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2017

1393. Regulation, institutions and productivity: new macroeconomic evidence from OECD countriesBalázs Égert

1392. Regulation, institutions and aggregate investment: new evidence from OECD countriesBalázs Égert

1391. Boosting R&D outcomes in AustraliaVassiliki Koutsogeorgopoulou and Taejin Park

1390. Creating good conditions for innovation-driven productivity gains in AustraliaPhilip Hemmings and Taejin Park

1389. Making income and property taxes more growth-friendly and redistributive in India Isabelle Joumard, Alastair Thomas and Hermes Morgavi

1388. Promoting a private investment renaissance in ItalyMauro Pisu

1387. Fostering innovative business investment in SpainDavid Haugh, Muge Adalet McGowan, Dan Andrews, Aida Caldera Sanchez, Gabor Fulop and Pilar Garcia Perea

1386. Reforms for more and better quality jobs in SpainYosuke Jin, Aida Caldera Sanchez and Pilar García Perea

1385. A revised approach to productivity convergence in long-term scenariosYvan Guillemette, Alexandre Kopoin, David Turner and Andrea De Mauro

1384. A revised approach to trend employment projections in long-term scenariosMaria Chiara Cavalleri and Yvan Guillemette

1383. Doing well by doing good: the role of Mexico's firms in achieving sustainable and inclusive growthMabel Gabriel, Patrick Lenain, Mirna Mehrez, Julien Reynaud and Payal Soneja

1382. Structural inequality – the case of SwedenPer Olof Robling and Jon Kristian Pareliussen

1381. Improving the allocation and efficiency of public spending in IndonesiaPatrice Ollivaud

1380. Decentralisation to promote regional development in IndonesiaPetar Vujanovic

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1379. Foreign Direct Investment and The Pollution Haven HypothesisGrégoire Garsous, Tomasz Kozluk

1378. Energy prices, environmental policies and investmentDennis Dlugosch, Tomasz Kozluk

1377. Deconstructing income inequality in Costa Rica: an income source decomposition approachAlberto González Pandiella and Mabel Gabriel

1376. Boosting productivity in Mexico through integration into Global Value ChainsSean Dougherty and Julien Reynaud

1375. Local taxation, land use regulation, and land use: A survey of the evidenceHansjörg Blöchliger, Christian Hilber, Olivier Schöni and Maximilian von Ehrlich

1374. Finance and productivity: A literature reviewMark Heil

1373. Decoupling of wages from productivity: Macro-level factsCyrille Schwellnus, Andreas Kappeler and Pierre-Alain Pionnier

1372. The Walking Dead? Zombie Firms and Productivity Performance in OECD CountriesMüge Adalet McGowan, Dan Andrews and Valentine Millot

1371. Fostering inclusive growth in MalaysiaStewart Nixon, Hidekatsu Asada and Vincent Koen

1370. Boosting productivity in MalaysiaHidekatsu Asada, Stewart Nixon and Vincent Koen

1369. Malaysia’s economic success story and challengesVincent Koen, Hidekatsu Asada, Stewart Nixon, Mohamed Rizwan Habeeb Rahuman and Abu Zeid Mohd Arif

2016

1368. Trends in productivity and sources of productivity growth in SloveniaUrban Sila, Hermes Morgavi and Jeanne Dall'Orso

1367. Rebalancing Turkey’s growth by improving resource allocation and productivity in manufacturingAslihan Atabek, Dan Andrews and Rauf Gönenç

1366. Reaping the benefits of global value chains in TurkeyVolker Ziemann and Béatrice Guérard

1365. Incentivising lending to SMEs with the Funding for Lending Scheme: some evidence from bank-level data in the United KingdomOlena Havrylchyk

1364. Enhancing skills to boost growth in Hungary

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Gabriel Machlica

1363. Enhancing public sector efficiency and effectiveness in the Czech RepublicChristine Lewis and Falilou Fall

1362. Fostering productivity for income convergence in the Czech RepublicFalilou Fall and Christine Lewis

1361. International tax planning and fixed investmentStéphane Sorbe and Åsa Johansson

1360. Innovation, patent location and tax planning by multinationalsØystein Bieltvedt Skeie, Åsa Johansson, Carlo Menon and Stéphane Sorbe

1359. International differences in corporate taxation, foreign direct investment and tax revenueØystein Bieltvedt Skeie

1358. International tax planning, competition and market structureStéphane Sorbe and Åsa Johansson

1357. Debt and tax planning by multinationalsStéphane Sorbe, Åsa Johansson and Øystein Bieltvedt Skeie

1356. Anti-avoidance rules against international tax planning: A classificationÅsa Johansson, Øystein Bieltvedt Skeie and Stéphane Sorbe

1355. Tax planning by multinational firms: Firm-level evidence from a cross-country databaseÅsa Johansson, Øystein Bieltvedt Skeie, Stéphane Sorbe and Carlo Menon

1354. The quantification of structural reforms in OECD countries: a new frameworkBalázs Égert and Peter Gal

1353. Coping with creative destruction: reducing the costs of firm exitDan Andrews and Alessandro Saia

1352. A re-assessment of fiscal space in OECD countriesJarmila Botev, Jean-Marc Fournier and Annabelle Mourougane

1351. Can an increase in public investment sustainably lift economic growth?Annabelle Mourougane, Jarmila Botev, Jean-Marc Fournier, Nigel Pain and Elena Rusticelli

1350. The ins and outs of employment in 25 OECD countriesPaula Garda

1349. How do product market regulations affect workers? Evidence from the network industriesBy Oliver Denk

1348. Effects of Flexibility-Enhancing Reforms on Employment TransitionsBy Boris Cournède, Oliver Denk and Paula Garda

1347. The positive effect of public investment on potential growthBy Jean-Marc Fournier

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1346. Public finance, economic growth and Inequality: A survey of the evidenceBy Åsa Johansson

1345. Trends in public finance: Insights from a new detailed datasetDebbie Bloch, Jean Marc Fournier, Duarte Gonçalves and Álvaro Pina

1344. The effect of the size and the mix of public spending on growth and inequalityJean-Marc Fournier and Åsa Johansson

1343. The distribution of the growth dividendsMikkel Hermansen, Nicolas Ruiz and Orsetta Causa

1342. The distributional impact of structural reformsOrsetta Causa, Mikkel Hermansen and Nicolas Ruiz

1341. Inequality in Denmark through the looking glassOrsetta Causa, Mikkel Hermansen, Nicolas Ruiz, Caroline Klein and Zuzana Smidova

1340. Can reforms promoting growth increase financial fragility? An empirical assessmentAida Caldera Sánchez and Filippo Gori

1339. How do policies influence GDP tail risks?Aida Caldera Sánchez and Oliver Röhn

1338. Balancing inclusiveness, work incentives and sustainability in DenmarkCaroline Klein and Louise Aggerstrøm Hansen

1337. Betting the house in DenmarkZuzana Smidova

1336. The use of models in producing OECD macroeconomic forecastsDavid Turner

1335. The estimation of financial conditions indices for the major OECD countriesE. Philip Davis, Simon Kirby and James Warren

1334. Advance warning indicators of past severe GDP per capita recessions in TurkeyOliver Röhn

1333. Realising and expanding opportunities in the United StatesDamien Azzopardi, Jonathan Millar and Douglas Sutherland

1332. The skills of Polish emigrants – evidence from PIAACNicola Brandt and Patrizio Sicari

1331. Fiscal decentralisation and income inequality: empirical evidence from OECD countriesSibylle Stossberg, David Bartolini and Hansjörg Blöchliger

1330. Fiscal decentralisation and regional disparitiesDavid Bartolini, Sibylle Stossberg and Hansjörg Blöchliger

1329. Regional GDP in OECD countries: how has inequality developed over time?Felix Arnold and Hansjörg Blöchliger

1328. Unleashing private sector productivity in the United States

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Jonathan Millar and Douglas Sutherland

1327. Raising well-being in Germany’s ageing societyAndreas Kappeler, Andrés Fuentes Hutfilter, Dorothee Schneider, Naomitsu Yashiro, Eun Jung Kim and Giovanni Maria Semeraro

1326. Boosting investment performance in GermanyAndrés Fuentes Hutfilter, Andreas Kappeler, Dorothee Schneider and Giovanni Maria Semeraro

1325. Labour market reforms in Korea to promote inclusive growthRandall S. Jones and Kohei Fukawa

1324. Raising Korea’s productivity through innovation and structural reformRandall S. Jones and Jae Wan Lee

1323. A bird-eye view of Costa Rica's transport infrastructureMauro Pisu and Federico Villalobos

1322. Strengthening competition in network sectors and the internal market in CanadaCorinne LuuConcurrence dans les industries de réseau et renforcement du marché intérieur au CanadaCorinne Luu

1321. Age, skills and labour market outcomes in FinlandJon Kristian Pareliussen

1320. Employment and skills in FinlandJon Kristian Pareliussen, Christophe André, Thomas Chalaux and Vincent Koen

1319. Boosting productivity in FinlandChristophe André and Thomas Chalaux

1318. Costa Rica: boosting productivity to sustain income convergenceMauro Pisu

1317. Five years in a balloon: Estimating the effects of euro adoption in Slovakia using the synthetic control methodBranislav Žúdel and Libor Melioris

1316. Making public finances more growth and equity-friendly in the euro areaÁlvaro Pina

1315. Priorities for completing the European Union's Single MarketJan Stráský

1314. Boosting productivity through greater small business dynamism in CanadaDavid Carey, John Lester and Isabelle LuongAugmenter la productivité en favorisant le dynamisme des petites entreprises au CanadaDavid Carey, John Lester et Isabelle Luong

1313. Forecasting GDP during and after the Great Recession: a contest between small-scale bridge and large-scale dynamic factor modelsPatrice Ollivaud, Pierre-Alain Pionnier, Elena Rusticelli, Cyrille Schwellnus and Seung-Hee Koh

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1312. Estimating the distributional impact of the Greek crisis (2009-2014)Chrysa Leventi and Manos Matsaganis

1311. The short-term impact of product market reforms: a cross-country firm-level analysisPeter Gal and Alexander Hijzen

1310. The effects of reform scenarios for unemployment benefits and social assistance on financial incentives to work and poverty in LithuaniaJekaterina Navickė, Silvia Avram and Lilas Demmou

1309. Insolvency regimes and productivity growth: a framework for analysisMüge Adalet McGowan and Dan Andrews

1308. Growing together: making Lithuania’s convergence process more inclusiveLilas Demmou

1307. Scaling new heights: achievements and future challenges for productivity convergence in LithuaniaBen Westmore

1306. Boosting skills for all in the NetherlandsRafal Kierzenkowski, Aleksandra Paciorek and Gabor Fulop

1305. Enhancing private investment in the NetherlandsSanne Zwart

1304. Links between weak investment and the slowdown in productivity and potential output growth across the OECDPatrice Ollivaud, Yvan Guillemette and David Turner

1303. Regulations in services sectors and their impact on downstream industries: the OECD 2013 REGIMPACT indicatorBalázs Égert and Isabelle Wanner

1302. Improving transport and energy infrastructure investment in PolandAntoine Goujard

1301. Making better use of skills and migration in PolandNicola Brandt

1300. Making growth more inclusive in Costa RicaAlberto González Pandiella

1299. How to boost export performance in GreeceChristine de la Maisonneuve

1298. Structural reforms to boost inclusive growth in GreeceChristian Daude

1297. Reforming in a difficult macroeconomic context: a review of the issues and recent literatureAida Caldera Sánchez, Alain de Serres and Naomitsu Yashiro

1296. Regulatory management practices in OECD countriesIsabell Koske, Faisal Naru, Philipp Beiter and Isabelle Wanner

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1295. Quantifying the effects of trade liberalisation in Brazil: a CGE model simulationSónia Araújo and Dorothee Flaig

1294. An investigation into improving real-time reliability of OECD Output Gap estimatesDavid Turner, Maria Chiara Cavalleri, Yvan Guillemette, Alexandre Kopoin, Patrice Ollivaud and Elena Rusticelli

1293. Growing together: towards a more inclusive IrelandDavid Haugh, Yosuke Jin and Alberto Gonzalez Pandiella

1292. Migration in Ireland: challenges, opportunities and policiesAlberto Gonzalez Pandiella

1291. Labour market transitions in Italy: job separation, re-employment and policy implicationsYosuke Jin, Ryotaro Fukahori and Hermes Morgavi

1290. Chile: better skills for inclusive growthEduardo Olaberria

1289. Bringing all Chileans on boardEduardo Olaberria

1288. Improving the pension system and the welfare of retirees in IsraelJacques Adda and Claude Giorno

1287. Boosting competition on Israeli marketsClaude Giorno

1286. Policy challenges for agriculture and rural areas in NorwayPhilip Hemmings

1285. Addressing the challenges in higher education in NorwayVassiliki Koutsogeorgopoulou

1284. How did immigrants fare in the Irish labour market over the great recession?Elish Kelly, Seamus McGuinness, Philip J. O’Connell, Alberto González Pandiella, David Haugh

1283. The drivers of public health spending: integrating policies and institutionsChristine de la Maisonneuve, Rodrigo Moreno-Serra, Fabrice Murtin, Joaquim Oliveira Martins

1282. Do environmental policies affect global value chains? A new perspective on the pollution haven hypothesisTomasz Koźluk and Christina Timiliotis

1281. Monetary policy and inequalityRory O’Farrell, Łukasz Rawdanowicz, Kei-Ichiro Inaba

1280. Raising public spending efficiency in SwitzerlandRichard Dutu

1279. Policies to tame the housing cycle in SwitzerlandPetar Vujanovic

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1278. Public spending efficiency in the OECD: benchmarking health care, education and general administrationRichard Dutu and Patrizio Sicari

1277. Household debt in OECD countries: stylised facts and policy issuesChristophe André

2015

1276. How can South Africa’s tax system meet revenue raising challenges?Christine Lewis and Theresa Alton

1275. Adjusting fiscal balances for the business cycle: new tax and expenditure elasticity estimates for OECD countriesRobert W.R. Price, Thai-Thanh Dang and Jarmila Botev

1274. Who are the top 1% earners in Europe?Oliver Denk

1273. Towards more gender equality in AustriaVolker Ziemann

1272. Austria's separate gender roles model was popular in the past, but is becoming a constraint for comprehensive wellbeingRauf Gonenc, Beatrice Guerard, Isabelle Hassler and Andreas Wörgötter

1271. The macroeconomic impact of structural policies on labour market outcomes in OECD countries: a reassessmentPeter Gal and Adam Theising

1270. Searching for the inclusive growth tax grail: the distributional impact of growth enhancing tax reform in IrelandBrendan O’Connor, Terence Hynes, David Haugh and Patrick Lenain

1269. Taxes, income and economic mobility in Ireland: new evidence from tax records dataSeán Kennedy, Yosuke Jin, David Haugh and Patrick Lenain

1268. The negative effect of regulatory divergence on foreign direct investmentJean-Marc Fournier

1267. Enhancing competitiveness, purchasing power and employment by increasing competition in FranceAméliorer la compétitivité, le pouvoir d’achat et l’emploi en renforçant la concurrence en FranceAntoine Goujard

1266. Labour market reform for more and better quality jobs in ItalyYosuke Jin and Patrick Lenain

1265. What do household surveys suggest about the top 1% incomes and inequality in OECD countries?Nicolas Ruiz and Nicolas Woloszko

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1264. The costs of flexibility-enhancing structural reforms: a literature reviewTito Boeri, Pierre Cahuc and André Zylberberg

1263. Gender equality and economic growth in India: a quantitative frameworkPierre-Richard Agénor, Jan Mares and Piritta Sorsa

1262. Achieving fiscal consolidation while promoting social cohesion in JapanRandall S. Jones and Kohei Fukawa

1261. Enhancing dynamism and innovation in Japan's business sector Randall S. Jones and Myungkyoo Kim

1260. Vocational training and adult learning for better skills in FranceNicola Brandt

1260. La formation professionnelle au service de l’amélioration des compétences en FranceNicola Brandt

1259. Structural policies and productivity: evidence from Portuguese firmsBy Jens Arnold and Natália Barbosa

1258. Reducing inequality and poverty in PortugalJens Arnold and Carlos Farinha Rodrigues

1257. Boosting export performance in PortugalJens Arnold

1256. Making New Zealand’s economic growth more inclusiveDavid Carey

1255. Policy areas for increasing productivity in LatviaZuzana Smidova

1254. Improving public sector efficiency for more inclusive growth in LatviaCaroline Klein and Robert Price

1253. Non-standard contracts, flexibility and employment adjustment: empirical evidence from Russian establishment dataLarisa Smirnykh and Andreas Wörgötter

1252. Russia: progress in structural reform and framework conditions 2011-13Yana Vaziakova

1251. Economic resilience: what role for policies?Aida Caldera Sánchez, Morten Rasmussen and Oliver Röhn

1250. Economic resilience: the usefulness of early warning indicators in OECD countriesMikkel Hermansen and Oliver Röhn

1249. Economic resilience: a new set of vulnerability indicators for OECD countriesOliver Röhn, Aida Caldera Sánchez, Mikkel Hermansen and Morten Rasmussen

1248. Fiscal constitutions: an empirical assessmentHansjörg Blöchliger and Jaroslaw Kantorowicz

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1247. Sustaining the economic expansion in New ZealandCorinne Luu

1246. Policies for inclusive and sustainable growth in IndonesiaPetar Vujanovic

1245. Enhancing the financing of the real economy and financial stability in the United KingdomOlena Havrylchyk and Rafał Kierzenkowski

1244. Improving infrastructure in the United KingdomMauro Pisu, Barbara Pels and Novella Bottini

1243. Restoring the financial sector and corporate deleveraging in SloveniaUrban Sila

1242. The economic consequences of an ageing population in SloveniaPeter Walkenhorst and Urban Sila

1241. Raising competitiveness and long-term growth of the Slovenian economyUrban Sila, Nataša Jemec and Hermes Morgavi

1240. Luxembourg - diversifying a small open economyJan Stráský and Eckhard Wurzel

1239. Luxembourg - addressing new challenges in a major financial sectorEckhard Wurzel and Damien Azzopardi

1238. Productivity spillovers from the global frontier and public policy: industry level evidenceAlessandro Saia, Dan Andrews and Silvia Albrizio

1237. The stabilisation properties of immovable property taxation: evidence from OECD countriesHansjörg Blöchliger, Balász Égert, Bastien Alvarez and Aleksandra Paciorek

1236. Making the most of natural resources in IndonesiaRichard Dutu

1235. Reforming the pension system to increase coverage and equity in ColombiaChristine de la Maisonneuve

1234. Making Colombia’s tax policy more efficient, fair and greenChristian Daude, Sarah Perret and Bert Brys

1233. Skills and labour market performance in SwedenMargherita Bussi and Jon Kristian Pareliussen

1232. Skills and inclusive growth in SwedenJon Kristian Pareliussen, Margherita Bussi, Christophe André and Vincent Koen

1231. Incorporating anchored inflation expectations in the Phillips Curve and in the derivation of OECD measures of equilibrium unemploymentElena Rusticelli, David Turner and Maria Chiara Cavalleri

