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No. 360 | 19 Jun 2003 |
Controlling Public Spending in Iceland
This paper analyses the main features of Iceland’s public expenditure and addresses some key policy issues. While overall public spending is not high compared with Iceland’s Nordic neighbours, other OECD countries have made more progress in reining... |
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No. 359 | 17 Jun 2003 |
Politique économique et intégration internationale
This paper assesses the importance of border and non-border policies for global economic integration. The focus is on four widely-advocated policies: removing explicit restrictions to trade and FDI; promoting domestic competition; improving the... |
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No. 358 | 17 Jun 2003 |
Renforcer l'efficacité des dépenses publiques en Finlande
Finland is committed to high quality and extensive public services and a high level of income redistribution. The heavy tax burden these commitments require is becoming increasingly difficult to sustain due to tax competition and the need to... |
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No. 357 | 02 Jun 2003 |
Mesures de restrictions envers les flux des investissements directs étrangers orientés vers l'intérieur pour les pays de l'OCDE
This paper provides new measures of restrictions on inward foreign direct investment (FDI) for OECD countries. Several different types of restrictions are considered: limitations on foreign ownership, screening or notification procedures, and... |
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No. 356 | 28 May 2003 |
Incitations fiscales et volatilité des prix d'immobilier dans la zone euro
A problem associated with inflation differentials in monetary unions is that the “crowding-in” effect of lower real interest rates associated with high inflation will initially outweigh the loss of competitiveness (crowding out). The crowding-in... |
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No. 355 | 27 May 2003 |
Politiques structurelles et croissance
In contrast to what has happened throughout the 1960s and 1970s, some of the largest EU countries and Japan are no longer closing the income gap vis-à-vis the United States. Worse, the gap may even be widening since the mid-1990s. While in the case... |
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No. 354 | 15 May 2003 |
La reforme fiscale
Belgium has a heavy tax burden which has mainly fallen on labour as international tax competition has limited the scope to which this burden could be imposed on capital. This has raised concerns about possible adverse labour market impacts from such... |
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No. 353 | 30 Apr 2003 |
Politique macro-économique et performance
This paper analyses the major changes in both monetary and fiscal policy that have taken place over the past two decades and, within the limits of the existing empirical research, evaluates the overall costs and benefits for the OECD economies. The... |
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No. 352 | 25 Mar 2003 |
Régulation and investissement
One commonly held view about the difference between continental European countries and other OECD countries, especially the United States, is that the heavy regulation of Europe reduces its growth. Using newly assembled data on regulation in several... |
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No. 351 | 03 Mar 2003 |
Politique budgétaire discrétionnaire et élections
An early criticism of the Stability and Growth Pact has pointed to its asymmetric nature and the weak mechanisms to prevent politically-motivated fiscal policies: its constraints would bite in downswings but not in upswings, especially if in the... |
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No. 350 | 27 Feb 2003 |
Le système de santé des États-Unis
This paper assesses the performance of the United States health system in an international context and discusses potential directions for reform. The US health system is unique among OECD countries in its heavy reliance on the private sector for both... |
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No. 349 | 06 Feb 2003 |
L'efficacité des dépenses publiques au Portugal
Over the past decade, Portugal has experienced imbalances and inefficiencies in the public sector that have impeded better economic performance. Though Portugal’s total spending as a proportion of GDP is somewhat below the EU average, the rapid and... |
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No. 348 | 16 Jan 2003 |
Analyse comparative de la démographie et de la survie des entreprises
This paper presents evidence on firm demographics and firm survival for a group of ten OECD countries. For each country a dataset of sectoral indicators of firm dynamics has been created using information from business registers. The patterns of firm... |
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No. 347 | 13 Jan 2003 |
Régulation, productivité et croissance dans les pays de l'OCDE
