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No. 174 | 01 Jan 1997 |
International Implications of European Economic and Monetary Union
For a long time European Economic and Monetary Union was mainly considered an internal European issue and external consequences were largely ignored. In contrast to most previous analyses, this paper looks at a number of international implications of... |
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No. 173 | 01 Jan 1997 |
The NAIRU in Japan
The NAIRU is estimated by using the Japanese data. There are three major findings. The NAIRU has been increasing modestly since 1970. Unlike the standard specification adopted in many OECD countries it can be estimated more precisely when the... |
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No. 172 | 01 Jan 1997 |
The Unemployment Problem
This paper lays out a simple open economy macromodel based on the recent literature on imperfect competition and equilibrium unemployment. It is shown that the NAIRU is not a clearcut concept in the open economy framework. Furthermore, it is argued... |
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No. 171 | 01 Jan 1997 |
The Reliability of Quarterly National Accounts in Seven Major Countries
National accounts data provide the most comprehensive overview available of developments in national economies. They are of great interest to a wide range of users of economic information. These users, which include governments formulating budgetary... |
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No. 170 | 01 Jan 1996 |
Confidence Indicators and Their Relationship to Changes in Economic Activity
This paper examines the usefulness of consumer and business surveys in assessing the cyclical position of the economy and for forecasting output movements. To that effect, after a brief review of the nature of sentiment measures, the empirical... |
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No. 169 | 01 Jan 1996 |
Labour Productivity Levels in OECD Countries
This paper provides estimates of labour productivity levels in OECD manufacturing, for 9 countries and 36 industrial sectors. It also provides an overview of some of the available evidence on cross-country productivity differences in the service... |
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No. 168 | 01 Jan 1996 |
Ageing Populations, Pension Systems and Government Budgets
This paper presents simulations of the impact of age-related public expenditures on overall government budget positions and on national savings for 20 countries. Using demographic projections prepared by the World Bank, models have been constructed... |
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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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International Implications of European Economic and Monetary Union
Norbert Funke et Mike Kennedy
01 Jan 1997
For a long time European Economic and Monetary Union was mainly considered an internal European issue and external consequences were largely ignored. In contrast to most previous analyses, this paper looks at a number of international implications of...
The NAIRU in Japan
Fumihira Nishizaki
01 Jan 1997
The NAIRU is estimated by using the Japanese data. There are three major findings. The NAIRU has been increasing modestly since 1970. Unlike the standard specification adopted in many OECD countries it can be estimated more precisely when the...
The Unemployment Problem
Steinar Holden
01 Jan 1997
This paper lays out a simple open economy macromodel based on the recent literature on imperfect competition and equilibrium unemployment. It is shown that the NAIRU is not a clearcut concept in the open economy framework. Furthermore, it is argued...
The Reliability of Quarterly National Accounts in Seven Major Countries
Robert York et Paul Atkinson
01 Jan 1997
National accounts data provide the most comprehensive overview available of developments in national economies. They are of great interest to a wide range of users of economic information. These users, which include governments formulating budgetary...
Confidence Indicators and Their Relationship to Changes in Economic Activity
Teresa Santero et Niels Westerlund
01 Jan 1996
This paper examines the usefulness of consumer and business surveys in assessing the cyclical position of the economy and for forecasting output movements. To that effect, after a brief review of the nature of sentiment measures, the empirical...
Labour Productivity Levels in OECD Countries
Dirk Pilat
01 Jan 1996
This paper provides estimates of labour productivity levels in OECD manufacturing, for 9 countries and 36 industrial sectors. It also provides an overview of some of the available evidence on cross-country productivity differences in the service...
Ageing Populations, Pension Systems and Government Budgets
Deborah Roseveare, Willi Leibfritz, Douglas Fore et Eckhard Wurzel
01 Jan 1996
This paper presents simulations of the impact of age-related public expenditures on overall government budget positions and on national savings for 20 countries. Using demographic projections prepared by the World Bank, models have been constructed...
Modelling the Supply Side of the Seven Major OECD Economies
Dave Turner, Pete Richardson et 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 et 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 et 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 et 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 et 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 et 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 et 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 et 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 et 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...