1230. Macroeconomic uncertainties, prudent debt targets and fiscal rules

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Falilou Fall and Jean-Marc Fournier

1229. Limits to government debt sustainabilityJean-Marc Fournier and Falilou Fall

1228. Government debt indicators: understanding the dataDebbie Bloch and Falilou Fall

1226. Household finance and income inequality in the euro areaOliver Denk and Alexandre Cazenave-Lacroutz

1225. Financial sector pay and labour income inequality: evidence from EuropeOliver Denk

1224. Finance and income inequality in OECD countriesOliver Denk and Boris Cournède

1223. Finance and economic growth in OECD and G20 countriesBoris Cournède and Oliver Denk

1222. What impedes household investment in energy efficiency and renewable energy?Nadia Ameli and Nicola Brandt

1221. Recent trends in productivity in China – shift-share analysis of labour productivity growth and the evolution of the productivity gapMargit Molnar and Thomas Chalaux

1220. Assessing China's skills gap and inequalities in educationMargit Molnar, Boqing Wang and Ruidong Gao

1219. Providing the right skills to all in China – from "made in China" to "created in China"Margit Molnar and Vincent Koen

1218. Agricultural reforms and bridging the gap for rural ChinaBen Westmore

1217. A snapshot of China’s service sectorMargit Molnar and Wei Wang

1216. Does the post-crisis weakness of global trade solely reflect weak demand?By Patrice Ollivaud and Cyrille Schwellnus

1215. Estonia: raising productivity and benefitting more from opennessBy Andreas Kappeler

1214. Estonia: making the most of human capitalBy Andrés Fuentes Hutfilter

1213. The Czech labour market: documenting structural change and remaining challengesBy Sónia Araújo and Petr Maleček

1212. Reforming the Slovak public sectorLilas Demmou and Robert Price

1211. Spurring growth in lagging regions in the Slovak Republic

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Lilas Demmou, Martin Haluš, Gabriel Machlica and Robert Menkyna

1210. Skill mismatch and public policy in OECD countriesMüge Adalet McGowan and Dan Andrews

1209. Labour market mismatch and labour productivity: evidence from PIAAC dataMüge Adalet McGowan and Dan Andrews

1208. Maintaining an efficient and equitable housing market in BelgiumSanne Zwart

1207. Determinants of the low female labour force participation in IndiaPiritta Sorsa, Jan Mares, Mathilde Didier, Caio Guimaraes, Marie Rabate, Gen Tang and Annamaria Tuske

1206. Strengthening skill use and school-to-work transitions in the Czech RepublicSónia Araújo and Petr Maleček

1205. Reforming the tax on immovable property: taking care of the unlovedHansjörg Blöchliger

1204. Taxation and investment in ColombiaSarah Perret and Bert Brys OECD

1203. Efficiency and contestability in the Colombian banking systemChristian Daude and Julien Pascal

1202. Fiscal decentralisation in Colombia: new evidence regarding sustainability, risk sharing and "fiscal fatigue"Guillaume Bousquet, Christian Daude and Christine de La Maisonneuve

1201. Effects of economic policies on microeconomic stabilityBoris Cournède, Paula Garda and Volker Ziemann

1200. The 2013 update of the OECD’s database on product market regulation – policy insights for OECD and non-OECD countriesIsabell Koske, Isabelle Wanner, Rosamaria Bitetti and Omar Barbiero

1199. Improving taxes and transfers in AustraliaPhilip Hemmings and Annamaria Tuske

1198. Federal-state relations in AustraliaVassiliki Koutsogeorgopoulou and Annamaria Tuske

1197. Sharing the fruits of growth with all MexicansEduardo Olaberriá and Valéry Dugain

1196. What makes Mexicans happy?Valéry Dugain and Eduardo Olaberriá

1195. Improving the labour market integration of immigrants in BelgiumÁlvaro Pina, Vincent Corluy and Gerlinde Verbist

1194. Raising the potential of the domestically oriented sector in GermanyAndré Eid and Andrés Fuentes Hutfilter

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1193. Improving transport infrastructure in RussiaAlexander Kolik, Artur Radziwill and Natalia Turdyeva

1192. Improving the business climate in RussiaArtur Radziwill and Yana Vaziakova

1191. Determinants of female entrepreneurship in IndiaArnaud Daymard

1190. The changing role of the exchange rate for macroeconomic adjustmentPatrice Ollivaud, Elena Rusticelli and Cyrille Schwellnus

1189. Boosting productivity in Russia: skills, education and innovationBy Lilas Demmou and Andreas Wörgötter

1188. Boosting growth and reducing informality in MexicoSean Dougherty

1187. The conduct of monetary policy in the future: instrument useBy Kei-Ichiro Inaba, Rory O’Farrell, Łukasz Rawdanowicz and Ane Kathrine Christensen

1186. A constant market share analysis of Spanish goods exportsBy Alberto Gonzalez Pandiella

1185. Raising the economic participation of women in India – a new growth engine?Piritta Sorsa

1184. Improving health outcomes and health care in IndiaIsabelle Joumard and Ankit Kumar

1183. Challenges and opportunities of India’s manufacturing sectorIsabelle Joumard, Urban Sila and Hermes Morgavi

2014

1182. The heterogeneity of product market regulationsJean-Marc Fournier

1181. Implicit regulatory barriers in the EU Single Market: new empirical evidence from gravity modelsJean-Marc Fournier, Aurore Domps, Yaëlle Gorin, Xavier Guillet and Délia Morchoisne

1180. Can pro-growth policies lift all boats? An analysis based on household disposable incomeOrsetta Causa, Alain de Serres and Nicolas Ruiz

1179. Empirical evidence on the effects of environmental policy stringency on productivity growthSilvia Albrizio, Tomasz Koźluk and Vera Zipperer

1178. The indicators of the economic burdens of environmental policy design – results from the OECD questionnaire

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Tomasz Koźluk

1177. Measuring environmental policy stringency in OECD countries - a composite index approachEnrico Botta and Tomasz Koźluk

1176. Do environmental policies matter for productivity growth? Insights from new cross-country measures of environmental policiesSilvia Albrizio, Enrico Botta, Tomasz Koźluk and Vera Zipperer

1175. Making economic growth more socially inclusive in GermanyAndreas Kappeler, Andrés Fuentes Hutfilter

1174. New tax and expenditure elasticity estimates for EU budget surveillanceRobert W.R. Price, Thai-Thanh Dang and Yvan Guillemette

1173. Moving towards a more dynamic business sector in SpainAlberto Gonzalez Pandiella

1172. Better harnessing talent and knowledge to boost sustainable medium-term growth in SpainDavid Haugh and Ben Westmore

1171. The internet economy – regulatory challenges and practicesIsabell Koske, Rosamaria Bitetti, Isabelle Wanner and Ewan Sutherland

1170. A revival of the private rental sector of the housing market? Lessons from Germany, Finland, the Czech Republic and the NetherlandsRik De Boer and Rosamaria Bitetti

1169. Secular stagnation: evidence and implications for economic policyŁukasz Rawdanowicz, Romain Bouis, Kei-Ichiro Inaba and Ane Kathrine Christensen

1168. Investment gaps after the crisisChristine Lewis, Nigel Pain, Jan Strasky and Fusako Menkyna

1167. Factors behind the decline in real long-term government bond yieldsRomain Bouis, Kei-Ichiro Inaba, Łukasz Rawdanowicz and Ane Kathrine Christensen

1166. The effect of the global financial crisis on the OECD potential outputPatrice Ollivaud and David Turner

1165. Determinants of households’ investment in energy efficiency and renewables - evidence from the OECD Survey on household environmental behaviour and attitudesNadia Ameli and Nicola Brandt

1164. Addressing high household debt in KoreaRandall S. Jones and Myungkyoo Kim

1163. Reducing the high rate of poverty among the elderly in KoreaRandall S. Jones and Satoshi Urasawa

1162. Promoting the financing of SMEs and start-ups in KoreaRandall S. Jones and Myungkyoo Kim

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1161. Fostering inclusive growth in Turkey by promoting structural change in the business sectorRauf Gönenç, Oliver Röhn, Vincent Koen and Fethi Ögünç

1160. Reducing macroeconomic imbalances in TurkeyOliver Röhn, Rauf Gönenç, Vincent Koen and Evren Erdogan Cosar

1159. Reinvigorating the EU Single MarketJean-Marc Fournier

1158. An exploration of the determinants of the subjective well-being of Americans during the Great RecessionAida Caldera Sánchez and Caroline Tassot

1157. Boosting the development of efficient SMEs in the NetherlandsRafał Kierzenkowski and Jochebed Kastaneer

1156. Making the banking sector more resilient and reducing household debt in the NetherlandsRafał Kierzenkowski, Olena Havrylchyk and Pierre Beynet

1155. US long term interest rates and capital flows to emerging economiesEduardo Olaberria

1154. Productivity measurement with natural capital and bad outputsNicola Brandt, Paul Schreyer and Vera Zipperer

1153. Reducing income inequality and poverty and promoting social mobility in KoreaRandall S. Jones et Satoshi Urasawa

1152. Fostering a creative economy to drive Korean growthRandall S. Jones

1151. Economic uncertainties and their impact on activity in Greece compared with Ireland and PortugalJan-David Schneider and Claude Giorno

1150. Workplace stress in the United States: issues and policiesMichael Darden

1149. Taxing the rent of non-renewable resource sectors: a theoretical noteJulien Daubanes and Saraly Andrade de Sá

1148. Health, work and working conditions: a review of the European economic literatureThomas Barnay

1147. Making the best of new energy resources in the United StatesDouglas Sutherland

1146. Improving well-being in the United StatesAida Caldera Sánchez, Patrick Lenain and Sarah Fléche

1145. Deconstructing Canada’s housing markets: finance, affordability and urban sprawlCalista Cheung

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Restructurer les marchés canadiens du logement : financements, accessibilité financière et étalement urbainCalista Cheung

1144. Women’s role in the Swiss economyRichard DutuLe rôle des femmes dans l’économie suisseRichard Dutu

1143. Overcoming skills shortages in CanadaDavid CareyCombler les pénuries de compétences au CanadaDavid Carey

1142. Trade patterns in the 2060 world economyJean Chateau, Lionel Fontagné, Jean Fouré, Åsa Johansson and Eduardo Olaberria

1141. The demand for skills 1995-2008: a global supply chain perspectiveBart Los, Marcel P. Timmer and Gaaitzen J. De Vries

1140. International migration: the relationship with economic and policy factors in the home and destination countryBen Westmore

1139. Gross earning inequalities in OECD countries and major non-member economies: determinants and future scenariosHenrik Braconier and Jenifer Ruiz Valenzuela

1138. Determinants of tertiary graduationsHenrik Braconier

1137. Managerial capital and business R&D as enablers of productivity convergenceDan Andrews and Ben Westmore

1136. Long-term patterns of trade and specialisationÅsa Johansson and Eduardo Olaberria

1135. Consequences of climate change damages for economic growth – a dynamic quantitative assessmentRob Dellink, Elisa Lanzi, Jean Chateau, Francesco Bosello, Ramiro Parrado and Kelly de Bruin

1134. Comparing the robustness of PAYG pension schemesFalilou Fall

1133. Overcoming vulnerabilities of pension systemsFalilou Fall and Debbie Bloch

1132. Overcoming vulnerabilities of health care systemsMauro Pisu

1131. Overcoming vulnerability of unemployment insurance schemesJon Pareliussen

1130. Vulnerability of social institutions: lessons from the recent crisis and historical episodesFalilou Fall, Mauro Pisu, Jon Pareliussen and Debbie Bloch

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1129. An update of the OECD international trade equationsMyriam Morin and Cyrille Schwellnus

1128. What explains the volume and composition of trade? Industrial evidence from a panel of countriesÅsa Johansson, Przemyslaw Kowalski, Eduardo Olaberría and Dario Pellegrino

1127. Do resources flow to patenting firms? Cross-country evidence from firm level dataDan Andrews, Chiara Criscuolo and Carlo Menon

1126. Macroprudential policy tools in Norway: strengthening financial system resilienceYosuke Jin, Patrick Lenain and Paul O’Brien

1125. Strengthening competition in PolandBalázs Égert and Antoine Goujard

1124. Making the labour market work better in PolandHervé Boulhol

1123. Enhancing competition and the business environment in HungaryAlvaro Pina

1122. Tackling labour mismatches and promoting mobility in HungaryStéphane Sorbe

1121. Local public finances and municipal reform in FinlandChristophe André and Clara Garcia

1120. The economic consequences of ageing: the case of FinlandChristine de la Maisonneuve, Christophe André, Clara Garcia and Vincent Koen

1119. Making the most of skills in DenmarkStéphanie Jamet and Vincent Koen

1118. Trade specialisation and policies to foster competition and innovation in DenmarkMüge Adalet McGowan

1117. Policies for making the Chilean labour market more inclusiveAida Caldera Sanchez

1116. Spillover effects from exiting higher expansionary monetary policiesLukasz Rawdanowicz, Romain Bouis, Jérôme Brezillon, Ane Kathrine Christensen and Kei-Ichiro Inaba

1115. Economic policies and microeconomic stability: a literature review and some empiricsPaula Garda and Volker Ziemann

1114. How to improve Israel’s health-care systemPhilip Hemmings

1113. How to improve taxes and transfers in IsraelPhilip Hemmings

1112. New evidence on the determinants of industrial specialisation

17

Asa Johansson and Eduardo Olaberria

1111. Economic growth from the household perspective: GDP and income distribution developments across OECD countriesOrsetta Causa, Sonia Araujo, Agnès Cavaciuti, Nicolas Ruiz and Zuzana Smidova

1110. Would a growth slowdown in emerging markets spill over to high-income countries? A quantitative assessmentPatrice Ollivaud, Elena Rusticelli and Cyrille Schwellnus

1109. Short-term indicator models for quarterly GDP Growth in the BRIICS: a small-scale bridge model approachThomas Chalaux and Cyrille Schwellnus

1108. The prudential regulation of financial institutions: why regulatory responses to the crisis might not prove sufficientWilliam R. White

1107. OECD forecasts during and after the financial crisis: a post mortemNigel Pain, Christine Lewis, Thai-Thanh Dang, Yosuke Jin and Pete Richardson

1106. Fairly sharing the social impact of the crisis in GreeceVassiliki Koutsogeorgopoulou, Manos Matsaganis, Chrysa Leventi and Jan-David Schneider

1105. Dividing the pie in Brazil: income distribution, social policies and the new middle classJens M. Arnold and João Jalles

2013

1104. New indicators of competition law and policy in 2013 for OECD and non-OECD countriesEnrico Alemani, Caroline Klein, Isabell Koske, Cristiana Vitale and Isabelle Wanner

1103. The effect of government debt, external debt and their interaction on OECD interest ratesDavid Turner and Francesca Spinelli

1102. The state of the banking sector in EuropeDirk Schoenmaker and Toon Peek

1101. Getting Irish youth on the job trackAlberto Gonzalez Pandiella

1100. New econometric estimates of long-term growth effects of different areas of public spendingOmar Barbiero and Boris Cournède

1099. Cross-country spillovers from fiscal consolidationsAntoine Goujard

1098. Informal employment in Russia: definitions, incidence, determinants and labour market segmentationHartmut Lehmann and Anzelika Zaiceva

1097. Capacity needs in the automobile industry in the short- to medium run

18

Caroline Klein and Isabell Koske

1096. Environmental policies and productivity growth - a critical review of empirical findingsTomasz Koźluk and Vera Zipperer

1095. Green growth challenges and the need for an energy reform in MexicoCarla Valdivia de Richter

1094. From bricks to brains: increasing the contribution of knowledge-based capital to growth in IrelandDavid Haugh

1093. China’s march to prosperity: reforms to avoid the middle-income trapVincent Koen, Richard Herd and Sam Hill

1092. Productivity measurement with natural capitalNicola Brandt, Paul Schreyer and Vera Zipperer

1091. Growth-promoting policies and macroeconomic stabilityDouglas Sutherland and Peter Hoeller

1090. Policies for inclusive urbanisation in ChinaVincent Koen, Richard Herd, Xiao Wang and Thomas Chalaux

1089. Fiscal devaluation – can it help to boost competitiveness?Isabell Koske

1088. How to achieve growth- and equity-friendly fiscal consolidation? A proposed methodology for instrument choice with an illustrative application to OECD countriesBoris Cournède, Antoine Goujard and Álvaro Pina

1087. Improving school-to-work transitions in New ZealandAlexandra Bibbee

1086. The agri food situation and policies in SwitzerlandPeter Jarrett and Charlotte Moeser

1085. Japan’s challenging debt dynamicsYvan Guillemette and Jan Strasky

1084. Transitions in and out of unemployment among young people in the Irish recessionElish Kelly, Seamus McGuinness, Philip O’Connell, David Haugh and Alberto González Pandiella

1083. Is there convergence of Russia’s regions? Exploring the empirical evidence: 1995-2010Hartmut Lehmann and Maria Giulia Silvagni

1082. The benefits and costs of highly expansionary monetary policyŁukasz Rawdanowicz, Romain Bouis and Shingo Watanabe

1081. The effectiveness of monetary policy since the onset of the financial crisisRomain Bouis, Łukasz Rawdanowicz, Jean-Paul Renne, Shingo Watanabe and Ane Kathrine Christensen

1080. Responding to key well-being challenges in Austria

19

Rauf Gönenç, Oliver Röhn, Christian Beer and Andreas Wörgötter

1079. Austria’s well-being goes beyond GDPOliver Röhn, Rauf Gönenç, Christian Beer and Romina Boarini

1078. Improving fiscal federal relations for a stronger MexicoAida Caldera Sánchez

1077. Deleveraging: challenges, progress and policiesRomain Bouis, Ane Kathrine Christensen and Boris Cournède

1076. Policies to support sustainable long-term growth in New ZealandCalista Cheung

1075. Do structural policies affect macroeconomic stability?Volker Ziemann

1074. A simple fiscal stress testing model - case studies of Austrian, Czech and German economiesOndra Kamenik, Zdenek Tuma, David Vavra and Zuzana Smidova

1073. Road connectivity and the border effect: evidence from EuropeHenrik Braconier and Mauro Pisu

1072. Fiscal consolidation across government levels. Part 3: Intergovernmental grants, pro- or counter-cyclical?Hansjörg Blöchliger and Balázs Égert

1071. Fiscal consolidation across government levels. Part 2: Fiscal rules for sub-central governments, update of the institutional indicatorKaja Fredriksen

1070. Fiscal consolidation across government levels. Part 1: How much, what policies?Hansjörg Blöchliger

1069. Restructuring the electricity sector and promoting green growth in JapanRandall S. Jones and Myungkyoo Kim

1068. Labour market policies to promote growth and social cohesion in KoreaRandall S. Jones and Satoshi Urasawa

1067. Education reform in KoreaRandall S. Jones

1066. Belgium: enhancing the cost efficiency and flexibility of the health sector to adjust to population ageingStéphane Sorbe

