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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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No. 127 | 01 Apr 1993 |
The International Spillovers of Capital Income Taxation
This paper sheds light on the complex macroeconomic effects initiated by capital income taxation using a dynamic applied general equilibrium model of the U.S. economy. The model considers impacts of policy changes on the allocation of resources... |
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No. 126 | 01 Apr 1993 |
The Future of Capital Income Taxation in a Liberalised Financial Environment
This paper first gives a brief account of the main changes introduced by OECD governments in their capital income tax rules during the 1980s with respect to both the corporate and personal sectors. It then examines the evolution of effective capital... |
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No. 125 | 01 Jan 1992 |
Global Effects of the European Carbon Tax
The aim of this paper is to analyse the implications of the European Commission proposal of a mixed energy cum carbon tax to curb CO2 emissions from a global perspective. The paper deals with the effects of this proposal on emissions and welfare in... |
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No. 124 | 01 Jan 1992 |
The Chinese Economic Area
This paper describes the de facto economic integration taking place between China, Hong Kong and Taiwan -- the "Chinese Economic Area" -- and analyses basic factors underlying the process. Even in the face of weak economic performance in OECD... |
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No. 123 | 01 Jan 1992 |
New Issues, New Results
This paper surveys empirical studies of the costs of reducing carbon dioxide emissions. It updates and extends an earlier paper, which focused on baseline emission scenarios and the aggregate cost of emission reductions. It attempts to explain some... |
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No. 122 | 01 Jan 1992 |
Costs of Reducing CO2 Emissions
This paper summarises and analyses results of the OECD's Model Comparisons Project. The aim of the project is to better understand differences across six global models in the cost of reducing carbon dioxide emissions. In order to facilitate... |
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No. 121 | 01 Jan 1992 |
Results for the OECD Comparative Modelling Project from the Whalley-Wigle Model
This paper forms part of an OECD project which addresses the issue of the costs of reducing CO2 emissions by comparing the results from six global models of a set of standardised reduction scenarios. The paper provides evidence on; i) projected... |
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No. 120 | 01 Jan 1992 |
Les indicateurs de compétitivité et de commerce internationaux de l'OCDE
This paper presents the methodology adopted by the Economics Department to calculate indices of effective exchange rates and indicators of competitiveness, based on unit labour costs and export unit values in the manufacturing sector. The calculation... |
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No. 120 | 01 Jan 1992 |
OECD's Indicators of International Trade and Competitiveness
This paper presents the methodology adopted by the Economics Department to calculate indices of effective exchange rates and indicators of competitiveness, based on unit labour costs and export unit values in the manufacturing sector. The calculation... |
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No. 118 | 01 Jan 1992 |
The Costs of Reducing CO2 Emissions
This paper forms part of an OECD project which addresses the issue of the costs of reducing CO2 emissions by comparing the results from six global models of a set of standardised scenarios. This paper provides evidence of regional differences with... |
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No. 117 | 01 Apr 1992 |
Adjustment under Fixed Exchange Rates
The increasing, and ultimately complete, fixity of exchange rates between countries entering into the European Monetary Union (EMU) throws the burden of adjustment onto labour and product markets. At present, most countries adhering to the exchange... |
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No. 116 | 01 Jan 1992 |
GREEN a Multi-Sector, Multi-Region General Equilibrium Model for Quantifying the Costs of Curbing CO2 Emissions
The OECD Secretariat has developed a multi-region, multi-sector, dynamic applied general equilibrium (AGE) model to quantify the economy-wide and global costs of policies to curb emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2). The project is called the GeneRal... |
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No. 115 | 01 Jan 1992 |
The Costs of Reducing CO2 Emissions
This paper presents simulation results using the OECD Secretariat's GREEN model to quantify the economic costs of possible international agreements to curb CO2 emissions. These results supersede the initial GREEN results published in Working Paper... |
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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 et 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 et 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...
The International Spillovers of Capital Income Taxation
François Delorme, Lawrence H. Goulder et Philippe Thalmann
01 Apr 1993
This paper sheds light on the complex macroeconomic effects initiated by capital income taxation using a dynamic applied general equilibrium model of the U.S. economy. The model considers impacts of policy changes on the allocation of resources...
