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No. 247 | 19 Jun 2000 |
Economic Effects of the 1999 Turkish Earthquakes
This Working Paper presents a cross-Directorate Report on the economic, budgetary, regulatory and urbanpolicy implications of the earthquakes which struck the Marmara and Bolu areas of Turkey on 17 August and 12 November 1999. The earthquakes caused... |
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No. 246 | 13 Jun 2000 |
Policy Influences on Economic Growth in OECD Countries
This paper examines the recent literature on economic growth with a focus on policy issues and evidence relevant to OECD countries. The review begins with an overview of developments in the theory of economic growth and also comments generally on the... |
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No. 245 | 25 May 2000 |
The Tax System in the Czech Republic
This paper discusses the tax system in the Czech Republic and offers some specific suggestions for reform. Viewed in international context, the Czech system is broadly similar to those operated in other OECD countries. Like them, it exhibits a number... |
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No. 244 | 24 May 2000 |
The Tax System in Norway
This paper reviews tax policy initiatives and the scope for further reform in Norway. Norway faces the challenge of containing expenditure to at least avoid future increases in the tax burden, which is already above the OECD average. The favourable... |
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No. 243 | 11 May 2000 |
A Changing Financial Environment and the Implications for Monetary Policy
Monetary policy affects activity, and ultimately inflation, in a number of ways. The most important of these is generally considered to be through the effect of interest rates directly on the demand for goods by households and firms. However,... |
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No. 241 | 28 Apr 2000 |
The Healthcare System in Hungary
This paper examines within an international context, the healthcare system in Hungary. While the system resembles in many of its broad features those of other OECD countries, Hungarians have the lowest life expectancy in the OECD and its rate of... |
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No. 240 | 17 Apr 2000 |
Comparing Semi-Structural Methods to Estimate Unobserved Variables
Economists often seek to estimate unobserved variables, representing “equilibrium” or “expected” values of economic variables, as benchmarks against which observed, realised values of these variables may be evaluated. Such comparisons are often used... |
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No. 239 | 28 Apr 2000 |
New Issues in Public Debt Management
This paper reviews some of the difficult challenges facing debt managers in the years to come. In countries experiencing a rapidly diminishing gross debt, particularly the United States, this raises the issue of whether private-sector securities can... |
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No. 238 | 12 Apr 2000 |
Regulation, Industry Structure and Performance in the Electricity Supply Industry
This paper seeks to assess the impact of liberalisation and privatisation on performance in the generation segment of the electricity supply industry. Regulatory indicators for a panel of 19 OECD countries over a 10 year time period were constructed... |
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No. 237 | 12 Apr 2000 |
Regulation, Market Structure and Performance in Telecommunications
The paper uses an original international database on regulation, market structure and performance in the telecommunications industry to investigate the effects of entry liberalisation and privatisation on productivity, prices and quality of service... |
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No. 236 | 06 Apr 2000 |
Predicting The Evolution and Effects of The Asia Crisis from The OECD Perspective
Over the past two years, the key trading economies in SE Asia experienced major economic crises, involving financial turbulence, large capital outflows and currency depreciations. These, in turn, resulted in severe financial constraints and business... |
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No. 235 | 06 Apr 2000 |
Modelling Manufacturing Export Volumes Equations
International trade is a principle transmission mechanism by which developments in one country can have repercussions in others and how it is modelled is an important part of any multi-country model. This paper describes recent estimation work... |
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No. 234 | 17 Mar 2000 |
The Polish Tax Reform
The Polish tax system has commendable features, in particular a capacity to generate strong revenue on a continuous basis. But it also has a number of less desirable features, which could hamper growth in the future and come under increased criticism... |
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No. 233 | 02 Mar 2000 |
The Tax System in Mexico
The Mexican tax system encompasses a number of commendable features and disincentives to work, save and invest appear less severe than in most other OECD countries. However, the system also contains major deficiencies, which hampers the efficiency... |
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No. 232 | 09 Feb 2000 |
EMU, The Euro and The European Policy Mix
One year ago most economic observers predicted that "fundamentals" were such that the euro was set to appreciate. In the event, the opposite has occurred. This has rekindled a debate on how well foreign exchange markets reflect fundamental... |
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No. 231 | 04 Feb 2000 |
The Tax System in Japan
The Japanese tax system applies relatively low marginal tax rates on most economic activities which, in combination with moderate tax elasticities of the bases, indicate that the overall distortion from the tax system (the excess burden) is probably... |
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No. 230 | 19 Jan 2000 |
The Size and Role of Automatic Fiscal Stabilizers in the 1990s and Beyond
This paper assesses to what extent some components of government budgets affected by the macroeconomic situation operate to smooth the business cycle in individual OECD countries. It is shown that these automatic fiscal stabilisers have generally... |
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No. 229 | 19 Jan 2000 |
Enhancing Environmentally Sustainable Growth in Finland
This document examines Finland’s policy on natural and environmental resource management. In many fields, progress has been made and pollution curbed. However, there is still room for improvement with regard to cost-effectiveness. Economic evaluation... |
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No. 228 | 18 Jan 2000 |
Finance and Growth
This paper aims at providing an overview of the theoretical considerations and a review of the empirical literature on the relationship between finance and growth. Section I describes the role of financial development in economic growth at the macro... |
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No. 227 | 12 Jan 2000 |
What the Yield Curves say About Inflation
The paper investigates the information content of yield curves regarding future inflation, using the example of the G-7 countries. The empirical results show substantial variation of results across countries, and a significant information content is... |
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Economic Effects of the 1999 Turkish Earthquakes
Alexandra Bibbee, Rauf Gönenç, Scott Jacobs, Josef Konvitz et Robert Price
19 Jun 2000
This Working Paper presents a cross-Directorate Report on the economic, budgetary, regulatory and urbanpolicy implications of the earthquakes which struck the Marmara and Bolu areas of Turkey on 17 August and 12 November 1999. The earthquakes caused...