1065. Italy and the euro area crisis: securing fiscal sustainability and financial stabilityOliver Denk

1064. Policy implementation in Italy: legislation, public administration and the rule of lawPaul O’Brien

1063. Greening growth in Luxembourg

20

Nicola BrandtVers une croissance plus verte en LuxembourgNicola Brandt

1062. The post-crisis narrowing of international imbalances – cyclical or durable?Patrice Ollivaud and Cyrille Schwellnus

1061. Restructuring welfare spending in SloveniaRafał Kierzenkowski

1060. The economics of civil justice: new cross-country data and empiricsG. Palumbo, G. Giupponi, L. Nunziata and J. Mora-Sanguinetti

1059. Banks’ restructuring and smooth deleveraging of the private sector in SloveniaOlena Havrylchyk

1058. Assessing the efficiency of welfare spending in Slovenia with data envelopment analysisMatevz Hribernik and Rafał Kierzenkowski

1057. Policy determinants of school outcomes under model uncertainty: evidence from South AfricaThomas Laurent, Fabrice Murtin, Geoff Barnard, Dean Janse van Rensburg, Vijay Reddy, George Frempong and Lolita Winnaar

1056. Improving education quality in South AfricaFabrice Murtin

1055. The 90% public debt threshold: the rise and fall of a stylised factBalázs Égert

1054. Challenges to sustain Poland’s growth modelBalázs Égert and Rafał Kierzenkowski

1053. Reforming agriculture and promoting Japan’s integration in the world economyRandall S. Jones and Shingo Kimura

1052. Inequality and poverty in the United States: public policies for inclusive growthOliver Denk, Robert Hagemann, Patrick Lenain and Valentin Somma

1051. Fiscal federalism and its impact on economic activity, public investment and the performance of educational systemsHansjörg Blöchliger, Balázs Égert and Kaja Fredriksen

1050. Restoring Japan’s fiscal sustainabilityRandall S. Jones and Satoshi Urasawa

1049. Measuring total factor productivity at the firm level using OECD-ORBISPeter N. Gal

1048. A projection method for public health and long-term care expendituresChristine de la Maisonneuve and Joaquim Oliveira Martins

1047. R&D, patenting and growth: the role of public policyBy Ben Westmore

21

1046. Knowledge-based capital, innovation and resource allocationDan Andrews and Chiara Criscuolo

1045. Reforms for a cleaner, healthier environment in ChinaSam Hill

1044. Making the tax system less distortive in SwitzerlandAndrés Fuentes

1043. The determinants of informality in Mexico’s statesBy Sean M. Dougherty and Octavio Escobar

1042. Legal reform, contract enforcement and firm size in MexicoBy Sean M. Dougherty

1041. Improving the economic situation of young people in FranceBy Hervé BoulholAméliorer la situation économique des jeunes en FrancePar Hervé Boulhol

1040. Improving employment prospects for young workers in SpainBy Anita Wölfl

1039. Youth labour market performance in Spain and its determinants - a micro-level perspectiveBy Juan J. Dolado, Marcel Jansen, Florentino Felgueroso, Andrés Fuentes and Anita Wölfl

1038. The efficiency and equity of the tax and transfer system in FranceBy Balázs ÉgertEfficacité et équité du système de prélèvements et de transferts en FrancePar Balázs Égert

1037. Income inequality and poverty in Colombia. Part 2. The redistributive impact of taxes and transfersBy Isabelle Joumard and Juliana Londoño Vélez

1036. Income inequality and poverty in Colombia. Part 1. The role of the labour marketBy Isabelle Joumard and Juliana Londoño Vélez

1035. Policy options to durably resolve euro area imbalancesBy Yvan Guillemette and Dave Turner

1034. Labour market, welfare reform and inequality in the United KingdomBy Christophe André, Clara Garcia, Giulia Giupponi and Jon Kristian Pareliussen

1033. Work incentives and Universal Credit – reform of the benefit system in the United KingdomBy Jon Kristian Pareliussen

1032. Strengthening social cohesion in Luxembourg: making efficiency and equity go hand in handBy Jean-Marc Fournier and Clara Garcia

1031. The price of oil – will it start rising again?

22

By Jean-Marc Fournier, Isabell Koske, Isabelle Wanner and Vera Zipperer

1030. The system of revenue sharing and fiscal transfers in Chinaby Xiao Wang and Richard Herd

1029. The declining competitiveness of French firms reflects a generalised supply-side problemby Hervé Boulhol and Patrizio Sicari

1028. Do the average level and dispersion of socio-economic background measures explain France’s gap in PISA scores?by Hervé Boulhol and Patrizio Sicari

1027. Labour market performance by age groups: a focus on Franceby Hervé Boulhol and Patrizio Sicari

1026. Moving towards a single labour contract: pros, cons and mixed feelingsby Nicolas Lepage-Saucier, Juliette Schleich and Etienne Wasmer

1025. Boosting productivity in Australiaby Vassiliki Koutsogeorgopoulou and Omar Barbiero

1024. Housing, financial and capital taxation policies to ensure robust growth in Swedenby Müge Adalet McGowan

1023. Labour market and social policies to foster more inclusive growth in Swedenby Stéphanie Jamet, Thomas Chalaux and Vincent Koen

1022. Educational attainment and labour market outcomes in South Africa, 1994-2010by Nicola Branson and Murray Leibbrandt

1021. Education quality and labour market outcomes in South Africaby Nicola Branson and Murray Leibbrandt

1020. Do policies that reduce unemployment raise its volatility? Evidence from OECD countriesby Alain de Serres and Fabrice Murtin

1019. Slovakia: A catching up euro area member in and out of the crisisby Jarko Fidrmuc, Caroline Klein, Robert Price and Andreas Wörgötter

1018. Improving the fiscal framework to enhance growth in an era of fiscal consolidation in Slovakiaby Caroline Klein, Robert Price and Andreas Wörgötter

1017. Investing efficiently in education and active labour market policies in Slovakiaby Caroline Klein

1016. The performance of road transport infrastructure and its links to policiesby Henrik Braconier, Mauro Pisu and Debra Bloch

1015. The US labour market recovery following the great recessionby Wendy Dunn

1014. Why do Russian Firms Use Fixed-Term and Agency Work Contracts?

23

by Larisa Smirnykh, Andreas Wörgötter

1013. The Equity Implications of Fiscal Consolidationby Lukasz Rawdanowicz, Eckhard Wurzel, Ane Kathrine Christensen

1012. The Dutch Labour Marketby Mathijs Gerritsen, Jens Høj

1011. Reforming Policies for the Business Sector to Harvest the Benefits of Globalisation in the Netherlandsby Mathijs Gerritsen, Jens Høj

1010. Health Care Reform and Long-Term Care in the Netherlandsby Erik Schut, Stéphane Sorbe, Jens Høj

1009. Enhancing the inclusiveness of the labour market in Belgiumby Jens Høj

2012

1008. Reducing Poverty in Estonia Through Activation and Better TargetingSarah Flèche, Artur Radziwill

1007. Matching skills and jobs in Estoniaby Lilas Demmou

1006. Debt and macroeconomic stability: An overview of the literature and some empiricsby Douglas Sutherland and Peter Hoeller

1005. Debt and macroeconomic stability: Debt and the business cycleby Volker Ziemann

1004. Debt and macroeconomic stability: Case studiesby Rossana Merola

1003. Debt and macroeconomic stabilityby Douglas Sutherland, Peter Hoeller, Rossana Merola and Volker Ziemann

1002. Reducing greenhouse gas emissions in a cost effective way in SwitzerlandBy Anita Wölfl and Patrizio Sicari

1001. Strengthening innovation in the United StatesBy David Carey, Christopher Hill and Brian Kahin

1000. Long-term growth scenariosBy Åsa Johansson, Yvan Guillemette, Fabrice Murtin, David Turner, Giuseppe Nicoletti, Christine de la Maisonneuve, Philip Bagnoli, Guillaume Bousquet and Francesca Spinelli

999. Selected aspects of household savings in Germany – evidence from micro dataBy Christina Kolerus, Isabell Koske and Felix Hüfner

998. Improving the Tax System in IndonesiaBy Jens Arnold

24

997. Unleashing Business Innovation in CanadaBy Alexandra Bibbee

996. Public policy and resource allocation: evidence from firms in OECD countriesBy Dan Andrews and Federico Cingano

995. Promoting SME development in IndonesiaBy Annabelle Mourougane

994. Portugal: Rebalancing the Economy and Returning to Growth Through Job Creation and Better Capital AllocationBy Álvaro Pina, Ildeberta Abreu

993. Public Debt, Economic Growth and Nonlinear Effects: Myth or RealityBy Balázs Égert

992. Choosing the pace of fiscal consolidationBy Lukasz Rawdanowicz

991. Tertiary education developing skills for innovation and long term growth in CanadaBy Calista Cheung, Yvan Guillemette and Shahrzad Mobasher Fard

990. Trade and product market policies in upstream sectors and productivity in downstream sectors: firm-level evidence from ChinaBy Maria Bas and Orsetta Causa

989. Intangible assets, resource allocation and growth: a framework for analysisBy Dan Andrews and Alain de Serres

988. Current account benchmarks for TurkeyBy Oliver Röhn

987. Structural reforms to boost Turkey's long-term growthBy Rauf Gönenç, Oliver Röhn, Vincent Koen and Şeref Saygili

986. Tackling Turkey's external and domestic macroeconomic imbalancesBy Oliver Röhn, Rauf Gönenç, Vincent Koen and Ramazan Karaşahin

985. Portugal: Solid foundations for a sustainable fiscal consolidationBy David Haugh and Stéphane Sorbe

984. Portugal: Assessing the risks around the speed of fiscal consolidation in an uncertain environmentBy Stéphane Sorbe

983. The German labour market: preparing for the futureBy Felix Hüfner and Caroline Klein

982. Climate change policies in Germany: make ambition payBy Caroline Klein

981. Restarting the growth engine in FinlandBy Henrik Braconier

980. Import competition, domestic regulation and firm-level productivity growth in the OECD

25

By Sarra Ben Yahmed and Sean Dougherty

979. Non-parametric stochastic simulations to investigate uncertainty around the OECD indicator model forecastsBy Elena Rusticelli

978. Measuring GDP forecast uncertainty using quantile regressionsBy Thomas Laurent and Tomasz Kozluk

977. Implications of output gap uncertainty in times of crisisRomain Bouis, Boris Cournède and Ane Kathrine Christensen

976. Avoiding debt traps: financial backstops and structural reformsBy Pier Carlo Padoan, Urban Sila and Paul van den Noord

975. Sluggish productivity growth in Denmark: the usual suspects? By Müge Adalet McGowan and Stéphanie Jamet

974. Towards green growth in Denmark: improving energy and climate change policiesBy Stéphanie Jamet

973. An analysis of productivity performance in Spain before and during the crisis: Exploring the role of institutionsBy Juan S. Mora-Sanguinetti and Andrés Fuentes

972. Europe's new fiscal rulesBy Sebastian Barnes, David Davidsson and Łukasz Rawdanowicz

971. Credit crises and the shortcomings of traditional policy responsesBy William R. White

970. International Capital Mobility and Financial FragilityPart 7. Enhancing Financial Stability: Country-specific Evidence on Financial Account and Structural Policy PositionsBy Rudiger Ahrend and Carla Valdivia

969. International Capital Mobility and Financial FragilityPart 6. Are all Forms of Financial Integration Equally Risky in Times of Financial Turmoil? Asset Price Contagion during the Global Financial CrisisBy Rudiger Ahrend and Antoine Goujard

968. International Capital Mobility and Financial FragilityPart 5. Do Investors Disproportionately Shed Assets of Distant Countries under Increased Uncertainty? Evidence from the Global Financial CrisisBy Rudiger Ahrend and Cyrille Schwellnus

967. International capital mobility and financial fragilityPart 4. Which structural policies stabilise capital flows when investors suddenly change their mind? Evidence from bilateral bank dataBy Rudiger Ahrend, Cyrille Schwellnus

966. International Capital Mobility and Financial FragilityPart 3. How do structural policies affect financial crisis risk? Evidence from past crises across OECD and emerging economiesBy Rudiger Ahrend and Antoine Goujard

26

965. Sustaining Korea’s convergence to the highest-income countriesBy Randall S. Jones and Satoshi Urasawa

964. Achieving the “low carbon, green growth” vision in KoreaBy Randall S. Jones and Byungseo Yoo

963. Promoting social cohesion in KoreaBy Randall S. Jones and Satoshi Urasawa

962. Housing price and investment dynamics in FinlandBy Christophe André and Clara García

961. Improving health outcomes and system in HungaryBy Mehmet Eris

960. Towards a more inclusive labour market in HungaryBy Rafal Kierzenkowski

959. Ensuring stability and efficiency of the Hungarian financial sectorBy Olena Havrylchyk

958. Ensuring debt sustainability amid strong economic uncertainty in HungaryBy Pierre Beynet and Rafal Kierzenkowski

957. Improving the health care system in PolandBy Hervé Boulhol, Agnieszka Sowa and Stanislawa Golinowska

956. Options for benchmarking infrastructure performanceBy Mauro Pisu, Peter Hoeller and Isabelle Joumard

955. Greenhouse gas emissions and price elasticities of transport fuel demand in BelgiumBy Tom Schmitz

954. Bringing Belgian public finances to a sustainable pathBy Tomasz Kozluk, Alain Jousten and Jens Høj

953. Climate change policies in Poland – minimising abatement costsBy Balázs Égert

952. Income inequality in the European UnionBy Kaja Bonesmo Fredriksen

951. Reducing poverty in Chile: cash transfers and better jobsBy Nicola Brandt

950. Tax reform in Norway: a focus on capital taxationBy Oliver Denk

949. The short-term effects of structural reforms: an empirical analysisBy Romain Bouis, Orsetta Causa, Lilas Demmou, Romain Duval and Aleksandra Zdzienicka

948. Short-term gain or pain? A DSGE model-based analysis of the short-term effects of structural reforms in labour and product marketsBy Matteo Cacciatore, Romain Duval and Giuseppe Fiori

27

947. Do house prices impact consumption and interest rate? Evidence from OECD countries using an agnostic identification procedureBy Christophe André, Rangan Gupta and Patrick T. Kanda

946. Assessing the sensitivity of Hungarian debt sustainability to macroeconomic shocks under two fiscal policy reactionsBy Pierre Beynet and Edouard Paviot

945. Non-Keynesian effects of fiscal consolidation: an analysis with an estimated DSGE Model for the Hungarian economyBy Szilárd Benk and Zoltán M. Jakab

944. Work incentives and recent reforms of the tax and benefit system in HungaryBy Tímea Ladányi and Rafal Kierzenkowski

943. Building blocks for a better functioning housing market in ChileBy Aida Caldera Sánchez

942. The impact of changes in second pension pillars on public finances in Central and Eastern EuropeBy Balázs Égert

941. Improving energy system efficiency in the Czech RepublicBy Artur Radziwill

940. Structural change and the current account: the case of GermanyBy Fabrizio Coricelli and Andreas Wörgötter

939. Reforming education in EnglandBy Henrik Braconier

938. The nature of financial and real business cycles: the great moderation and banking sector pro-cyclicalityBy Balázs Égert and Douglas Sutherland

937. Fiscal consolidation: Part 6. What are the best policy instruments for fiscal consolidation?By Robert P. Hagemann

936. Fiscal consolidation: Part 5. What factors determine the success of consolidation efforts?By Margit Molnar

935. Fiscal consolidation: Part 4. Case studies of large fiscal consolidation episodesBy Hansjörg Blöchliger, Dae-Ho Song and Douglas Sutherland

934. Fiscal consolidation: Part 3. Long-run projections and fiscal gap calculationsBy Rossana Merola and Douglas Sutherland

933. Fiscal consolidation: Part 2. Fiscal multipliers and fiscal consolidationsBy Ray Barrell, Dawn Holland and Ian Hurst

932. Fiscal consolidation: Part 1. How much is needed and how to reduce debt to a prudent level?By Douglas Sutherland, Peter Hoeller and Rossana Merola

28

931. Less income inequality and more growth – Are they compatible? Part 8. The drivers of labour income inequality – A literature reviewBy Rafal Kierzenkowski and Isabell Koske

930. Less income inequality and more growth – are they compatible? Part 7. The drivers of labour earnings inequality – An analysis based on conditional and unconditional quantile regressionsBy Jean-Marc Fournier and Isabell Koske

929. Less income inequality and more growth – are they compatible? Part 6. The distribution of wealthby Kaja Bonesmo Fredriksen

928. Less income inequality and more growth – are they compatible? Part 5. Poverty in OECD countriesBy Mauro Pisu

927. Less income inequality and more growth – are they compatible? Part 4. Top incomesBy Peter Hoeller

926. Less income inequality and more growth – are they compatible? Part 3. Income redistribution via taxes and transfers across OECD countriesBy Isabelle Joumard, Mauro Pisu and Debbie Bloch

925. Less income inequality and more growth – are they compatible? Part 2. The distribution of labour incomeBy Isabell Koske, Jean-Marc Fournier and Isabelle Wanner

924. Less income inequality and more growth – are they compatible? Part 1. Mapping income inequality across the OECDBy Peter Hoeller, Isabelle Joumard, Mauro Pisu and Debbie Bloch

2011

923. Current issues in managing government debt and assetsBy Łukasz Rawdanowicz, Eckhard Wurzel and Patrice Ollivaud

922. Public spending efficiency in the Czech Republic: fiscal policy framework and the main spending areas of pensions and healthcareBy Zuzana Smidova

921. Exploring determinants of subjective wellbeing in OECD countries – evidence from the World Value SurveyBy Sarah Fleche, Conal Smith and Piritta Sorsa

920. Russia: Progress in structural reform and framework conditionsBy Yana Vaziakova, Geoff Barnard and Tatiana Lysenko

919. Explaining the interest-rate-growth differential underlying government debt dynamicsBy David Turner and Francesca Spinelli

918. Reassessing the NAIRUs after the crisisBy Stéphanie Guichard and Elena Rusticelli

29

917. Employment protection legislation and plant-level productivity in IndiaBy Sean Dougherty, Verónica Frisancho Robles & Kala Krishna

916. Systemically important banks and capital regulation challengesBy Patrick Slovik

915. Improving educational outcomes in SloveniaBy Mehmet Eris

914. Addressing challenges in the energy sector in IsraelBy Philip Hemmings

913. Issues in private sector finance in IsraelBy Philip Hemmings

912. How to improve the economic policy framework for the housing market in IsraelBy Philip Hemmings

911. Fiscal prospects and reforms in IndiaBy Richard Herd, Sam Hill and Vincent Koen

910. Structural reforms to reduce unemployment and restore competitiveness in IrelandBy Álvaro Pina

909. Getting back on track: restoring fiscal sustainability in IrelandBy David Haugh

908. A welfare analysis of climate change mitigation policiesBy Alain de Serres and Fabrice Murtin

907. Overcoming the banking crisis in IrelandBy Muge Adalet McGowan

906. Macroeconomic and structural policies to further stabilise the Mexican economyBy Cyrille Schwellnus

905. Reaping the benefits of a transition to greener growth in SlovakiaBy Caroline Klein

904. Fiscal reform for a stronger fairer and cleaner Mexican economyBy Nicola Brandt and Rodrigo Paillacar

903. International capital mobility and financial fragility: Part 2. The demand for safe assets in emerging economies and global imbalances: new empirical evidenceBy Rudiger Ahrend and Cyrille Schwellnus

