating Phillips curves and testing for changes since the advent of low inflation and/or the stabilisation of the rate of change of inflation. The work provides... |
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No. 378 | 12 Jan 2004 |
Policies Bearing on Product Market Competition and Growth in Europe
The strength of product market competition plays an important role in economic growth as it affects economic efficiency and the allocation of resources, and can also lead to improved labour market performance. This paper examines product market... |
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No. 377 | 15 Dec 2003 |
Reforming the Public Expenditure System in Korea
Although Korea has the second-lowest level of public spending among OECD countries at 22½ per cent of GDP, it faces strong upward spending pressures over the medium and longer term, which could threaten fiscal sustainability. This paper analyses the... |
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No. 376 | 12 Dec 2003 |
Female Labour Force Participation
This paper examines the determinants of female labour force participation in OECD countries, including a number of policy instruments such as the tax treatment of second earners (relative to single individuals), childcare subsidies, child benefits,... |
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No. 375 | 10 Dec 2003 |
Fiscal Relations across Government Levels
Despite its apparent advantages, devolution of fiscal responsibilities has not proceeded evenly over the past two decades. Decentralisation can strengthen the democratic process, allow governments to tailor the supply of public goods to local... |
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No. 374 | 05 Dec 2003 |
Health-Care Systems
This study reviews health-system reforms in OECD countries over the past several decades and their impact on the following policy goals: ensuring access to services; improving the quality of care and its outcomes; allocating an “appropriate” level of... |
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No. 373 | 05 Dec 2003 |
Non-Tariff Measures Affecting EU Exports
Evaluating the importance of non-tariff measures (NTMs) affecting imports remains a major challenge. This study reports evidence on the prevalence of NTMs based on an inventory of business complaints. This data source has the advantage of drawing on... |
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No. 372 | 15 Dec 2003 |
The OECD Medium-Term Reference Scenario
This working paper describes a medium-term reference scenario for the OECD based on the shortterm projections described in OECD Economic Outlook No.74. OECD-wide real GDP is projected to expand at 2¾ per cent per annum between 2006 and 2009 and the... |
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No. 371 | 21 Jun 2004 |
Coping with Ageing
In the face of the substantial ageing of population expected to occur in OECD countries over coming decades, policies that boost labour-force participation attract considerable interest. There remain large cross-country divergences in participation... |
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No. 370 | 25 Nov 2003 |
The Retirement Effects of Old-Age Pension and Early Retirement Schemes in OECD Countries
This paper examines the impact of old-age pension systems and other social transfer programmes on the retirement decision of older males in OECD countries. For each of the 55-59, 60-64 and 65+ age groups, a new panel dataset (22 OECD countries over... |
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Product Market Competition and Economic Performance in Sweden
Deborah Roseveare, Martin Jorgensen et Lennart Goranson
12 May 2004
Vigorous product market competition plays a central role in bolstering productivity growth. Sweden has strengthened competition legislation and deregulated a number of sectors, including electricity, telecommunications and parts of transport, over...
Product Market Competition and Economic Performance in Japan
Jens Høj et Michael Wise
06 May 2004
Empirical work shows that competition is important for promoting economic growth. However, in Japan the promotion of competition has long been compromised by ministerial guidance and exemptions from the competition law. Thus, the level and growth of...
Migration and Integration of Immigrants in Denmark
Deborah Roseveare et Martin Jorgensen
30 Apr 2004
Immigration could offer one way for Denmark to expand its labour supply, thereby lowering the dependency ratio, at least for some time, and easing the task of ensuring fiscal sustainability. However, these beneficial effects are obtained only if...
Factors Driving Risk Premia
Torsten Sløk et Mike Kennedy
29 Apr 2004
This paper assesses the extent to which the fall in risk premia of a number of financial assets, which occurred throughout 2003, was due to improvements in factors specific to individual markets at that time or to general economic fundamentals...
Rationalising Public Expenditure in the Slovak Republic
Rauf Gönenç et Peter Walkenhorst
16 Mar 2004
Over the past decade, public expenditure in Slovakia was characterised by substantial social transfers and high public sector wage expenses. This paper analyses the main features of Slovakia’s public expenditure system, reviews expenditure trends,...
Product Market Competition and Economic Performance in Switzerland
Claude Giorno, Miguel Jimenez et Philippe Gugler
19 Mar 2004
The strength of product market competition plays an important role in ensuring dynamic economic growth. This paper examines product market competition and its link with economic performance in Switzerland whose growth has been weaker than in most...