In this paper, we relate the scope and depth of regulatory reforms to growth outcomes in OECD countries. By means of a new set of quantitative indicators of regulation, we show that the cross-country variation of regulatory settings has increased in... |
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No. 346 | 12 Dec 2002 |
La gestion des dépenses publiques en Pologne
This paper assesses the public expenditure system in Poland and the scope for its reform. Though a number of important steps to control the future evolution of spending, such as pension reform and healthcare reform, have already made in Poland, much... |
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No. 345 | 10 Dec 2002 |
Améliorer l'efficacité des dépenses publiques en Suède
This paper analyses the main features of Sweden’s public expenditure and addresses some key policy issues. Public spending is high relative to GDP, reflecting the wide support for the Swedish welfare state. The institutional framework within which... |
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No. 344 | 03 Dec 2002 |
La baisse des taux d'épargne privée durant les années 1990s dans les pays de l'OCDE
The substantial decline in private-sector saving rates observed in several OECD countries in the late 1990s coincided in several cases with a sharp increase in household financial net worth. This was seen by many observers as evidence that the strong... |
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No. 343 | 03 Oct 2002 |
Améliorer l'efficacité des dépenses publiques en Norvège
Public spending is very high in Norway, partly reflecting an extensive coverage of the welfare system and ambitious regional development objectives. Moreover, several institutional features contribute to dampening the cost-effectiveness of many... |
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No. 342 | 25 Sept 2002 |
Productivité et convergence sur un panel de secteurs industriels des pays de l'OCDE
We analyse the impact of innovation activity and product and labour market institutions on multi-factor productivity in a panel of 23 industries in 18 OECD countries using a novel harmonised database. First, we provide evidence of convergence in... |
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No. 341 | 06 Sept 2002 |
La gestion des dépenses publiques
The UK medium-term budgetary framework introduced in 1997 addressed a number of weaknesses of the former regime, notably a bias against capital expenditure and, more generally, poor conditions for longerterm planning adversely affecting central... |
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Controlling Public Spending in Iceland
Hannes Suppanz
19 Jun 2003
This paper analyses the main features of Iceland’s public expenditure and addresses some key policy issues. While overall public spending is not high compared with Iceland’s Nordic neighbours, other OECD countries have made more progress in reining...
Politique économique et intégration internationale
Giuseppe Nicoletti, Stephen S. Golub, Dana Hajkova, Daniel Mirza et Kwang-Yeol Yoo
17 Jun 2003
This paper assesses the importance of border and non-border policies for global economic integration. The focus is on four widely-advocated policies: removing explicit restrictions to trade and FDI; promoting domestic competition; improving the...
Renforcer l'efficacité des dépenses publiques en Finlande
Philip Hemmings, David Turner et Seija Parviainen
17 Jun 2003
Finland is committed to high quality and extensive public services and a high level of income redistribution. The heavy tax burden these commitments require is becoming increasingly difficult to sustain due to tax competition and the need to...
Mesures de restrictions envers les flux des investissements directs étrangers orientés vers l'intérieur pour les pays de l'OCDE
Stephen S. Golub
02 Jun 2003
This paper provides new measures of restrictions on inward foreign direct investment (FDI) for OECD countries. Several different types of restrictions are considered: limitations on foreign ownership, screening or notification procedures, and...
Incitations fiscales et volatilité des prix d'immobilier dans la zone euro
Paul van den Noord
28 May 2003
A problem associated with inflation differentials in monetary unions is that the “crowding-in” effect of lower real interest rates associated with high inflation will initially outweigh the loss of competitiveness (crowding out). The crowding-in...
Politiques structurelles et croissance
Alain de Serres
27 May 2003
In contrast to what has happened throughout the 1960s and 1970s, some of the largest EU countries and Japan are no longer closing the income gap vis-à-vis the United States. Worse, the gap may even be widening since the mid-1990s. While in the case...
La reforme fiscale
David Carey
15 May 2003
Belgium has a heavy tax burden which has mainly fallen on labour as international tax competition has limited the scope to which this burden could be imposed on capital. This has raised concerns about possible adverse labour market impacts from such...