902. International capital mobility and financial fragility: Part 1. Drivers of Systemic Banking Crises: the Role of Bank-Balance-Sheet Contagion and Financial Account StructureBy Rudiger Ahrend and Antoine Goujard

901. Explaining the appreciation of the Brazilian realBy Annabelle Mourougane

900. Raising investment in BrazilBy Jens Arnold

30

899. Refining macroeconomic policies to sustain growth in BrazilBy Annabelle Mourougane

898. Promoting infrastructure development in BrazilBy Annabelle Mourougane and Mauro Pisu

897. Austria: public sector inefficiencies have become less affordableBy Karin Fischer, Rauf Gönenç and Robert Price

896. Informality in MexicoBy Nicola Brandt

895. Reforming Austria’s highly regarded but costly health systemBy Rauf Gönenç, Maria M. Hofmarcher, Andreas Wörgötter

894. Greener growth in the Belgian federationBy Tomasz Kozluk

893. Green growth and climate change policies in New ZealandBy Alexandra Bibbee

892 Has deregulation increased investment in infrastructure? Firm-level evidence from OECD countriesBy Sónia Araújo

891 Ensuring a sustainable and efficient fishery in IcelandBy Gunnar Haraldsson and David Carey

890. Japan’s New Growth Strategy to create demand and jobsBy Randall S. Jones and Byungseo Yoo

889. Labour market reforms in Japan to improve growth and equityBy Randall S. Jones and Satoshi Urasawa

888. Education reform in JapanBy Randall S. Jones

887. The political economy of climate change mitigation policies: how to build a constituency to address global warming?By Alain de Serres, John Llewellyn and Preston Llewellyn

886. Climate-change policy in the United KingdomBy Alex Bowen and James Rydge

885. Improving access and quality in the Indian education systemBy Sam Hill and Thomas Chalaux

884. How institutions shape the distributive impact of macroeconomic shocks: a DSGE analysisBy Rudiger Ahrend, Charlotte Moeser and Tommaso Monacelli

883. Can India achieve double-digit growth?By Richard Herd, Paul Conway, Sam Hill, Vincent Koen and Thomas Chalaux

31

882. Predicting peaks and troughs in real house pricesBy Linda Rousová and Paul van den Noord

881. Public sector spending efficiency in Estonia: healthcare and local governmentBy Zuzana Smidova

880. How to move product market regulation in New Zealand back towards the frontierBy Paul Conway

879. Financial sector reform in India: time for a second wave?By Richard Herd, Vincent Koen, Ila Paitnak and Ajay Shah

878. Policies to rebalance housing markets in New ZealandBy Calista Cheung

877. The sharing of macroeconomic risk: who loses (and gains) from macroeconomic shocksBy Rudiger Ahrend, Jens Arnold and Charlotte Moeser

876. Estonia: making the most of globalisationBy Robert Price and Andreas Wörgötter

875. The effects of downturns on labour force participation: evidence and causesBy Romain Duval, Mehmet Eris and Davide Furceri

874. A dynamic factor model for world trade growthBy Stéphanie Guichard and Elena Rusticelli

873. Towards a better understanding of the informal economyBy Dan Andrews, Aida Caldera Sánchez and Åsa Johansson

872. Tax competition between sub-central governmentsBy Hansjörg Blöchliger and José-Maria Pinero-Campos

871. The growth effects of current account reversals: the role of macroeconomic policiesBy Luiz de Mello, Pier Carlo Padoan and Linda Rousová

870. Les politiques du logement en FranceBy Bénédicte Rolland

869. How important is wealth for explaining household consumption over the recent crisis? An empirical study for the United States, Japan and the euro areaBy Clovis Kerdrain

868. Adjusting fiscal balances for asset price cyclesBy Robert Price and Thai-Thanh Dang

867. Improving the functioning of the housing market in the United KingdomBy Christophe André

866. Understanding the recent surge in the accumulation of international reservesBy Petar Vujanovic

865. Episodes of large capital inflows and the likelihood of banking and currency crises and sudden stopsBy Davide Furceri, Stephanie Guichard and Elena Rusticelli

32

864. The effect of episodes of large capital inflows on domestic creditBy Davide Furceri, Stephanie Guichard and Elena Rusticelli

863. Medium-term determinants of international investment positions: the role of structural policiesBy Davide Furceri, Stephanie Guichard and Elena Rusticelli

862. French social housing in an international contextBy Kathleen Scanlon and Christine Whitehead

861. Making the French housing market work betterAméliorer le fonctionnement du marché du logement françaisBy Hervé Boulhol

860. Surveillance by international institutions: lessons from the global financial and economic crisisBy Kumiharu Shigehara and Paul Atkinson

859. France’s environmental policies: internalising global and local externalitiesPolitiques environnementales de la France : internaliser les externalités globales et localesBy Balázs Égert

858. Bringing French public debt down: the options for fiscal consolidationRéduire la dette publique française : les options de l’assainissement budgétaireBy Balázs Égert

857. Policy frameworks in the post-crisis environmentBy Nigel Pain and Oliver Röhn

856. Global imbalances, exchange rate pegs and capital flows: a closer lookBy Paul van den Noord

855. Interest rate pass-through during the global financial crisis: the case of SwedenBy Niels-Jakob Harbo Hansen and Peter Welz

854. What drives inflation in the major OECD economies?By Diego Moccero, Shingo Watanabe and Boris Cournède

853. Mitigation potential of removing fossil fuel subsidies: a general equilibrium assessmentBy J.M. Burniaux and J. Chateau

852. Enhancing labour utilisation in a socially inclusive society in AustraliaBy Vassiliki Koutsogeorgopoulou

851. Meeting infrastructure needs in AustraliaBy Claude Giorno

850. Restoring fiscal sustainability in SpainBy Pierre Beynet, Andrés Fuentes, Robert Gillingham and Robert Hagemann

849. Drivers of homeownership rates in selected OECD countriesBy Dan Andrews and Aida Caldera Sánchez

848. How efficient are banks in Hungary?

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By Margit Molnár and Dániel Holló

847. Strengthening the macroeconomic policy framework in South Africa By Tatiana Lysenko and Geoff Barnard

846. To move or not to move: what drives residential mobility rates in the OECD?By Aida Caldera Sánchez and Dan Andrews

845. Reforming the labour market in SpainBy Anita Wölfl and Juan S. Mora-Sanguinetti

844. Macroeconomic Impact of Basel IIIBy Patrick Slovik and Boris Cournède

843. The policy and institutional drivers of economic growth across OECD and non-OECD economies: new evidence from growth regressionsBy Romain Bouis, Romain Duval, and Fabrice Murtin

842. Limiting Long-Term Unemployment and Non-Participation in SwedenBy Niels-Jakob Harbo Hansen

841. Enhancing the cost-effectiveness of climate change mitigation policies in SwedenBy Stéphanie Jamet

840 Policies towards a sustainable use of water in SpainBy Andrés Fuentes

839 Increasing public sector efficiency in SlovakiaBy Felix Hüfner

838 Raising education outcomes in Switzerland / Améliorer les résultats de l’enseignement en SuisseBy Andrés Fuentes

837 The price responsiveness of housing supply in OECD countriesBy Aida Caldera Sánchez, Åsa Johansson

836 Housing markets and structural policies in OECD countriesBy Dan Andrews, Aida Caldera Sánchez, Åsa Johansson

835 Raising potential growth after the crisis: A quantitative assessment of the potential gains from various structural reforms in the OECD area and beyondBy Romain Bouis and Romain Duval

834 The GDP impact of reform: a simple simulation frameworkBy Sebastian Barnes, Romain Bouis, Philippe Briard, Sean Dougherty, Mehmet Eris

833. Improving the flexibility of the Dutch housing market to enhance labour mobilityBy Jens Høj

832. MAKING THE DUTCH PENSION SYSTEM LESS VULNERABLE TO FINANCIAL CRISES

By Jens Høj

2010

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831. Real house prices in OECD countries: the role of demand shocks and structural and policy factorsBy Dan Andrews

830. International financial integration and the external positions of euro area countriesBy Philip R. Lane

829. Improving fiscal performance through fiscal councilsBy Robert Hagemann

828. Minimising risks from imbalances in European bankingBy Sebastian Barnes, Philip Lane and Artur Radziwill

827. Resolving and avoiding unsustainable imbalances in the euro areaBy Sebastian Barnes

826. Current account imbalances in the euro area: a comparative perspectiveBy Sebastian Barnes, Jeremy Lawson and Artur Radziwill

825. Does fiscal decentralisation strengthen social capital? Cross-country evidence and the experiences of Brazil and Indonesia By Luiz de Mello (published in Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy, Vol. 29, pp. 281-96)

824. Fiscal decentralisation and public investment: The experience of Latin AmericaBy Luiz de Mello

823. Product market regulation and competition in ChinaBy Paul Conway, Richard Herd, Thomas Chalaux, Ping He and Jianxun Yu

822. Reforming China’s monetary policy framework to meet domestic objectivesBy Paul Conway, Richard Herd and Thomas Chalaux

821. Regulatory reforms to unlock long term growth in TurkeyBy Rauf Gönenç and Lukasz Rawdanowicz

820. After the crisis: mitigating risks of macroeconomic instability in TurkeyBy Lukasz Rawdanowicz

819. The 2008-09 crisis in Turkey: performance, policy responses and challenges for sustaining the recoveryBy Lukasz Rawdanowicz

818. Fiscal consolidation strategies for Canadian governmentsBy Yvan Guillemette

817. The land transport sector: policy and performanceBy Jan Persson and Daeho Song

816 A Simple Model of the Relationship Between Productivity, Saving and the Current AccountBy Jean-Marc Fournier, Isabell Koske

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815 The Impact of Structural Policies on Saving, Investment and Current AccountsClovis Kerdrain, Isabell Koske, Isabelle Wanner

814. Towards a less distortive and more efficient tax system in PortugalBy Alvaro Pina

813. Are global imbalances sustainable? Shedding further light on the causes of current account reversalsBy Luiz de Mello, Pier Carlo Padoan, Linda Rousová

812 HTurkey’s Improving Integration with the Global Capital Market: Impacts on Risk Premia and Capital CostsBy Rauf Gönenç, Saygin Şahinöz, Őzge Tuncel

811 Trade linkages in the OECD trade systemSee also: trade matrices in excelBy Jérôme Brézillon, Stéphanie Guichard and Dave Turner

810. Enhancing the Effectiveness of Social Policies in IndonesiaBy Margherita Comola and Luiz de Mello

809. Tackling the Infrastructure Challenge in IndonesiaBy Mauro Pisu

808. Phasing Out Energy Subsidies in IndonesiaBy Annabelle Mourougane

807. Implementing Cost-Effective Policies in the United States to Mitigate Climate ChangeBy David Carey

806. Restoring Fiscal Sustainability in the United StatesBy Patrick Lenain, Robert Hagemann and David Carey

805. Norway - Sustainable Development: Climate Change and Fisheries PoliciesBy Paul O’Brien

804. How the Transport System can Contribute to Better Economic and Environmental Outcomes in the NetherlandsBy Tomasz Koźluk

803. Public-Private Partnerships and Investment in InfrastructureBy Sónia Araújo and Douglas Sutherland

802. Sustaining the Momentum of Fiscal Reform in HungaryBy Colin Forthun and Robert Hagemann

801. The Consequences of Banking Crises for Public DebtBy Davide Furceri and Aleksandra Zdzienicka

800. A Simulation Model of Federal, Provincial and Territorial Government Accounts for the Analysis of Fiscal-Consolidation Strategies in CanadaBy Yvan Guillemette

799. Product Market Regulation

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By Anita Wölfl, Isabelle Wanner, Oliver Röhn and Giuseppe Nicoletti

798. Korea’s Green Growth StrategyBy Randall S. Jones and Byungseo Yoo

797. Health-Care Reform in Korea (English version) see also 한국의 보건의료개혁 (Korean translation)By Randall S. Jones

796. The Korean Financial SystemBy Masahiko Tsutsumi, Randall S. Jones and Thomas F. Cargill

795. Are Global Imbalances Sustainable?By Luiz de Mello and Pier Carlo Padoan (also published in the Review of Economics and Institutions, Vol. 2 (2011), pp.1-32)

794. Is there a Case for Carbon-Based Border Tax Adjustment?By Jean-Marc Burniaux, Jean Chateau and Romain Duval

793. Promoting Potential Growth: The role of structural reformBy Luiz de Mello and Pier Carlo Padoan

792. Catching-up and Inflation in Europe: Balassa-Samuelson, Engel’s law and other culpritsBy Balázs Égert

791. Do Product Market Regulations in Upstream Sectors Curb Productivity Growth? Panel data evidence for OECD countriesby Renaud Bourlès, Gilbert Cette, Jimmy Lopez, Jacques Mairesse & Giuseppe Nicoletti

790. Preparing for Euro Adoption in PolandBy Rafal Kierzenkowski

789. Gauging the Impact of Higher Capital and Oil Costs on Potential OutputBy Boris Cournède

788. The German Banking System: Lessons from the Financial Crisisby Felix Hüfner

787. Measuring Competition in Slovenian Industries – estimation of mark-upsby Margit Molnar

786. Enhancing Financial Stability Through Better Regulation in Hungaryby Margit Molnar

785. Chile: Boosting Productivity Growth by Strengthening Competition, Entrepreneurship and Innovationby Cyrille Schwellnus

784. Chile: Climbing on Giants’ Shoulders: better schools for all Chilean childrenby Nicola Brandt

783. Israel: Monetary and Fiscal Policyby Charlotte Moeser

782. Policy Options for Reducing Poverty and Raising Employment Rates in Israel

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by Philip Hemmings

781. Israeli Education Policy: How to move ahead in reformby Philip Hemmings

780. Germany’s Growth Potential, Structural Reforms and Global Imbalancesby Isabell Koske and Andreas Wörgötter

779. European Energy Policy and the Transition to a Low–Carbon Economyby Jeremy Lawson

778. Making the Luxembourg Labour Market Work Betterby Jeremy Lawson

777. Coping with the Job Crisis and Preparing for Ageing: The Case of Finlandby Henrik Braconier

776. The Political Economy of Fiscal Consolidationby Robert Price

775. Structural and Cyclical Factors behind Current-Account Balancesby Calista Cheung, Davide Furceri and Elena Rusticelli

774. A Framework for Assessing Green Growth Policiesby Alain de Serres, Fabrice Murtin and Giusepppe Nicoletti

773. Modeling Institutions, Start-ups and Productivity during Transitionby Zuzana Brixiova and Balázs Égert

772. Can Emerging Asset Price Bubbles be Detected?by Jesús Crespo Cuaresma

771. The nature of financial and real business cyclesby Balázs Égert

770. The Effects of Fiscal Policy on Output: A DSGE analysisby Davide Furceri and Annabelle Mourougane

769. Health Care Systems: efficiency and institutionsby Isabelle Joumard, Christophe André and Chantal Nicq

768 The OECD’s New Global Modelby Karine Hervé, Nigel Pain, Pete Richardson, Franck Sédillot and Pierre-Olivier Beffy

767 Assessing the Impact of the Financial Crisis on Structural Unemployment in OECD CountriesStéphanie Guichard and Elena Rusticelli

766 After the Crisis - Bringing German Public Finances Back to a Sustainable Pathby Isabell Koske

765 Optimal Monetary and Fiscal Stabilisation PoliciesBy Klaus Adam

764 Asset Prices and Real Economic Activity

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By E. Philip Davis

763 Fiscal Policy Reaction to the Cycle in the OECD: Pro- or counter-cyclical?By Balázs Égert

762 New Evidence on the Private Saving Offset and Ricardian EquivalenceBy Oliver Röhn

761 Monetary Policy Reaction Functions in the OECDBy Douglas Sutherland

760 Counter-cyclical Economic Policyby Douglas Sutherland, Peter Hoeller, Balázs Égert and Oliver Roehn

759 Exports and Property Prices in France: are they connected?by Balázs Égert and Rafał Kierzenkowski

758 Further Advancing Pro-growth Tax and Benefit Reform in the Czech Republicby Zdeněk Hrdlička, Margaret Morgan, David Prušvic, William Tompson and Laura Vartia.