Concurrence sur les marchés de produits et performance économique en Suisse
Claude Giorno, Miguel Jimenez et Philippe Gugler
22 Mar 2004
Une concurrence vigoureuse sur le marché des produits constitue un élément essentiel pour assurer une croissance économique dynamique. Cette étude examine les conditions de la concurrence en liaison avec les performances économiques de la Suisse,...
Differences in Resilience Between the Euro-Area and US Economies
Aaron Drew, Mike Kennedy et Torsten Sløk
04 Mar 2004
This paper is concerned with how stylised differences in monetary policy transmission mechanisms and product and labour market rigidities between the US and euro-area economies affect their resilience to temporary shocks. To address this issue, a...
Product Market Competition and Economic Performance in Hungary
Carl Gjersem, Philip Hemmings et Andreas Reindl
02 Mar 2004
The establishment of competitive markets has been one of the cornerstones Hungarian economic policy over the past decade, alongside a successful strategy of attracting foreign investment. Broad statistical measures show no signs of endemically weak...
Enhancing the Effectiveness of Public Spending
Isabelle Joumard, Per Mathis Kongsrud, Young-Sook Nam et Robert Price
12 Feb 2004
In most OECD countries, public spending rose steadily as a share of GDP over the past decades to the mid-1990s, but this trend has since abated. The spending pressures stemming from the continued expansion of social programmes have been partly...
Is There a Change in the Trade-Off Between Output and Inflation at Low or Stable Inflation Rates?
Annabelle Mourougane et Hideyuki Ibaragi
02 Feb 2004
This paper examines the relationship between the output gap and inflation in Japan by estimating Phillips curves and testing for changes since the advent of low inflation and/or the stabilisation of the rate of change of inflation. The work provides...
Policies Bearing on Product Market Competition and Growth in Europe
Carl Gjersem
12 Jan 2004
The strength of product market competition plays an important role in economic growth as it affects economic efficiency and the allocation of resources, and can also lead to improved labour market performance. This paper examines product market...
Reforming the Public Expenditure System in Korea
Young-Sook Nam et Randall S. Jones
15 Dec 2003
Although Korea has the second-lowest level of public spending among OECD countries at 22½ per cent of GDP, it faces strong upward spending pressures over the medium and longer term, which could threaten fiscal sustainability. This paper analyses the...
Female Labour Force Participation
Florence Jaumotte
12 Dec 2003
This paper examines the determinants of female labour force participation in OECD countries, including a number of policy instruments such as the tax treatment of second earners (relative to single individuals), childcare subsidies, child benefits,...
Fiscal Relations across Government Levels
Isabelle Joumard et Per Mathis Kongsrud
10 Dec 2003
Despite its apparent advantages, devolution of fiscal responsibilities has not proceeded evenly over the past two decades. Decentralisation can strengthen the democratic process, allow governments to tailor the supply of public goods to local...
Health-Care Systems
Elizabeth Docteur et Howard Oxley
05 Dec 2003
This study reviews health-system reforms in OECD countries over the past several decades and their impact on the following policy goals: ensuring access to services; improving the quality of care and its outcomes; allocating an “appropriate” level of...
Non-Tariff Measures Affecting EU Exports
Peter Walkenhorst et Barbara Fliess
05 Dec 2003
Evaluating the importance of non-tariff measures (NTMs) affecting imports remains a major challenge. This study reports evidence on the prevalence of NTMs based on an inventory of business complaints. This data source has the advantage of drawing on...
The OECD Medium-Term Reference Scenario
Peter Downes, Aaron Drew et Patrice Ollivaud
15 Dec 2003
This working paper describes a medium-term reference scenario for the OECD based on the shortterm projections described in OECD Economic Outlook No.74. OECD-wide real GDP is projected to expand at 2¾ per cent per annum between 2006 and 2009 and the...
Coping with Ageing
Jean-Marc Burniaux, Romain Duval et Florence Jaumotte
21 Jun 2004
In the face of the substantial ageing of population expected to occur in OECD countries over coming decades, policies that boost labour-force participation attract considerable interest. There remain large cross-country divergences in participation...
The Retirement Effects of Old-Age Pension and Early Retirement Schemes in OECD Countries
Romain Duval
25 Nov 2003
This paper examines the impact of old-age pension systems and other social transfer programmes on the retirement decision of older males in OECD countries. For each of the 55-59, 60-64 and 65+ age groups, a new panel dataset (22 OECD countries over...