Policy Influences on Economic Growth in OECD Countries
Sanghoon Ahn et Philip Hemmings
13 Jun 2000
This paper examines the recent literature on economic growth with a focus on policy issues and evidence relevant to OECD countries. The review begins with an overview of developments in the theory of economic growth and also comments generally on the...
The Tax System in the Czech Republic
Chiara Bronchi et Andrew Burns
25 May 2000
This paper discusses the tax system in the Czech Republic and offers some specific suggestions for reform. Viewed in international context, the Czech system is broadly similar to those operated in other OECD countries. Like them, it exhibits a number...
The Tax System in Norway
Paul van den Noord
24 May 2000
This paper reviews tax policy initiatives and the scope for further reform in Norway. Norway faces the challenge of containing expenditure to at least avoid future increases in the tax burden, which is already above the OECD average. The favourable...
A Changing Financial Environment and the Implications for Monetary Policy
Paul Mylonas, Sebastian Schich et Gert Wehinger
11 May 2000
Monetary policy affects activity, and ultimately inflation, in a number of ways. The most important of these is generally considered to be through the effect of interest rates directly on the demand for goods by households and firms. However,...
The Healthcare System in Hungary
Eva Orosz et Andrew Burns
28 Apr 2000
This paper examines within an international context, the healthcare system in Hungary. While the system resembles in many of its broad features those of other OECD countries, Hungarians have the lowest life expectancy in the OECD and its rate of...
Comparing Semi-Structural Methods to Estimate Unobserved Variables
Laurence Boone
17 Apr 2000
Economists often seek to estimate unobserved variables, representing “equilibrium” or “expected” values of economic variables, as benchmarks against which observed, realised values of these variables may be evaluated. Such comparisons are often used...
New Issues in Public Debt Management
Paul Mylonas, Sebastian Schich, Thorsteinn Thorgeirsson et Gert Wehinger
28 Apr 2000
This paper reviews some of the difficult challenges facing debt managers in the years to come. In countries experiencing a rapidly diminishing gross debt, particularly the United States, this raises the issue of whether private-sector securities can...
Regulation, Industry Structure and Performance in the Electricity Supply Industry
Faye Steiner
12 Apr 2000
This paper seeks to assess the impact of liberalisation and privatisation on performance in the generation segment of the electricity supply industry. Regulatory indicators for a panel of 19 OECD countries over a 10 year time period were constructed...
Regulation, Market Structure and Performance in Telecommunications
Olivier Boylaud et Giuseppe Nicoletti
12 Apr 2000
The paper uses an original international database on regulation, market structure and performance in the telecommunications industry to investigate the effects of entry liberalisation and privatisation on productivity, prices and quality of service...
Predicting The Evolution and Effects of The Asia Crisis from The OECD Perspective
Pete Richardson, Ignazio Visco et Claude Giorno
06 Apr 2000
Over the past two years, the key trading economies in SE Asia experienced major economic crises, involving financial turbulence, large capital outflows and currency depreciations. These, in turn, resulted in severe financial constraints and business...
Modelling Manufacturing Export Volumes Equations
Keiko Murata, Dave Turner, David Rae et Laurence Le Fouler
06 Apr 2000
International trade is a principle transmission mechanism by which developments in one country can have repercussions in others and how it is modelled is an important part of any multi-country model. This paper describes recent estimation work...
The Polish Tax Reform
Patrick Lenain et Leszek Bartoszuk
17 Mar 2000
The Polish tax system has commendable features, in particular a capacity to generate strong revenue on a continuous basis. But it also has a number of less desirable features, which could hamper growth in the future and come under increased criticism...
The Tax System in Mexico
Thomas Dalsgaard
02 Mar 2000
The Mexican tax system encompasses a number of commendable features and disincentives to work, save and invest appear less severe than in most other OECD countries. However, the system also contains major deficiencies, which hampers the efficiency...
EMU, The Euro and The European Policy Mix
Jonathan Coppel, Martine Durand et Ignazio Visco
09 Feb 2000
One year ago most economic observers predicted that "fundamentals" were such that the euro was set to appreciate. In the event, the opposite has occurred. This has rekindled a debate on how well foreign exchange markets reflect fundamental...
The Tax System in Japan
Thomas Dalsgaard et Masaaki Kawagoe
04 Feb 2000
The Japanese tax system applies relatively low marginal tax rates on most economic activities which, in combination with moderate tax elasticities of the bases, indicate that the overall distortion from the tax system (the excess burden) is probably...
The Size and Role of Automatic Fiscal Stabilizers in the 1990s and Beyond
Paul van den Noord
19 Jan 2000
This paper assesses to what extent some components of government budgets affected by the macroeconomic situation operate to smooth the business cycle in individual OECD countries. It is shown that these automatic fiscal stabilisers have generally...
Enhancing Environmentally Sustainable Growth in Finland
Ann Vourc'h et Miguel Jimenez
19 Jan 2000
This document examines Finland’s policy on natural and environmental resource management. In many fields, progress has been made and pollution curbed. However, there is still room for improvement with regard to cost-effectiveness. Economic evaluation...
Finance and Growth
Kotaro Tsuru
18 Jan 2000
This paper aims at providing an overview of the theoretical considerations and a review of the empirical literature on the relationship between finance and growth. Section I describes the role of financial development in economic growth at the macro...
What the Yield Curves say About Inflation
Sebastian Schich
12 Jan 2000
The paper investigates the information content of yield curves regarding future inflation, using the example of the G-7 countries. The empirical results show substantial variation of results across countries, and a significant information content is...