757 Advancing Structural Reforms in OECD Countries: Lessons from twenty case studiesby William Tompson and Thai-Thanh Dang

756 Labour markets and the crisis

755 Long-term growth and policy challenges in the large emerging economiesby Paul Conway, Sean Dougherty and Artur Radziwill

754 Explaining Household Saving Rates in G7 Countries: implications for GermanyFelix Hüfner and Isabell Koske

753 Monetary Policy Responses to the Crisis and Exit StrategiesMakoto Minegishi and Boris Cournède

752 Sub-central Governments and the Economic Crisis: Impact and policy responsesHansjörg Blöchliger, Claire Charbit, José Maria Pinero Campos and Camila Vammalle

751 Improving China's Health Care SystemRichard Herd, Yu-Wei Hu and Vincent Koen

750 Providing Greater Old-Age Security in ChinaRichard Herd, Yu-Wei Hu and Vincent Koen

749 China's Labour Market in Transition: job creation, migration and regulationBy Richard Herd, Vincent Koen and Anders Reutersward

748 A Pause in the Growth of Inequality in China?By Richard Herd

747 China's Financial Sector ReformsBy Richard Herd, Charles Pigott and Sam Hill

746 A Bird's Eye View of OECD Housing MarketsBy Christophe Andre

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745 The Automobile Industry in and Beyond the Crisisby David Haugh, Annabelle Mourougane and Olivier Chatal

2009

744 Towards a flexible exchange rate policy in Russiaby Roland Beck and Geoff Barnard

743 Fiscal federalism in Belgium: Main challenges and considerations for reformby Willi Leibfritz

742 Product Market Regulation in Russiaby Paul Conway, Tatiana Lysenko and Geoff Barnard

741 HHow to reform the Belgian tax system to enhance economic growthby Jens Høj

740 Improving the policy framework in Japan to address climate changeBy Randall S. Jones and Byungseo Yoo

739 Health-care reform in Japan: controlling costs, improving quality and ensuring equityBy Randall S. Jones

738 Financial stability: overcoming the crisis and improving the efficiency of the banking sector in JapanBy Randall S. Jones and Masahiko Tsutsumi

737 Recent Oil Price Movements– Forces and Policy IssuesBy Eckhard Wurzel, Luke Willard and Patrice Ollivaud

736 Promoting competition to strengthen economic growth in BelgiumBy Tomasz Koźluk

735 Prudential regulation and competition in financial marketsBy Rüdiger Ahrend, Jens Arnold and Fabrice Murtin

734 Keeping Slovenian public finances on a sustainable pathBy Pierre Beynet and Willi Leibfritz

733 Pedal to the metal: Structural reforms to boost long-term growth in Mexico and spur recovery from the crisisBy David Haugh and Agustin Redonda

732 Achieving higher performance: Enhancing spending efficiency in health and education in MexicoBy Cyrille Schwellnus

731 HRussia’s long and winding road to a more efficient and resilient banking sectorBy Geoff Barnard

730 How do institutions affect structural unemployment in times of crises?0BBy Davide Furceri & Annabelle Mourougane

729 Understanding the world trade collapseBy Calista Cheung and Stéphanie Guichard

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728 Estonia and euro adoption: Small country challenges of joining EMUBy Zuzana Brixiova, Margaret H. Morgan and Andreas Wörgötter

727 Towards better schools and more equal opportunities for learning in ItalyBy Romina Boarini

726 Iceland: Challenging times for monetary and fiscal policiesBy Andrea De Michelis

725 Iceland: The financial and economic crisisBy David Carey

724 The role of transparency in the conduct of monetary policyBy Makoto Minegisi et Boris Cournède

723 Raising education outcomes in GreeceBy Vassiliki Koutsogeorgopoulou

722 Improving the performance of the public health care system in GreeceBy Charalampos Economou and Claude Giorno

721 Is there a case for price-level targeting? H

By Boris Cournède and Diego Moccero

720 The challenge of restoring French competitiveness H

By Rafal Kierzenkowski

719 Improving the functioning of the Slovenian labour market H

By Isabell Koske

718 What drives sovereign risk premiums? An analysis of recent evidence from the Euro Area H

By David Haugh, Patrice Ollivaud, and David Turner

717 The English National Health Service: an economic health check H

By Peter Smith and Maria Goddard

716 Financial stability in the United Kingdom: Banking on prudence H

By Philip Davis

715 Economic growth and the role of taxation- Disaggregate data H

By Gareth D. Myles, University of Exeter and Institute for Fiscal Studies

714 Economic growth and the role of taxation – Aggregate data H

By Gareth D. Myles, University of Exeter and Institute for Fiscal Studies

713 Economic growth and the role of taxation – Theory H

By Gareth D. Myles, University of Exeter and Institute for Fiscal Studies

712 The effectiveness of education and health spending among Brazilian municipalitiesBy Luiz de Mello and Mauro Pisu

711 The bank lending channel of monetary transmission in Brazil: A VECM approach H

By Luiz de Mello and Mauro Pisu (published in Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, Vol. 50 (2010), pp. 50-60)

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710 How does decentralised minimum wage setting affect unemployment and informality? The case of IndonesiaH

By Margherita Comola and Luiz de Mello (forthcoming in Review of Income and Wealth)

709 Intergenerational social mobility in European OECD countries H

By Orsetta Causa, Sophie Dantan and Åsa Johansson

708 Equity in student achievement across OECD countries: an investigation of the role of policiesH

By Orsetta Causa and Catherine Chapuis

707 Intergenerational social mobility H

By Orsetta Causa and Åsa Johansson

706 Taxes or grants: what revenue source for sub-central governments? H

By Hansjörg Blöchliger and Oliver Petzold

705 The spending power of sub-central governments: A pilot studyBy Steffen Bach, Hansjörg Blöchliger and Dominik Wallau

704 Price and volume elasticities of Brazilian foreign trade: A profit function approach H

By Luiz de Mello and Mauro Pisu

703 Current account sustainability in Brazil: A non linear approachBy Luiz de Mello and Matteo Mogliani

702 The incentives to participate in and the stability of international climate coalitions: a game-theoretic approach using the WITCH ModelBy Valentina Bosetti, Carlo Carraro, Enrica De Cian, Romain Duval, Emanuele Massetti and Massimo Tavoni

701 The economics of climate change mitigation: how to build the necessary global action in a cost-effective mannerBy Jean-Marc Burniaux, Jean Chateau, Rob Dellink, Romain Duval and Stéphanie Jamet

700 Capital inflows, household debt and the boom bust cycle in Estoniaby Zuzana Brixiova, Laura Vartia and Andreas Wörgötter

699 The effect of financial crises on potential output: new empirical evidence from OECD countriesBy Davide Furceri and Annabelle Mourougane

698 Employment - productivity trade-off and labour compositionBy Hervé Boulhol and Laure Turner

697 Labour market flexibility in Estonia: what more can be done?By Zuzana Brixiova

696 Structural policies to overcome geographic barriers and create prosperity in New ZealandBy Yvan Guillemette

695 Ten years of product market reform in OECD countries – insights from a revised PMR indicatorBy Anita Wölfl, Isabelle Wanner, Tomasz Kozluk and Giuseppe Nicoletti

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694 Structural reforms and the benefits of the enlarged EU internal market: Much achieved and much to doBy Jens Arnold, Peter Höller, Margaret Morgan and Andreas Wörgötter

693 Co-benefits of climate change mitigation policies: literature review and new resultsBy Johannes Bollen, Bruno Guay, Stéphanie Jamet and Jan Corfee-Morlot

692 The impact of monetary and commodity fundamentals, macro news and central bank communication on the exchange rate: Evidence from South AfricaBy Balázs Égert

691 Assessing the impacts of climate change: a literature reviewBy Stéphanie Jamet and Jan Corfee-Morlot

690 The determinants of employment and earnings in Indonesia: A multinomial selection approachBy Margherita Comola and Luiz de Mello

689 Inflation responses to recent shocks: do G7 countries behave differently?By Lukas Vogel, Elena Rusticelli, Pete Richardson, Stéphanie Guichard and Christian Gianella

688 Infrastructure investment in network industries: the role of incentive regulation and regulatory independenceBy Balázs Égert

687 Government consumption volatility and the size of nationsBy Davide Furceri and Marcos Poplawski Ribeiro

686 Infrastructure investment: links to growth and the role of public policiesHhttp://www.olis.oecd.org/olis/2009doc.nsf/linkto/eco-wkp(2009)24 By Douglas Sutherland, Sonia Araujo, Balázs Égert and Tomasz Koźluk

685 Infrastructure and growth: empirical evidenceBy Balázs Égert and Tomasz Kozluk and Douglas Sutherland

684 The effects of population structure on employment and productivityBy Hervé Boulhol

683 The Macroeconomic Consequences of Banking Crises in OECD CountriesBy David Haugh, Patrice Ollivaud and David Turner

682 HAdjusting housing policies in Slovakia in light of euro adoptionBy Felix Hüfner

681 Achieving fiscal flexibility and safeguarding sustainability - The case of SlovakiaBy Isabell Koske

680 HRaising the flexibility of the Slovak economy during the catch-up phase H

By Isabell Koske

679 Do Latin American central bankers behave non linearly? The experiences of Brazil, Chile, Colombia and MexicoBy Luiz de Mello, Diego Moccero and Matteo Mogliani

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678 Enhancing educational performance in AustraliaBy Vassiliki Koutsogeorgopoulou

677 Quantifying the effect of financial conditions in the euro area, Japan, United Kingdom Hand United StatesBy Stéphanie Guichard, David Haugh and David Turner

676 Taking stock of existing structural policy and outcome indicatorsBy Davide Furceri and Annabelle Mourougane

675 Stabilization Effects of Social Spending: Empirical Evidence from a Panel of OECD CountriesBy Davide Furceri

674 Fiscal Convergence, Business Cycle Volatility and GrowthBy Davide Furceri

673 Boosting productivity in Korea’s service sectorBy Randall S. Jones

672 HSustaining growth in Korea by reforming the labour market and improving the education systemBy Randall S. Jones and Masahiko Tsutsumi

671 Reforming the tax system in Korea to promote economic growth and cope with rapid population ageingBy Randall S. Jones

670 Financial market stability in the European Union: Enhancing regulation and supervisionBy Jeremy Lawson, Sebastian Barnes and Marte Sollie

669 Overcoming the Financial Crisis in the United StatesBy Andrea De Michelis

668 Financial crises: past lessons and policy implicationsBy Davide Furceri and Annabelle Mourougane

667 Reforms to open sheltered sectors to competition in SwitzerlandBy Andrés Fuentes

666 Raising education outcomes in SpainBy Andrés Fuentes

665 Health Care Reform in the United StatesBy David Carey, Bradley Herring and Patrick Lenain

664 The role of R&D and technology diffusion in climate change mitigation: new perspectives using the WITCH ModelBy Valentina Bosetti, Carlo Carraro, HRomain DuvalH, Alessandra Sgobbi and Massimo Tavoni

663 Long-run GDP growth framework and scenarios for the world economyBy HRomain DuvalH and Christine de la Maisonneuve

662 Realising South Africa’s employment potential

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By Geoff Barnard

661 Making the most of Norwegian schoolsBy Romina Boarini

660 Can the financial sector continue to be the main growth engine in Luxembourg?(English)HLe secteur financier peut-il rester le principal moteur de la croissance au Luxembourg ? H(French)By Arnaud Bourgain, Patrice Pieretti and Jens Høj

2008

659: Fiscal policy responsiveness, persistence, and discretionBy António Afonso, Luca Agnello and HDavide Furceri

658: The economics of climate change mitigation: policies and options for the futureBy Jean-Marc Burniaux, Jean Chateau, HRomain DuvalH and Stéphanie Jamet

657: Maximising Mexico’s gains from integration in the world economyByH David HaughH, Roselyne Jamin and Bruno Rocha

656: How do taxes affect investment and productivity? - An industry-level analysis of OECD countriesBy Laura Vartia

655: Strategies for countries with favourable fiscal positionsBy Robert PriceH, HIsabelle JoumardH, HChristophe AndréH and Makoto Minegishi

654: Monetary transmission mechanism in Central and Eastern Europe: Surveying the surveyableBy HBalázs Égert Hand Ronald MacDonald

653: An Overview of the OECD ENV-Linkages modelBy Jean-Marc Burniaux and Jean Chateau

652: Reforming the labour market in Japan to cope with increasing dualism and population ageingBy Randall S. Jones

651: Enhancing the productivity of the service sector in Japanby Randall S. Jones and Taesik Yoon

650: Reforming the tax system in Japan to promote fiscal sustainability and economic growthby Randall S. Jones and Masahiko Tsutsumi

649: What Drives the NAIRU? Evidence from a Panel of OECD CountriesBy Christian Gianella, Isabell Koske, Elena Rusticelli and Olivier Chatal

648: Short-term distributional effects of structural reforms: selected simulations in a DGSE frameworkBy HAnnabelle MourouganeH and Lukas Vogel

647: Speed of adjustment to selected labour market and tax reformsBy HAnnabelle MourouganeH and Lukas Vogel

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646: The challenges of monetary policy in TurkeyBy Olcay Çulha, Ali Çulha and Rauf Gönenç

645: Improving cost effectiveness in the health care sector in IcelandBy Hannes Suppanz

644: Understanding Russian regions' economic performance during periods of decline and growth – an extreme bound analysis approachBy HRudiger Ahrend

643: Do tax structures affect aggregate economic growth? Empirical evidence from a panel of OECD countriesBy HJens Arnold

642: Accounting for one-off operations when assessing underlying fiscal positionsBy HIsabelle JoumardH, Makoto Minegishi, HChristophe AndréH, Chantal Nicq and Robert Price

641: Do corporate taxes reduce productivity and investment at the firm level? Cross-country evidence from the Amadeus datasetBy Cyrille Schwellnus and HJens Arnold

640: The challenge of rapidly improving transport infrastructure in PolandBy Rafał Kierzenkowski

639: Bridging the housing gap in PolandBy Rafał Kierzenkowski

638: Improving the business and investment climate in IndonesiaBy Diego Moccero

637: Indonesia: Growth performance and policy challengesBy HLuiz de Mello

636:A taxonomy of instruments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and their interactionsBy HRomain Duval

635: Quantifying the effect of financial conditions on US activityBy HStéphanie GuichardH and David Turner

634: Have long-term financial trends changed the transmission of monetary policy?By HBoris CournèdeH, HRudiger AhrendH, and Robert Price

633: Raising education achievement and breaking the cycle of inequality in the United KingdomBy Anne-Marie Brook

632: The euro changeover in the Slovak Republic: implications for inflation and interest ratesby HFelix HüfnerH and HIsabell Koske

631: Tax reform for efficiency and fairness in Canadaby Alexandra Bibbee

630: Reforming the Polish tax system to improve its efficiencyBy HAlain de Serres

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629: Modernising Canada’s agricultural policiesBy HPeter JarrettH and Shuji Kobayakawa

628: Recent trends and structural breaks in US and EU15 labour productivity growthBy Laure Turner and HHervé Boulhol

627: Health status determinants: lifestyle, environment, health care resources and efficiencyBy HIsabelle JoumardH, HChristophe AndréH, Chantal Nicq and Olivier Chatal

626: Market Mechanisms in Public Service ProvisionBy Hansjörg Blöchliger

625: Improving human capital formation in IndiaBy Sean DoughertyH and Richard Herd

624: Labour Regulation and Employment Dynamics at the State Level in IndiaBy Sean Dougherty

623: India’s growth pattern and obstacles to higher growthBy Sean DoughertyH, Richard Herd, Thomas Chalaux and Abdul Azeez Erumban

622: Reaping the benefits of stronger competition in network industries in GermanyBy Nicola Brandt

621: The usefulness of output gaps for policy analysisBy HIsabell KoskeH and HNigel Pain

620: Taxation and Economic GrowthBy Åsa Johansson, Christopher Heady, HJens ArnoldH, Bert Brys and Laura Vartia

619: Coping with labour shortages: How to bring outsiders back to the labour marketBy HEkkehard Ernst

618: Achieving sustainability of the energy sector in CanadaBy HAnnabelle Mourougane

617: The Dutch tax-benefit system and life-cycle employment: Outcomes and reform optionsBy HEkkehard ErnstH and Timo Teuber

616: Regulation, allocative efficiency and productivity in OECD countries: industry and firm-level evidenceBy HJens ArnoldH, HGiuseppe NicolettiH and Stefano Scarpetta

615: Public social spending in Korea in the context of rapid population ageingby Randall S. Jones

614: Enhancing the globalisation of Koreaby Randall S. Jones and Taesik Yoon

613: Reforming housing and regional policies in Koreaby Randall S. Jones and Tadashi Yokoyama

612: Moving towards more sustainable healthcare financing in Germanyby Nicola Brandt

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611: Improving education outcomes in Germanyby David Carey

610: Have developed countries escaped the curse of distance?by HHervé BoulholH, HAlain de Serres

609: Measures of international transport cost for OECD countriesby Stephen S. Golub and Brian Tomasik

608: Encouraging labour force participation in Chileby D. Contreras, HL. de MelloH and E. Puentes

607: Tackling business and labour informality in Chileby D. Contreras, HL. de MelloH and E. Puentes

606: Delivering cost efficient public services in health care, education and housing in Chileby Diego Moccero

605: Managing Chile’s macroeconomy during and after the copper price boomby HLuiz de Mello

604: Avoiding the value added tax: Theory and cross country evidenceby HLuiz de MelloH. Published in Public Finance Review, Vol. 37, pp. 27-46, 2009

603: Oil Price Shocks, Rigidities and the Conduct of Monetary Policy: Some Lessons from a New Keynesian Perspectiveby HRomain DuvalH and Lukas Vogel

602: The Contribution of Economic Geography to GDP Per CapitaBy HHervé BoulholH, HAlain de SerresH and Margit Molnar

601: Estimating a supply block for PolandH

by Rafał Kierzenkowski, Patrice Ollivaud, Franck Sédillot and Philippe Briard

600: Product Market Regulation and economic performance across Indian States H

by Paul Conway, Richard Herd & Thomas Chalaux599: Improving Product Market Regulation in India: An International and Cross-State comparisonH

by Paul Conway and Richard Herd598: Revenue Buoyancy and its Fiscal Policy Implications H

by HIsabelle JoumardH and HChristophe André597: Monetary Policy, Market Excesses and Financial Turmoil H

by HRudiger AhrendH, HBoris CournèdeH and HRobert Price596: Explaining differences in hours worked among OECD countries: an empirical analysis H

by Orsetta Causa595: Fiscal policy in India: past reforms and future challenges H

by Richard Herd and Willi Leibfritz594: The significance of Switzerland’s enormous current account surplus H

by HPeter JarrettH and Céline Letremy593: Interdependencies between monetary policy and foreigh-exchange intervention under inflation targeting: The case of Brazil and the Czech Republic H

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by Jean-Yves Gnabo, HLuiz de MelloH and Diego Moccero (published in International Finance, Vol. 13, No. 2 (2010), pp. 195-221)

2007

592: Solow or Lucas? Testing growth models using panel data from OECD countries H

by HJens ArnoldH, Andrea Bassanini and Stefano Scarpetta

591: The private internal rates of return to tertiary education: new estimates for 21 OECD countriesH

by Romina Boarini and Hubert Strauss

590: Making federalism work in ItalyH

by Alexandra Bibbee

589: The wage premium on tertiary education: new estimates for 21 OECD countries H

by Hubert Strauss and Christine de la Maisonneuve

588: Enhancing the benefits of financial liberalisation in Belgium H

by Stefan Ide, Jens Høj and Patrick Lenain

587: Improving incentives in tertiary education in BelgiumH

by Jens Høj

586: Globalisation and the European Union: Which countries are best placed to cope H?by David Rae & Marte Sollie

585: Primary and secondary education in the United StatesH by Peter Tulip and Gregory Wurzburg

584: Financing higher education in the United Statesby Peter Tulip

583: Corporate net lending: A review of recent trendsH

by HChristophe AndréH, HStéphanie GuichardH, Mike Kennedy and David Turner

582: The costs of delaying fiscal consolidation: a case study for Greece H

by HVassiliki KoutsogeorgopoulouH & David Turner

581: Local government finances: The link between intergovernmental transfers and net worth H

by HLuiz de MelloH. Published in G.D. Ingram and Y.H. Hong (Eds.), Fiscal Decentralization and Land Policies (Cambridge, MA: Lincoln Institute), 2008

580: Boosting Austria's Innovation PerformanceH

by Willi Leibfritz and Jürgen Janger

579: Improving employment prospects in the Slovak Republic: building on past reforms H

by Andrés Fuentes

578: Improving education outcomes in the Slovak Republic H

by David Carey

577: How regulatory reforms in Sweden have boosted productivity H

by Espen Erlandsen and Jens Lundsgaard49

576: The Policy Determinants of Investment in Tertiary EducationH

by Joaquim Oliveira Martins, Romina Boarini, Hubert Strauss,Christine de la Maisonneuve and Clarice Saadi