Politique macro-économique et performance
Pedro de Lima, Alain de Serres et Mike Kennedy
30 Apr 2003
This paper analyses the major changes in both monetary and fiscal policy that have taken place over the past two decades and, within the limits of the existing empirical research, evaluates the overall costs and benefits for the OECD economies. The...
Régulation and investissement
Alberto Alesina, Silvia Ardagna, Giuseppe Nicoletti et Fabio Schiantarelli
25 Mar 2003
One commonly held view about the difference between continental European countries and other OECD countries, especially the United States, is that the heavy regulation of Europe reduces its growth. Using newly assembled data on regulation in several...
Politique budgétaire discrétionnaire et élections
Marco Buti et Paul van den Noord
03 Mar 2003
An early criticism of the Stability and Growth Pact has pointed to its asymmetric nature and the weak mechanisms to prevent politically-motivated fiscal policies: its constraints would bite in downswings but not in upswings, especially if in the...
Le système de santé des États-Unis
Elizabeth Docteur, Hannes Suppanz et Jaejoon Woo
27 Feb 2003
This paper assesses the performance of the United States health system in an international context and discusses potential directions for reform. The US health system is unique among OECD countries in its heavy reliance on the private sector for both...
L'efficacité des dépenses publiques au Portugal
Chiara Bronchi
06 Feb 2003
Over the past decade, Portugal has experienced imbalances and inefficiencies in the public sector that have impeded better economic performance. Though Portugal’s total spending as a proportion of GDP is somewhat below the EU average, the rapid and...
Analyse comparative de la démographie et de la survie des entreprises
Eric Bartelsman, Stefano Scarpetta et Fabiano Schivardi
16 Jan 2003
This paper presents evidence on firm demographics and firm survival for a group of ten OECD countries. For each country a dataset of sectoral indicators of firm dynamics has been created using information from business registers. The patterns of firm...
Régulation, productivité et croissance dans les pays de l'OCDE
Giuseppe Nicoletti et Stefano Scarpetta
13 Jan 2003
In this paper, we relate the scope and depth of regulatory reforms to growth outcomes in OECD countries. By means of a new set of quantitative indicators of regulation, we show that the cross-country variation of regulatory settings has increased in...
La gestion des dépenses publiques en Pologne
Andrew Burns et Kwang-Yeol Yoo
12 Dec 2002
This paper assesses the public expenditure system in Poland and the scope for its reform. Though a number of important steps to control the future evolution of spending, such as pension reform and healthcare reform, have already made in Poland, much...
Améliorer l'efficacité des dépenses publiques en Suède
Deborah Roseveare
10 Dec 2002
This paper analyses the main features of Sweden’s public expenditure and addresses some key policy issues. Public spending is high relative to GDP, reflecting the wide support for the Swedish welfare state. The institutional framework within which...
La baisse des taux d'épargne privée durant les années 1990s dans les pays de l'OCDE
Alain de Serres et Florian Pelgrin
03 Dec 2002
The substantial decline in private-sector saving rates observed in several OECD countries in the late 1990s coincided in several cases with a sharp increase in household financial net worth. This was seen by many observers as evidence that the strong...
Améliorer l'efficacité des dépenses publiques en Norvège
Isabelle Joumard et Wim Suyker
03 Oct 2002
Public spending is very high in Norway, partly reflecting an extensive coverage of the welfare system and ambitious regional development objectives. Moreover, several institutional features contribute to dampening the cost-effectiveness of many...
Productivité et convergence sur un panel de secteurs industriels des pays de l'OCDE
Stefano Scarpetta et Thierry Tressel
25 Sept 2002
We analyse the impact of innovation activity and product and labour market institutions on multi-factor productivity in a panel of 23 industries in 18 OECD countries using a novel harmonised database. First, we provide evidence of convergence in...
La gestion des dépenses publiques
Paul van den Noord
06 Sept 2002
The UK medium-term budgetary framework introduced in 1997 addressed a number of weaknesses of the former regime, notably a bias against capital expenditure and, more generally, poor conditions for longerterm planning adversely affecting central...