The Future of Capital Income Taxation in a Liberalised Financial Environment
David Carey, Jean-Claude Chouraqui et Robert P. Hagemann
01 Apr 1993
This paper first gives a brief account of the main changes introduced by OECD governments in their capital income tax rules during the 1980s with respect to both the corporate and personal sectors. It then examines the evolution of effective capital...
Global Effects of the European Carbon Tax
Giuseppe Nicoletti et Joaquim Oliveira Martins
01 Jan 1992
The aim of this paper is to analyse the implications of the European Commission proposal of a mixed energy cum carbon tax to curb CO2 emissions from a global perspective. The paper deals with the effects of this proposal on emissions and welfare in...
The Chinese Economic Area
Randall S. Jones, Robert King et Michael Klein
01 Jan 1992
This paper describes the de facto economic integration taking place between China, Hong Kong and Taiwan -- the "Chinese Economic Area" -- and analyses basic factors underlying the process. Even in the face of weak economic performance in OECD...
New Issues, New Results
Peter Hoeller, Andrew Dean et Masahiro Hayafuji
01 Jan 1992
This paper surveys empirical studies of the costs of reducing carbon dioxide emissions. It updates and extends an earlier paper, which focused on baseline emission scenarios and the aggregate cost of emission reductions. It attempts to explain some...
Costs of Reducing CO2 Emissions
Andrew Dean et Peter Hoeller
01 Jan 1992
This paper summarises and analyses results of the OECD's Model Comparisons Project. The aim of the project is to better understand differences across six global models in the cost of reducing carbon dioxide emissions. In order to facilitate...
Results for the OECD Comparative Modelling Project from the Whalley-Wigle Model
John Whalley et Randall Wigle
01 Jan 1992
This paper forms part of an OECD project which addresses the issue of the costs of reducing CO2 emissions by comparing the results from six global models of a set of standardised reduction scenarios. The paper provides evidence on; i) projected...
Les indicateurs de compétitivité et de commerce internationaux de l'OCDE
Martine Durand, Jacques Simon et Colin Webb
01 Jan 1992
This paper presents the methodology adopted by the Economics Department to calculate indices of effective exchange rates and indicators of competitiveness, based on unit labour costs and export unit values in the manufacturing sector. The calculation...
OECD's Indicators of International Trade and Competitiveness
Martine Durand, Jacques Simon et Colin Webb
01 Jan 1992
This paper presents the methodology adopted by the Economics Department to calculate indices of effective exchange rates and indicators of competitiveness, based on unit labour costs and export unit values in the manufacturing sector. The calculation...
The Costs of Reducing CO2 Emissions
Joaquim Oliveira Martins, Jean-Marc Burniaux, John P. Martin et Giuseppe Nicoletti
01 Jan 1992
This paper forms part of an OECD project which addresses the issue of the costs of reducing CO2 emissions by comparing the results from six global models of a set of standardised scenarios. This paper provides evidence of regional differences with...
Adjustment under Fixed Exchange Rates
A. Steven Englander et Thomas Egebo
01 Apr 1992
The increasing, and ultimately complete, fixity of exchange rates between countries entering into the European Monetary Union (EMU) throws the burden of adjustment onto labour and product markets. At present, most countries adhering to the exchange...
GREEN a Multi-Sector, Multi-Region General Equilibrium Model for Quantifying the Costs of Curbing CO2 Emissions
Jean-Marc Burniaux, John P. Martin, Giuseppe Nicoletti et Joaquim Oliveira Martins
01 Jan 1992
The OECD Secretariat has developed a multi-region, multi-sector, dynamic applied general equilibrium (AGE) model to quantify the economy-wide and global costs of policies to curb emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2). The project is called the GeneRal...
The Costs of Reducing CO2 Emissions
Jean-Marc Burniaux, John P. Martin, Giuseppe Nicoletti et Joaquim Oliveira Martins
01 Jan 1992
This paper presents simulation results using the OECD Secretariat's GREEN model to quantify the economic costs of possible international agreements to curb CO2 emissions. These results supersede the initial GREEN results published in Working Paper...