575: Product Market Competition in the OECD Countries: Taking Stock and Moving Forward H

by Jens Høj, Miguel Jimenez, Maria Maher, Giuseppe Nicoletti, and Michael Wise

574: Too Little Destruction, Too Little Creation: A Schumpeterian Diagnosis of Barriers to Sustained Growth in UkraineH

by HChristian GianellaH and HWilliam Tompson

573: How do the OECD growth projections for the G7 economies perform? A post-mortem H

by Lukas Vogel

572: Austria’s deepening economic integration with Central and Eastern Europe H

by Rina Bhattacharya

571: Meeting the challenges of decentralisation in France H

by HStéphanie Jamet

570: Enhancing incentives to improve performance in the education system in France H

by Paul O'Brien

569: Combating poverty and social exclusion in France H

by HStéphanie Jamet

568: Competition Law and Policy Indicators for the OECD countries H

by Jens Høj

567: Structural policies and economic resilience to shocks H

by HRomain DuvalH, Jørgen Elmeskov and Lukas Vogel

566: Family policy in Hungary: how to improve the reconciliation between work and family? H

by Philip Hemmings

565: Encouraging sub-national government efficiency in Hungary H

by Alessandro Goglio

564: Integration of immigrants in OECD countries: do policies matter? H

by Orsetta Causa and Sébastien Jean

563: The unemployment impact of immigration in OECD countries H

by Sébastien Jean and Miguel Jiménez 

562: Migration in OECD countries: labour market impact and integration issues H

by Sébastien Jean, Orsetta Causa, Miguel Jimenez and Isabelle Wanner

561: The internationalisation of production, international outsourcing and employment in the OECDH

by Margit Molnar, HNigel PainH and Daria Taglioni

560: Why has Swedish inflation been persistently low?H

by HFelix Hüfner

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559: The Swedish housing market – better allocation via less regulation H

by HFelix HüfnerH and Jens Lundsgaard

558: Linkages between performance and institutions in the primary and secondary education sectorH

by HDouglas SutherlandH and HRobert Price

557: Toward a more efficient taxation system in New Zealand H

by HAnnabelle Mourougane

556: Income inequality, poverty and social spending in Japan H

by Randall S. Jones

555. HImproving the efficiency of health care spending: selected evidence on hospital performanceH

by Espen Erlandsen

554. Cross-country analysis of efficiency in OECD health care sectors: options for research H

by Unto Häkkinen and HIsabelle Joumard

553. What promotes fiscal consolidation: OECD country experiences H

by HStéphanie GuichardH, Mike Kennedy, Eckhard Wurzel and HChristophe André

552. Globalisation and the Macroeconomic Policy Environment H

by Karine Hervé, HIsabell KoskeH, HNigel PainH and Franck Sédillot. May 2007

551. Why has core inflation remained so muted in the face of the oil shock? H

by Paul van den Noord and HChristophe AndréH. April 2007

550. Housing markets and adjustments in monetary unionH

by HPeter HoellerH and David Rae. April 2007

549. Financial markets in IcelandH

by Peter Tulip. April 2007

548. The political economy of delaying fiscal consolidation H

HBoris CournèdeH. March 2007

547. The impact on growth of higher efficiency of public spending on schools H

Frédéric Gonand. March 2007

546. Performance indicators for public spending efficiency in primary and secondary educationH

HDouglas SutherlandH, HRobert PriceH, HIsabelle JoumardH and Chantal Nicq. February 2007

545. Monetary policy and macroeconomic stability in Latin America: The cases of Brazil, Chile, Colombia and MexicoH

Luiz de Mello and Diego Moccero. February 2007

544. The Brazilian "tax war": The case of value-added tax competition among the states H

Luiz de Mello. February 2007. Published in Public Finance Review, Vol. 36, pp. 169-193, 2007.

543. Public spending efficiency: institutional indicators in primary and secondary educations H

Frédéric Gonand, HIsabelle JoumardH and HRobert PriceH. February 2007

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542. Enhancing Turkey's growth prospects by improving formal sector business conditions H

Rauf Gönenç, Willi Leibfritz and Gökhan Yilmaz. January 2007

541. Fiscal relations across levels of government in Australia H

Vassiliki Koutsogeorgopoulou. January 2007

540. Russian manufacturing and the threat of 'Dutch disease'. A comparison of competitiveness developments in Russia and Ukrainian industry H

HRudiger AhrendH, Donato De Rosa and HWilliam TompsonH. January 2007

539. Stimulating innovation in Russia: The role of instititutions and policies H

HChristian GianellaH and William TompsonH. January 2007

538. Healthcare reform in Russia: Problems and prospectsH

HWilliam TompsonH. January 2007

537. A golden rule for Russia? How a rule-based fiscal policy can allow a smooth adjustment to the new terms of tradeH

HChristian GianellaH. January 2007

536. From "clientelism" to a "client-centred orientation"? The challenge of public administration reform in RussiaH

HWilliam TompsonH. January 2007

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2006

535. Has the rise in debt made households more vulnerable? H

Nathalie Girouard, Mike Kennedy and HChristophe AndréH. December 2006

534. Social security reform in Brazil: Achievements and remaining challenges H

Fabio Giambiagi and Luiz de Mello. December 2006

533. Improving labour utilisation in BrazilH

Luiz de Mello, Naércio Menezes Filho and Luiz G. Scorzafave. December 2006

532. Boosting innovation performance in BrazilH

Carlos H. de Brito Cruz and Luiz de Mello. December 2006

531. Consolidating macroeconomic adjustment in Brazil H

Luiz de Mello and Diego Moccero. December 2006

530. Product market regulation in the non-manufacturing sectors of OECD countries: measurement and highlightsH

Paul Conway and Giuseppe Nicoletti. December 2006

529. The Turkish pension system: further reforms to help solve the informality problem H

Anne Marie Brook and Edward Whitehouse. December 2006

528. Policies to improve Turkey's resilience to financial market shocks H

Anne-Marie Brook. December 2006

527. Upgrading Japan's innovation system to sustain economic growth H

Randall S. Jones and Tadashi Yokoyama. December 2006

526. Strengthening the integration of Japan in the world economy to benefit more fully from globalisationH

Randall S. Jones and Taesik Yoon. December 2006

525. OECD's FDI regulatory restrictiveness index: Revision and extension to more economies H

Takeshi Koyama and Stephen Golub. December 2006

524. Globalisation and inflation in the OECD economies H

HNigel PainH, HIsabell KoskeH and Marte Sollie. November 2006

523. Identifying determinants of Germany's international price competitiveness - A structural VAR approachH

Martin Meurers. November 2006

522. Short-term pain for long-term gain: The impact of structural reform on fiscal outcomes in EMUH

Paul van den Noord and HBoris CournèdeH. November 2006

521. Interactions between monetary and fiscal policy: How monetary conditions affect fiscal consolidationH

HRudiger AhrendH, Pietro Catte and HRobert PriceH. November 2006

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520. Restoring fiscal sustainability in the Euro Area: raise taxes or curb spending? H

HBoris CournèdeH and Frédéric Gonand. October 2006

519. Should measures of fiscal stance be adjusted for terms of trade effects? H

David Turner. October 2006

518. Monetary policy and inflation expectations in Latin America: Long run effects and volatility spilloversH

Luiz de Mello and Diego Moccero. October 2006. Published in Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, Vol. 41 (2009)

517. Social safety nets and structural adjustment H

Paul van den Noord, Nathalie Girouard and HChristophe AndréH. October 2006

516. Adapting the Icelandic education system to a changing environment H

Hannes Suppanz. September 2006

515. Forecasting monthly GDP for CanadaH

HAnnabelle MourouganeH. September 2006

514. Finland's housing market: reducing risks and improving policies H

Laura Vartia. September 2006

513. The Danish housing market: less subsidy and more flexibility H

Espen Erlandsen, Jens Lundsgaard and HFelix HüfnerH. September 2006

512. Labour market reform in Germany: How to improve effectiveness H

Eckhard Wurzel. September 2006

511. Removing obstacles to employment for women in Ireland H

HBoris CournèdeH. September 2006

510. Assessing Russia's non-fuel trade elasticities: Does the Russian economy react "normally" to exchange rate movements?H

HChristian GianellaH and Corinne Chanteloup. September 2006

509. Regulation, competition and productivity convergence H

Paul Conway, Donato De Rosa, Giuseppe Nicoletti and Faye Steiner. September 2006This work has also been published in OECD Economic Studies No. 43/1 2007 (forthcoming)

508. Improving education achievement and attainment in Luxembourg to compete in the labour marketH

David Carey and Ekkehard Ernst. September 2006

507. Raising economic performance by fostering product market competition in Germany H

Andrés Fuentes, Eckhard Wurzel and Andreas Reindl. August 2006

506. Regulation of financial systems and economic growth H

HAlain de SerresH, Shuji Kobayakawa, Torsten Sløk and Laura Vartia. August 2006

505. Enhancing Portugal's human capitalH

HStéphanie GuichardH and Bénédicte Larre. August 2006

504. Improving labour market performance in France H

HStéphanie JametH. July 2006

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503. Wage setting in Finland: increasing flexibility in centralised wage agreements H

Åsa Johansson. July 2006

502. Taxation, business environment and FDI location in OECD countries H

Dana Hajkova, Giuseppe Nicoletti, Laura Vartia and Kwang-Yeol Yoo. July 2006This work has also been published in OECD Economic Studies No. 43/1 2007 (forthcoming)

501. The political economy of structural reform: Empirical evidence from OECD countries H

Jens Høj, Vincenzo Galasso, Giuseppe Nicoletti and Thai-Thanh Dang. July 2006This work has also been published in OECD Economic Studies No. 43/1 2007 (forthcoming)

500. Labour market performance, income inequality and poverty in OECD countries and AnnexesH

Jean-Marc Burniaux, Flavio Padrini and Nicola Brandt. July 2006

499. Improving public-spending efficiency in Czech regions and municipalities H

Philip Hemmings. July 2006

498. Policies to promote innovation in the Czech Republic H

Alessandro Goglio. July 2006

497. Getting education right for long-term growth in the Czech Republic H

Alessandro Goglio. July 2006

496. Assessing the 2005 Czech proposals for pension reformH

Philip Hemmings and Edward Whitehouse. July 2006

495. Poland's education and training: Boosting and adapting human capital H

Paul O'Brien and Wojciech Paczynski. June 2006

494. The rates and revenue of bank transaction taxes H

Jorge Baca-Campolonico, Luiz de Mello and Andrei Kirilenko. June 2006

493. Nothing ventured, nothing gained: The long-run fiscal reward of structural reforms H

HPeter HoellerH and HClaude GiornoH. June 2006

492. Ireland's housing boom: What has driven it and have prices overshot? H

David Rae and Paul van den Noord. June 2006

491. Boosting competition in IrelandDavid Rae, Line Vogt and Michael Wise. June 2006

490. Factors behind low long-term interest ratesH

HRudiger AhrendH, Pietro Catte and HRobert PriceH. June 2006

489. The Fiscal challenge in Portugal H

HStéphanie GuichardH and Willi Leibfritz. June 2006

488. Are house prices nearing a peak? A probit analysis for 17 OECD countries H

Paul van den Noord. June 2006

487. Maintaining Switzerland's top innovation capacity H

Florence Jaumotte. June 2006

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486. Employment patterns in OECD countries: reassessing the role of policies and institutions H

Andrea Bassanini and HRomain DuvalH. June 2006

485. Brazil's fiscal stance during 1995-2005: The effect of indebtedness on fiscal policy over the business cycleH

Luiz de Mello and Diego Moccero. May 2006

484. Realising the oil supply potential of the CIS: the impact of institutions and policies H

HRudiger AhrendH and HWilliam TompsonH. May 2006

483. Summary of a workshop on global convergence scenarios: structural and policy issues H

Nick Vanston (Rapporteur). May 2006

482. New OECD methods for supply-side and medium-term assessment: a capital services approachH

Pierre-Olivier Beffy, Patrice Ollivaud, HPete RichardsonH and Frank Sédillot. July 2006

481. Balancing health care quality and cost containment: the case of Norway H

Alexandra Bibbee and Flavio Padrini. February 2006

480. The ageing challenge in Norway: ensuring a sustainable pension and welfare system H

Benoît Bellone and Alexandra Bibbee. February 2006

479: Strengthening innovation in the Netherlands: making better use of knowledge creation in innovation activitiesH

David Carey, Ekkehard Ernst, Rebecca Oyomopito and Jelte Theisens. February 2006

478: How to sustain growth in a resource based economy? The main concepts and their application to the Russian caseH

HRudiger AhrendH. February 2006

477: Projecting OECD health and long-term care expenditures: What are the main drivers? H

February 2006. This work has also been published as Oliveira Martins and de la Maisonneuve, "The Drivers of Public Expenditure on Health and Long-Term Care: an Integrated Approach", OECD Economic Studies, no. 42 2006

476: Alternative measures of well-beingH

Romina Boarini, Åsa Johansson and Marco Mira D'Ercole. February 2006

475: Recent house price developments: the role of fundamentals H

Nathalie Girouard, Mike Kennedy, Paul van den Noord and HChristophe AndréH. January 2006

474: Reforming federal fiscal relations in Austria H

Andrés Fuentes, Eckhard Wurzel and Andreas Wörgötter. January 2006

473: Product market competition and economic performance in France H

Jens Høj and Michael Wise. January 2006

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2005

472: Product market reforms and employment in OECD countries H

Giuseppe Nicoletti and Stefano Scarpetta. December 2005

471: Fast-falling barriers and growing concentration: the emergence of a private economy in ChinaSean DoughertyH and Richard Herd. December 2005. This work has also been published in the China Economic Review, Vol. 18/3, 2007.

470: Sustaining high growth through innovation: reforming the R&D and education systems in KoreaH

Yongchun Baek and Randall S. Jones. December 2005

469: The labour market in Korea: Enhancing flexibility and raising participation H

Randall S. Jones. December 2005

468: Getting the most out of public-sector decentralisation in Korea H

Randall S. Jones and Tadashi Yokoyama. December 2005

467: Coping with the inevitable adjustment in the US current account H

HPeter JarrettH. December 2005

466: Is there a case for sophisticated balanced-budget rules H

Antonio Fatás. December 2005

465: Fiscal rules for sub-central governments: design and impact H

HDouglas SutherlandH, HRobert PriceH and HIsabelle JoumardH. December 2005

464: Assessing the robustness of demographic projections in OECD countries H

Frédéric Gonand. December 2005

463: The benefits of liberalising product markets and reducing barriers to international trade and investment in the OECDH

December 2005

462: Fiscal relations across levels of government in the United States H

Thomas Laubach. November 2005

461: Assessing the value of indicators of underlying inflation for monetary policy H

Pietro Catte and Torsten Sløk. November 2005

460: Regulation and economic performance: product market reforms and productivity in the OECDH

Giuseppe Nicoletti and Stefano Scarpetta. November 2005This work has also been published in Institutions, Development, and Economic Growth, (T.S. Eicher and C. García-Peñalosa eds.), MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2006.

459: Innovation in the Business SectorH

Florence Jaumotte and HNigel PainH. December 2005

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458: From innovation development to implementation: evidence from the Community Innovation SurveyH

Florence Jaumotte and HNigel PainH. December 2005

457: From ideas to development: the determination of R&D and patenting H

Florence Jaumotte and HNigel PainH. December 2005

456: An overview of public policies to support innovation H

Florence Jaumotte and HNigel PainH. December 2005

455: Strengthening regulation in Chile: the case of network industries H

Alexander Galetovic and Luiz de Mello. November 2005

454: Fostering innovation in ChileH

José-Miguel Benavente, Luiz de Mello and Nanno Mulder. November 2005

453: Getting the most out of public sector decentralisation in Mexico H

HIsabelle JoumardH. October 2005

452: Raising Greece's potential output growth H

Vassiliki Koutsogeorgopoulou and Helmut Ziegelschmidt. October 2005

451: Product market competition and economic performance in Australia H

Helmut Ziegelschmidt, Vassiliki Koutsogeorgopoulou, Simen Bjornerud and Michael Wise. October 2005

450: House prices and inflation in the Euro AreaH

HBoris CournèdeH. October 2005

449: The EU's single market: at your service?H

Line Vogt. October 2005

448: Slovakia's introduction of a flat tax as part of wider economic reforms H

Anne-Marie Brook and Willi Leibfritz. September 2005

447: The education challenge in Mexico: delivering good quality education to all H

HStéphanie GuichardH. September 2005

446: In search of efficiency: improving health care in Hungary H

Alessandro Goglio. September 2005

445: Hungarian innovation policy: what's the best way forward? H

Philip Hemmings. September 2005

444: The challenges of EMU accession faced by catching-up countries: A Slovak Republic case studyH

Anne-Marie Brook. September 2005

443: Getting better value for money from Sweden's healthcare system H

David Rae. September 2005

442: How to reduce sickness absences in Sweden: lessons from international experience H

David Rae. September 2005

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441: The labour market impact of rapid ageing of government employees: Some illustrative scenariosH

Jens Høj and Sylvie Toly. September 2005

440: The new OECD international trade modelH

HNigel PainH, HAnnabelle MourouganeH, Franck Sédillot and Laurence Le Fouler. August 2005

439: The French tax system: Main characteristics, recent developments and some considerations for reformH

Willi Leibfritz and Paul O'Brien. July 2005

438: The effects of EMU on structural reforms in labour and product markets H

HRomain DuvalH and Jørgen Elmeskov. July 2005

437: Product market competition and economic performance in New Zealand H

HAnnabelle MourouganeH and Michael Wise. July 2005

436: Getting the most out of public sector decentralisation in Spain H

HIsabelle JoumardH and HClaude GiornoH. July 2005

435: Sources of inflation persistence in the Euro AreaH

HBoris CournèdeH, Alexandra Janovskaia and Paul van den Noord. July 2005

434: Measuring cyclically-adjusted budget balances for OECD countries H

Nathalie Girouard and HChristophe AndréH. July 2005

433: Product market competition and economic performance in the United Kingdom H

Maria Maher and Michael Wise. June 2005

432: The benefits of liberalising product markets and reducing barriers to international trade and investment: the case of the United States and the European Union H

June 2005

431: Boosting growth through greater competition in Denmark H

Martin Jorgensen. May 2005

430: Fifteen years of economic reform in Russia: what has been achieved? What remains to be done?H

HRudiger AhrendH and William TompsonH. May 2005

429: Assessing the OECD Jobs Strategy: Past developments and reforms and Annexes H

Nicola Brandt, Jean-Marc Burniaux and HRomain DuvalH. May 2005

428: Ageing, welfare services and municipalities in Finland H

Jens Lundsgaard. May 2005

427: The impact of structural policies on trade-related adjustment and the shift to services H

Per Mathis Kongsrud and Isabelle Wanner. April 2005

426: Product market competition and economic performance in Iceland H

Thomas Laubach and Michael Wise. April 2005

425: Enhancing Brazil's regulatory framework for network industries: the case of electricity, oil and gas, and water and sanitationH

Edmar Almeida and Nanno Mulder. April 2005

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424: Education attainment in Brazil: the experience of FUNDEFH

Luiz de Mello and Mombert Hoppe. April 2005

423: Estimating a fiscal reaction function: the case of debt sustainability in Brazil H

Luiz de Mello. April 2005. Published in Applied Economics, Vol. 40, pp. 271-84, 2007.

422: Product market competition and economic performance in the Netherlands H

Maria Maher and Michael Wise. March 2005

421: Product market competition and economic performance in Canada H

Maria Maher and Jay Shaffer. March 2005

420: The impact of ageing on demand, factor markets and growth H

Joaquim Oliveira Martins, Frédéric Gonand, Pablo Antolin, Christine de la Maisonneuve and Kwang-Yeol Yoo. March 2005

419: Product market regulation in OECD countries: 1998 to 2003H

Paul Conway, Véronique Janod, Giuseppe Nicoletti. February 2005

418: Reforming Turkey's public expenditure managementH

Rauf Gönenç, Willi Leibfritz and Erdal Yilmaz. February 2005

417: Fiscal gimmickry in Europe: One-off measures and creative accounting H

HVincent KoenH and Paul van den Noord. February 2005. This work has also been published in Wierts, P., S. Deroose, E. Flores and A. Turrini (eds), Fiscal Policy Surveillance in Europe, Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.

416: Getting the most out of public sector decentralisation in Japan H

HIsabelle JoumardH and Tadashi Yokoyama. January 2005

415: Structural policy reforms and external imbalancesH

Mike Kennedy and Torsten Sløk. January 2005

414: The jobs challenge in Poland: policies to raise employmentHAndrew Burns and Przemyslaw Kowalski. December 2004

2004

413: Product market competition and economic performance in Finland H

Jens Høj and Michael Wise. December 2004

412: Oil price developments: drivers, economic consequences and policy responses H

Anne-Marie Brook, HRobert PriceH, HDouglas SutherlandH, Niels Westerlund and HChristophe AndréH.December 2004

411: Wealth effects on money demand in EMU: econometric evidence H

Laurence Boone, Fanny Mikol and Paul van den Noord. November 2004

410: Banking reform in Russia: problems and prospectsH

HWilliam TompsonH. November 2004

409: Public expenditure management in France H

Andrew Burns and Alessandro Goglio. October 2004

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408: Russian industrial restructuring: trends in productivity, competitiveness, and comparative advantageH

HRudiger AhrendH. October 2004

407: Improving the capacity to innovate in GermanyH

Andrés Fuentes, Eckhard Wurzel and Margaret Morgan. October 2004

406: Tax treatment of private pension savings in OECD countries and the net tax cost per unit of contribution to tax-favoured schemesH

Kwang-Yeol Yoo and HAlain de SerresH. October 2004

405: The reform of health care system in PortugalH

HStéphanie GuichardH. October 2004

404: Accounting for Russia’s post-crisis growthH

HRudiger AhrendH. September 2004

403: Restructuring Russia’s electricity sector: Towards effective competition or faux liberalisation?H

HWilliam TompsonH. September 2004

402: Russia's gas sector: the endless wait for reform?H

HRudiger AhrendH and HWilliam TompsonH. September 2004

401: One money, one cycle? Making Monetary Union a smoother rideH

HPeter HoellerH, HClaude GiornoH and Christine de la Maisonneuve. September 2004

400: Modelling cyclical divergence in the euro area: the housing channel H

Paul van den Noord. September 2004

399: Product market competition and economic performance in Korea H

Yongchun Baek, Randall Jones and Michael Wise. August 2004

398: Product market competition and economic performance in the United States H

Hannes Suppanz, Michael Wise and Michael Kiley. July 2004

397: HSaving behaviour and the effectiveness of fiscal policy H

Luiz de Mello, Per Mathis Kongsrud and HRobert PriceH. July 2004

396: The impact of exchange rate regimes on real exchange rates in South America, 1990-2002H

Anne-Laure Baldi and Nanno Mulder. June 2004

395: How market imperfections and trade barriers shape specialisation: South America vs. OECDH

Joaquim Oliveira Martins and Tristan Price. June 2004. This work has also been published in Trade and Competitiveness in Argentina, Brazil and Chile: not as Easy as A-B-C, OECD, Paris, 2004

394: Housing Markets, wealth and the business cycleH

Pietro Catte, Nathalie Girouard, HRobert PriceH and HChristophe AndréH. June 2004

393: Long-term budgetary implications of tax-favoured retirement plans H

Pablo Antolin, HAlain de SerresH and Christine de la Maisonneuve. June 2004

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392: Enhancing income convergence in Central Europe after EU accession H

Patrick Lenain and Lukasz Rawdanowicz. June 2004

391: Asset price cycles, "one-off" factors and structural budget balance H

Nathalie Girouard and HRobert PriceH. June 2004

390: Channels for narrowing the US current account deficit and implications for other economiesH

Anne-Marie Brook, Franck Sédillot and Patrice Ollivaud. May 2004

389: Product market competition and economic performance in Norway H

Jens Høj and Michael Wise. May 2004

388: Product market competition and economic performance in Sweden H

Deborah Roseveare, Martin Jørgensen and Lennart Goranson. May 2004

387. Product market competition and economic performance in Japan H

Jens Høj and Michael Wise. May 2004

386: HMigration and integration of immigrants in Denmark H

Deborah Rozeveare and Martin Jorgensen. April 2004

385: HFactors driving risk premiaH

Torsten Sløk and Mike Kennedy. April 2004

384: Rationalising public expenditure in the Slovak Republic H

Rauf Gönenç and Peter Walkenhorst. March 2004

383: Product market competition and economic performance in Switzerland H

HClaude GiornoH, Miguel Jimenez and Philippe Gugler. March 2004

382: Differences in resilience between the euro-area and US economies H

Aaron Drew, Mike Kennedy and Torsten Sløk. March 2004

381: HProduct market competition and economic performance in Hungary H

Carl Gjersem, Philip Hemmings and Andreas Reindl. March 2004

380: HEnhancing the effectiveness of public spending: experience in OECD countries H

HIsabelle JoumardH, Per Mathis Kongsrud, Young-Sook Nam and HRobert PriceH. February 2004

379: Is there a change in the trade-off beween output and inflation at low or stable inflation rates? Some evidence in the case of Japan H

HAnnabelle MourouganeH and Hideyuki Ibaragi. February 2004

378: Policies bearing on product market competition and growth in EuropeHCarl Gjersem. January 2004

2003

377: HReforming the public expenditure system in Korea H

Young-Sook Nam and Randall Jones. December 2003

376: Female labour force participation: past trends and main determinants in OECD countries H

Florence Jaumotte. December 2003

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375: Fiscal relations across government levelsH

HIsabelle JoumardH and Per Mathis Kongsrud. December 2003

374: Health-care systems: lessons from the reform experienceH

Elizabeth Docteur and Howard Oxley. December 2003

373: Non-tariff measures affecting EU exports: Evidence from a complaints-inventory H

Peter Walkenhorst and Barbara Fliess. December 2003

372: The OECD medium-term reference scenario: Economic Outlook No. 74 H

Peter Downes, Aaron Drew and Patrice Ollivaud. December 2003

371: Coping with ageing: a dynamic approach to quantify the impact of alternative policy options on future labour supply in OECD countriesH

Jean-Marc Burniaux, HRomain DuvalH and Florence Jaumotte. November 2003

370: The retirement effects of old-age pension systems and other social transfer programmes in OECD countriesH

HRomain DuvalH. November 2003

369: Policies for an ageing society: recent measures and areas for further reform H

Bernard Casey, Howard Oxley, Edward Whitehouse, Pablo Antolin, HRomain DuvalH and Willi Leibfritz November 2003

368: Financial market integration in the euro area H

Carl Gjersem. October 2003

367: Recent and prospective trends in real long-term interest rates: Fiscal policy and other driversH

Anne-Marie Brook. September 2003

366: Consolidating Germany's finances: Issues in public sector spending reform H

Eckhard Wurzel. September 2003

365: Corporate taxation of Foreign Direct Investment income 1991-2001 H

Kwang-Yeol Yoo. August 2003

364: HIndicator models of real GDP growth in selected OECD countries H

Franck Sédillot and HNigel PainH. July 2003

363: Post-crisis changes in banking and corporate landscapes - the case of Thailand H

Margit Molnar. June 2003

362: Post-crisis changes in banking and corporate landscapes in Dynamic Asia H

Margit Molnar. June 2003

361: After the telecommunications bubbleH

Patrick Lenain and Sam Paltridge. June 2003

360: Controlling public spending in Iceland H

Hannes Suppanz. June 2003

359: Policies and international integration: Influences on trade and foreign direct investment H

Giuseppe Nicoletti, Steve Golub, Dana Hajkova, Daniel Mirza and Kwang-Yeol Yoo. June 2003This work has also been published in OECD Economic Studies No. 36/1 2003

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358: Enhancing the effectiveness of public spending in Finland H

Philip Hemmings, David Turner and Seija Parviainen. June 2003

357: Measures of restrictions on inward foreign direct investment for OECD countries H

Stephen S. Golub. June 2003

356: Tax incentives and house price volatility in the Euro Area: Theory and evidence H

Paul van den Noord. June 2003

355: Stuctural policies and growth: a non-technical overviewH

HAlain de SerresH. May 2003

354: Tax reform in BelgiumH

David Carey. May 2003

353: Macroeconomic policy and economic performance H

Pedro de Lima, HAlain de SerresH and Mike Kennedy. April 2003

352: Regulation and investmentH

Alberto Alesina, Silvia Ardagna, Giuseppe Nicoletti and Fabio Schiantarelli. March 2003This work has also been published in Journal of the European Economic Association, 3(4), June 2005.

351: Discretionary fiscal policy and elections: the experience of the early years of EMU H

Marco Buti and Paul van den Noord. March 2003

350: The US health system: an assessment and prospective directions for reform H

Elizabeth Docteur, Hannes Suppanz and Jaejoon Woo. February 2003

349: The effectiveness of public expenditure in Portugal H

Chiara Bronchi. February 2003

348: Comparative analysis of firm demographics and survival: micro-level evidence for the OECD countriesH

Eric Bartelsman, Stefano Scarpetta and Fabiano Schivardi. January 2003

347: Regulation, productivity and growth: OECD evidenceHGiuseppe Nicoletti and Stefano Scarpetta. January 2003Also available in Spanish: Regulación, productividad y crecimiento: evidencia en la OCDE (Mexican Federal Competition Commission, Gaceta Año 6 num. 16(Mayo - Agosto, 2003)

2002

346: Public expenditure management in Poland H

Andrew Burns and Kwang-Yeol Yoo. December 2002

345: Enhancing the effectiveness of public expenditure in Sweden H

Deborah Roseveare. December 2002

344: The decline in private saving rates in the 1990s in OECD countries: How much can be explained by non-wealth determinants? H

HAlain de SerresH and Florian Pelgrin. December 2002

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343: Enhancing the effectiveness of public expenditure in Norway H

HIsabelle JoumardH and Wim Suyker. October 2002

342: HProductivity and convergence in a panel of OECD industries: Do regulations and institutions matter?HStefano Scarpetta and Thierry Tressel. September 2002

341: HManaging public expenditure - the UK approach H

Paul van den Noord. September 2002

340: The Brazilian pension system - Recent reforms and challenges ahead H

Marcos Bonturi. August 2002

339: Challenges in the Mexican financial sectorH

Marcos Bonturi. August 2002

338: Coping with population ageing in HungaryH

Andrew Burns and Jaromir Cekota. August 2002

337: Next steps for public spending in New Zealand: the pursuit of effectiveness H

Dave Rae. July 2002

336: Strengthening the management of public spending in Hungary H

Jaromir Cekota, Rauf Gönenç and Kwang-Yeol Yoo. July 2002

335: Automatic stabilisers and market flexibility in EMU: is there a trade-off? H

Marco Buti, Carlos Martinez-Mongay, Khalid Sekkat and Paul van den Noord. July 2002

334: The economic consequences of terrorismH

Patrick Lenain, Marcos Bonturi and HVincent KoenH. July 2002

333: Investment in human capital through post-compulsory education and training: selected efficiency and equity aspectsH

Sveinbjörn Blöndal, Simon Field and Nathalie Girouard. July 2002

332: Enhancing the effectiveness of public spending in Switzerland H

HIsabelle JoumardH and HClaude GiornoH. July 2002

331: HCompetition and efficiency in publicly funded services H

Jens Lundsgaard. June 2002

330: HPolicy pre-commitment and institutional design: a synthetic indicator applied to currency boardH

Marie-Thérèse Camilleri Gilson. May 2002

329: The role of policy and institutions for productivity and firm dynamics: Evidence from micro and industry dataH

Stefano Scarpetta, Philip Hemmings, Thierry Tressel and Jaejoon Woo. April 2002

328: Improving the efficiency and sustainability of public expenditure in the Czech Republic H

Andrew Burns and Kwang-Yeol Yoo. April 2002

327: Increases in business investment rates in OECD countries in the 1990s: How much can be explained by fundamentals?H

Florian Pelgrin, Sebastian Schich and HAlain de SerresH. April 2002

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326: Sectoral shifts in Europe and the United States: How they affect aggregate labour shares and the properties of wage equationsH

HAlain de SerresH, Stefano Scarpetta and Christine de la Maisonneuve. April 2002

325: Coping with population ageing in the Netherlands H

David Carey. March 2002

324: Public spending in Italy: policies to enhance its effectiveness H

Alexandra Bibbee and Alessandro Goglio. March 2002

323: Overheating in small euro area economies: Should fiscal policy react? H

HPeter HoellerH, HClaude GiornoH and Christine de la Maisonneuve. February 2002

322: HEncouraging environmentally sustainable growth in Austria H

Jens Høj and Andreas Wörgötter. February 2002

321: Health care reform in JapanYutaka Imai. February 2002

320: Enhancing Expenditure Control with a Decentralised Public Sector in Denmark H

Steen Daugaard. February 2002

319: Options for Reforming the Finnish Tax SystemH

HIsabelle JoumardH and Wim Suyker. February 2002

318: Product Market Regulation and Wage Premia in Europe and North America: An Empirical InvestigationH

Sébastien Jean and Giuseppe Nicoletti. January 2002This work has also been published in CEPII Working Paper 2004-12, also published as Leverhulme Centre for Research on Globalisation and Labour Markets Research Paper, No. 2004-26, September 2004

317: Competition, Innovation and Productivity Growth: A Review of Theory and Evidence H

Sanghoon Ahn. January 2002

316: Labour Market Institutions, Product Market Regulation, and Innovation : Cross Country EvidenceH

Andrea Bassanini and Ekkehard Ernst. January 2002

315: HOngoing Changes in the Business Cycle - Evidence and CausesHThomas Dalsgaard, Jorgen Elmeskov and Cyn-Young Park. January 2002

2001

314: Comment encourager une croissance écologiquement durable en France? H

Ann Vourc'h and Patrick Lenain. December 2001

313: Increasing Efficiency and Reducing Complexity in the Tax System in the United StatesHRichard Herd and Chiara Bronchi. December 2001

312: Product and Labour Markets Interactions in OECD Countries H

Giuseppe Nicoletti, Andrea Bassanini, Ekkehard Ernst, Sébastien Jean, Paulo Santiago and Paul Swaim. December 2001

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311: Modelling Import Responsiveness for OECD Manufactures TradeH

Mara Meacci and David Turner. October 2001

310: Trade Linkages and the Trade Matrices in the OECD Interlink ModelH

Laurence Le Fouler, Wim Suyker and Dave Turner. October 2001

309: Encouraging Environmentally Sustainable Growth in Australia H

Ann Vourc'h and HRobert PriceH. October 2001

308: Financial market liberalisation, wealth and consumption H

Laurence Boone, Nathalie Girouard and Isabelle Wanner. September 2001

307: The economic integration of Germany's new LänderH

Eckhard Wurzel. September 2001

306: Standard shocks in the OECD INTERLINK model H

Thomas Dalsgaard, HChristophe AndréH and Pete Richardson. September 2001

305: HFiscal implications of ageing: projections of age-related spending H

Thai-Thanh Dang, Pablo Antolín and Howard Oxley. September 2001

304: The width of the intra-european economic bordersH

HAlain de SerresH, HPeter HoellerH and Christine de la Maisonneuve. August 2001

303: Surveillance of tax policies: a synthesis of findings in economic surveys H

Paul van den Noord and Christopher Heady. July 2001

302: Reforming the tax system in PortugalH

Chiara Bronchi and José C. Gomes-Santos. July 2001

301: Tax systems in European Union countriesHIsabelle JoumardH. June 2001

300: HEncouraging environmentally sustainable growth in Belgium H

Paul O'Brien, David Carey, Jens Høj and Andreas Woergoetter. June 2001

299: Encouraging environmentally sustainable growth in PolandH

Grzegorz Peszko and Patrick Lenain. June 2001

298: Tracking the euroHVincent KoenH, Laurence Boone, HAlain de SerresH and Nicola Fuchs. June 2001. This work has also been published as L’insoutenable légèreté de l’euro, Economie Internationale, No. 88, 2001.

297: Firm dynamics and productivity growth: a review of micro evidence from OECD countries H

Sanghoon Ahn. June 2001

296: HHow should Norway respond to ageing?H

Pablo Antolin and Wim Suyker. May 2001

295: How will ageing affect Finland?H

Pablo Antolin , Howard Oxley and Wim Suyker. May 2001

294: Sectoral regulatory reforms in Italy: framework and implications H

Alessandro Goglio. May 2001

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293: Encouraging environmentally sustainable growth: experience in OECD countries H

Paul O'Brien and Ann Vourc'h. May 2001

292: Increasing simplicity, neutrality and sustainability: a basis for tax reform in Iceland H

Richard Herd and Thorsteinn Thorgeirsson. May 2001

291: Options for reforming the tax system in GreeceH

Chiara Bronchi. April 2001

290: Encouraging environmentally sustainable growth in CanadaH

Ann Vourc'h. March 2001

289: Encouraging environmentally sustainable growth in SwedenH

Deborah Roseveare. March 2001

288: Public spending in Mexico: how to enhance its effectiveness H

Bénédicte Larre and Marcos Bonturi. March 2001

287: Regulation in services: OECD patterns and economic implications H

Giuseppe Nicoletti. February 2001This work has also been published in Innovation and Productivity in Services, 2001, OECD, Paris.

286: A small global forecasting modelH

David Rae and David Turner. February 2001

285: Managing public expenditure: some emerging policy issues and a framework for analysis H

Paul Atkinson and Paul van den Noord. February 2001

284: Trends in immigration and economic consequencesH

Jonathan Coppel, Jean-Christophe Dumond and Ignazio Visco. February 2001

283: Economic growth: the role of policies and institutions. Panel data evidence from OECD countriesH

Andrea Bassanini, Stefano Scarpetta and Philip Hemmings. January 2001

282: Does human capital matter for growth in OECD countries?Andrea Bassanini and Stefano Scarpetta. January 2001

281: The tax system in New Zealand: an appraisal and options for change H

Thomas Dalsgaard. January 2001

280: HContributions of financial systems to growth in OECD countries H

Michael Leahy, Sebastian Schich, Gert Wehinger, Florian Pelgrin and Thorsteinn Thorgeirsson. January 2001. Updated 21 March 2001 

279: House prices and economic activityH

Nathalie Girouard and Sveinbjörn Blöndal. January 2001

278: Encouraging environmentally sustainable growth in the United States H

Paul O'Brien. January 2001

277: Encouraging environmentally sustainable growth in Denmark H

Paul O'Brien and Jens Høj. January 2001

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276: Making growth more environmentally sustainable in Germany H

Grant Kirkpatrick, Gernot Klepper and HRobert PriceH. January 2001

275: Central control of regional budgets: theory with applications to RussiaHJohn M. Litwack. January 2001

2000

274: A post-mortem on Economic Outlook projectionsH

Vassiliki Koutsogeorgopoulou. December 2000

273: Fixed cost, imperfect competition and bias in technology measurement: Japan and the United StatesH

Kiyohiko G. Nishimura and Masato Shirai. December 2000Working Papers No.272 to 268 below were presented at a Workshop on "The causes of economic growth", at the OECD, 6-7 July 2000

272: Entry, exit, and aggregate productivity growth: micro evidence on Korean manufacturingH

Chin-Hee Hahn. December 2000

271: The tax system in Korea: more fairness and less complexity required H

Thomas Dalsgaard. December 2000

270: A multi-gas assessment of the Kyoto ProtocolH

Jean-Marc Burniaux. October 2000

269: HThe changing health system in FranceH

Yukata Imai, Stéphane Jacobzone and Patrick Lenain. October 2000

268: HInward investment and technical progress in the UK manufacturing sector H

Florence Hubert and HNigel PainH. October 2000

267: Aggregate growth: what have we learned from microeconomic evidence? H

John Haltiwanger. October 2000

266: Determinants of long-term growth: a Bayesian Averaging of Classical Estimates (BACE) approachH

Gernot Doppelhofer, Ronald I. Miller and Xavier Sala-i-Martin. October 2000

265: The great reversals: the politics of financial development in the 20th century H

Raghuram G. Rajan and Luigi Zingales. October 2000

264: Trade and growth: still disagreement about the relationshipH

Robert Baldwin. October 2000

263: Growth effects of education and social capital in the OECD countries H

Jonathan Temple. October 2000

262: Human capital in growth regressions: how much difference does data quality make? H

Angel de la Fuente and Rafael Doménech. October 2000

261: Raising the speed limit: US economic growth in the information age H

Dale W. Jorgenson and Kevin J. Stiroh. October 2000

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260: Summary of an informal workshop on the causes of economic growth H

Jonathan Temple. October 2000

259: Knowledge, technology and economic growth: recent evidence from OECD countries H

Andrea Bassanini, Stefano Scarpetta and Ignazio Visco. October 2000

258: Average effective tax rates on capital, labour and consumption H

David Carey and Harry Tchilinguirian. October 2000

257: The health care system in PolandH

Nathalie Girouard and Yutaka Imai. September 2000

256: Public expenditure reform: the health care sector in the United Kingdom H

HVincent KoenH. August 2000

255: Regulatory reform in road freight and retail distribution H

Olivier Boylaud. August 2000

254: Regulation, market structure and performance in air passenger transportation H

Rauf Gonenc and Giuseppe Nicoletti. August 2000This work has also been published in OECD Economic Studies, Special issue: Regulatory Reform, n. 32, 2001.

253: Policy interdependence during economic transition: the case of Slovakia 1999-2000 H

Joaquim Oliveira Martins and Tristan Price. June 2000

252: E-commerce: impacts and policy challengesH

Jonathan Coppel. June 2000

251: The implementation and the effects of regulatory reform: past experience and current issuesH

Rauf Gonenc, Maria Maher and Giuseppe Nicoletti. June 2000This work has also been published in OECD Economic Studies, Special issue: Regulatory Reform, n. 32, 2001.

250: The concept, policy use and measurement of structural unemployment: estimating a time varying NAIRU across 21 OECD countriesH

HPete RichardsonH, Laurence Boone, HClaude GiornoH, Mara Meacci, David Rae and David Turner. June 2000

249: HOptions for reforming the Spanish tax systemH

HIsabelle JoumardH and Aristomène Varoudakis. June 2000

248: HEconomic growth in the OECD area: recent trends at the aggregate and sectoral level H

Stefano Scarpetta, Andrea Bassanini, Dirk Pilat and Paul Schreyer. June 2000

247: Economic effects of the 1999 Turkish earthquakes: an interim report H

Alexandra Bibbee, Rauf Gonenc, Scott Jacobs, Josef Konvitz and HRobert PriceH. June 2000

246: HPolicy influences on economic growth in OECD countries: an evaluation of the evidence H

Sanghoon Ahn and Philip Hemmings. June 2000

245: The tax system in the Czech RepublicH

Chiara Bronchi and Andrew Burns. May 2000

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244: HThe tax system in Norway: past reforms and future challenges H

Paul van den Noord. May 2000

243: HA changing financial environment and the implications for monetary policy H

Paul Mylonas, Sebastian Schich and Gert Wehinger. May 2000

242: Carbon emission leakages - a general equilibrium view H

Jean-Marc Burniaux and Joaquim Oliveira Martins. May 2000

241: The healthcare system in HungaryH

Eva Orosz and Andrew Burns. April 2000

240: Comparing semi-structural methods to estimate unobserved variables: the HPMV and Kalman filters approachesH

Laurence Boone. April 2000

239: HNew issues in public debt management: governement surpluses in several OECD countries, the common currency in Europe and rapidly rising debt in JapanPaul Mylonas, Sebastian Schich, Thorsteinn Thorgeirsson and Gert Wehinger. April 2000

238: HRegulation, industry structure and performance in the electricity supply industry H

Faye Steiner. April 2000

237: Regulation, market structure and performance in telecommunications H

Olivier Boylaud and Giuseppe Nicoletti. April 2000This work has also been published in OECD Economic Studies, Special issue: Regulatory Reform, n. 32, 2001

236: Predicting the evolution and effects of the Asia crisis from the OECD perspective H

HPete RichardsonH, Ignazio Visco and HClaude GiornoH. April 2000

235: Modelling manufacturing export volumes equations a system estimation approach H

Keiko Murata, Dave Turner, Dave Rae and Laurence Le Fouler.  April 2000

234: The Polish tax reformH

Patrick Lenain and Leszek Bartoszuk. March 2000  

233: The tax system in Mexico - a need for strengthening the revenue-raising capacity H

Thomas Dalsgaard. February 2000

232: EMU, the euro and the European policy mixH

Jonathan Coppel, Martine Durand and Ignazio Visco.  February 2000

231: The tax system in Japan- a need for comprehensive reformH

Thomas Dalsgaard and Masaaki Kawagoe. February 2000

230: HThe size and role of automatic fiscal stabilisers in the 1990s and beyond H

Paul van den Noord. January 2000

229: Enhancing environmentally sustainable growth in FinlandH

Ann Vourc'h and Miguel Jimenez. January 2000

228: Finance and growth, Some theoretical considerations, and a review of the empirical literatureHKotaro Tsuru. January 2000

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1999

227: What the yield curves say about inflation - does it change over time H

Sebastian T. Schich. December 1999

226: Summary indicators of product market regulation with an extension to employment protection legislationH

Giuseppe Nicoletti, Stefano Scarpetta and Olivier Boylaud. December 1999

225: Some issues related to the equity-efficiency trade-off in the Swedish tax and transfer systemH

Henning Strand. November 1999

224: The economic effects of employment-conditional income support schemes for the low-paid- an illustration from a CGE model applied to four OECD countries H

Andrea Bassanini, Jørn Henrik Rasmussen and Stefano Scarpetta. October 1999

223: The use of financial market indicators by monetary authorities H

Paul Mylonas and Sebastian Schich. September 1999

222: Tax reform in SwitzerlandH

David Carey, Kathryn Gordon and Philippe Thalmann. August 1999

221: Trends in market opennessH

Jonathan Coppel and Martine Durand. August 1999

220: Technology upgrading with learning cost - a solution for two "productivity puzzles"Sanghoon Ahn. July 1999

219: Testing for a common OECD Phillips curveH

Dave Turner and Elena Seghezza. July 1999

218: Sustainable economic growth- natural resources and the environment in Norway H

Paul van den Noord and Ann Vourc'h. July 1999

217: Coping with population ageing in AustraliaH

David Carey. July 1999

216: Estimating prudent budgetary margins for 11 EU countries- A simulated SVAR model approachH

Thomas Dalsgaard and HAlain de SerresH.  July 1999

215: The problems and prospects faced by pay-as-you-go pension systems- A case study of GreecePaul Mylonas and Christine de la Maisonneuve.  May 1999

214: Greek public enterprises - Challenges for reformH

Paul Mylonas and HIsabelle JoumardH. May 1999

213: The levels and cyclical behaviour of mark-ups across countries and market structures H

Joaquim Oliveira Martins and Stefano Scarpetta. April 1999. This work has also been published in "Estimation of the Cyclical Behaviour of Mark-ups: A technical note", OECD Economic Studies, no. 34, 2002

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212: Poverty dynamics in four OECD countriesH

Pablo Antolín, Thai-Thanh Dang and Howard Oxley. April 1999

211: The recent experience with capital flows to emerging market economies H

Sveinjörn Blöndal and Hans Christiansen. March 1999

210: Foreign portfolio investors before and during a crisisH

Woochan Kim and Shang-Jin Wei. February 1999

209: Towards more efficient government- reforming federal fiscal relations in GermanyHEckhard Wurzel. February 1999

1998

208: Stock market fluctuations and consumption behaviour - some recent evidence H

Laurence Boone, HClaude GiornoH and HPete RichardsonH. December 1998

207: Microeconometric analysis of the retirement decision- the Netherlands H

Maarten Lindeboom. June 1998

206: Microeconometric analysis of the retirement decision- United Kingdom H

Raffaele Miniaci and Elena Stancanelli. June 1998

205: Microeconometric analysis of the retirement decision - Italy H

Raffaele Miniaci. June 1998

204: Microeconometric analysis of the retirement decision - Germany H

Pablo Antolin and Stefano Scarpetta. June 1998

203: Microeconometric analysis of the retirement decision- United States H

Joseph Quinn, Richard Burkhauser, Kevin Cahill and Robert Weathers. June 1998

202: The retirement decision in OECD countriesH

Sveinbjörn Blöndal and Stefano Scarpetta. June 1998

201: Macroeconomic effects of pension reforms in the context of ageing populations- overlapping generations model simulations for seven OECD countries H

Ketil Hviding and Marcel Mérette. June 1998

200: The macroeconomics of ageing, pensions and savings- a survey H

Richard Kohl and Paul O'Brien. June 1998

199: Marginal effective tax rates on physical, human and R&D capital H

Kathryn Gordon and Harry Tchilinguirian. June 1998

198: The Norwegian health care systemH

Paul van den Noord, Terje Hagen and Tor Iversen. May 1998

197: APEC trade liberalisation - its implicationsSeunghee Han and Inkyo Cheong. May 1998

196: The OECD jobs strategy - progress report on implementation of country-specific recommendationsH

May 1998

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196: La Stratégie de l'OCDE pour l'emploi - Rapport sur l'état d'avancement de la mise en oeuvre des recommandations by paysH

Mai 1998

195: Trends in OECD countries' international competitiveness - the influence of emerging market economiesH

Martine Durand, Christophe Madaschi and Flavia Terribile. April 1998

194: HThe European Union's trade policies and their economic effects H

HPeter HoellerH, Nathalie Girouard and Alessandra Colecchia. April 1998

193: The macroeconomic implications of ageing in a global context H

Dave Turner, HClaude GiornoH, HAlain de SerresH, Ann Vourc'h and HPete RichardsonH. March 1998

192: Efficiency and distribution in computable models of carbon emission abatement H

Joaquim Oliveira Martins and Peter Sturm. March 1998. This work has also been published in "Efficiency and Distribution in Computable Models of Carbon Emission Abatement", in G. Heal and G. Chichilnisky (eds.) Environmental Markets: Equity and Efficiency, Columbia University Press, 2000.

191: Monetary policy when inflation is lowH

Charles Pigott and Hans Christiansen. March 1998

190: Submission by the OECD to the G8 growth, employability and inclusion Conference H

March 1998

189: Income distribution and poverty in selected OECD countries H

Jean-Marc Burniaux, Thai-Thanh Dang, Douglas Fore, Michael Förster, Marco Mira d'Ercole and Howard Oxley. March 1998

188: Asset prices and monetary policyH

Mike Kennedy, Angel Palerm, Charles Pigott and Flavia Terribile. February 1998

187: NAIRU - incomes policy and inflationHSilvia Fabiani, Alberto Locarno, Gian Paolo Oneto and Paolo Sestito. January 1998

1997186: OECD submission to the Irish National Minimum Wage Commission H

December 1997

185: OECD submission to the UK Low Pay CommissionH

December 1997

184: Concept, measurement and policy implications of the NAIRU - perspective from Belgium H

Joost Verlinden. October 1997

183: Structural unemployment in DenmarkH

Agnete Gersing. September 1997

182: The United Kingdom NAIRU - Concepts, measurement and policy implications H

Chris Mellis and A.E. Webb. September 1997

181: Globalisation and linkages - Macro-structural challenges and opportunities H

HPete RichardsonH [editor]. September 1997

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180: Regulation and performance in the distribution sectorH

Dirk Pilat. September 1997

179: Measurement of non-tariff barriersH

Alan V. Deardorff and Robert M. Stern. July 1997

178: The NAIRU-concept- A few remarksH

Karl Pichelmann and Andreas Ulrich Schuh. July 1997

177: Structural unemployment in FinlandH

Pasi Holm and Elina Somervouri. July 1997

176: Taxation and economic performanceH

Willi Leibfritz, John Thornton and Alexandra Bibbee. June 1997

175: Long-term interest rates in globalised marketsH

Hans Christiansen and Charles Pigott. May 1997

174: HInternational implications of European Economic and Monetary Union H

Norbert Funke and Mike Kennedy. May 1997

173: HThe NAIRU in Japan - Measurement and its implications H

Fumihira Nishizaki. February 1997

172:The unemployment problem - A Norwegian perspective H

Steinar Holden. February 1997

171: The reliability of quarterly national accounts in seven major countries- A user's perspectiveHRobert York and Paul Atkinson. February 1997

1996

170: Confidence indicators and their relationship to changes in economic activity H

Teresa Santero and Niels Westerlund. November 1996

169: Labour productivity levels in OECD countries - Estimates for manufacturing and selected service sectorHDirk Pilat. September 1996

168: Ageing populations, pension system and government budgets- Simulations for 20 OECD countries Deborah Roseveare, Willi Leibfritz, Douglas Fore and Eckhard Wurzel. September 1996

167: Modelling the supply side of the seven major OECD economies H

Dave Turner, HPete RichardsonH and Sylvie Rauffet. August 1996

166: HSize distribution of output and employment- A data set for manufacturing industries in five OECD countries, 1960s-1990H

Bart van Ark and Erik Monnikhof, Economics Debartment. August 1996

165: Trade and competition- Frictions after the Uruguay RoundH

The International Trade and Investment Division, Economics Department. July 1996

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164: Corporate governance, competition and performance H

Colin Mayer. June 1996

163: HFiscal relations within the European Union H

HPeter HoellerH, Marie-Odile Louppe and Patrice Vergriete. April 1996

162: HMark-up ratios in manufacturing industries - Estimates for 14 OECD countries H

Joaquim Oliveira Martins, Stefano Scarpetta and Dirk Pilat. April 1996. This work has also been published in "Mark-ups pricing, Market structure and the Business cycle", OECD Economic Studies, no. 27, 1996.

161: Innovation firm size and market structure- Schumpeterian hypotheses and some new themesH

George Symeonidis. April 1996

160: HValuing the right to tax incomes - An options pricing approachHTeun Draaisma and Kathryn Gordon. April 1996

1995

159: Innovation and competitive advantageH

P.A. Geroski. September 1995

158: Monetary policy at price stability- A review of some issues H

Malcolm Edey, Norbert Funke, Mike Kennedy and Angel Palerm. September 1995

157: Technical progress, factor productivity and macroeconomic performance in the medium termHClaude GiornoH, HPete RichardsonH and Wim Suyker. September 1995

156: Ageing populations, pension systems and government budgets: How do they affect saving?H

Willi Leibfritz, Deborah Roseveare, Douglas Fore and Eckhard Wurzel. July 1995

155: The determinants of real long-term interest rates- 17 country pooled-time-series evidenceH

Adrian Orr, Malcolm Edey and Michael Kennedy. June 1995

154: An assessment of financial reform in OECD countriesH

Malcolm Edey and Ketil Hviding. May 1995

153: Markets for tradeable CO2 emission quotas principles and practice H

Graciela Chichilnisky and Geoffrey Heal. March 1995

152: Estimating potential output, output gaps and structural budget balances H

by HClaude GiornoH, Pete RichardsonH, Deborah Roseveare and Paul van den Noord. February 1995

151: SOx emissions and carbon abatementHby Christophe Complainville and Joaquim Oliveira Martins. January 1995

1994

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150: The determinants and properties of monetary conditions- Direct survey evidence from New ZealandH

Andreas Fischer and Adrian Orr. December 1994

149: Health care reform, controlling spending and increasing efficiency H

Howard Oxley and Maitland MacFarlan. December 1994

148: Macroeconomic performance and fiscal policy adjustments in the medium term- Alternative medium-term scenariosH

HPete RichardsonH, HClaude GiornoH and Stephan Thurman. October 1994

147: The EC's internal market- Implementation, economic consequences, unfinished business H

HPeter HoellerH and Marie-Odile Louppe. August 1994

146: OECD model comparison project (II) on the costs of cutting carbon emissions. Comparison of model structure and policiy scenarios- GREEN and 12RT H

Alan Manne and Joaquim Oliveira Martins. August 1994

145: An international sectoral data base for fourteen OECD countries (Second edition) H

F.J.M. Meyer zu Schlochtern and J.L. Meyer zu Schlochtern. June 1994

144: HFiscal policy, government debt and economic performance H

Willi Leibfritz, Deborah Roseveare and Paul van den Noord. June 1994

143: GREEN - The Reference ManualHDominique van der Mensbrugghe. May 1994

1993

142: Pension liabilities in the seven major economies H

Paul van den Noord and Richard Herd. December 1993

141: The distribution system in SwedenH

Sören Wibe. October 1993

140: The distribution sector in the United Kingdom H

John A. Dawson. October 1993

139: The Italian distribution systemH

Luca Pellegrini and Angelo M. Cardani. October 1993

138: The French distribution industry and the openess of the French economy H

Patrick Messerlin. October 1993

137: HThe German distribution systemH

Josef Lachner, Uwe Chr. Täger and Günter Weitzel. October 1993

136: HA study of the distribution system in Japan H

Masayoshi Maruyama. October 1993

135: HAn analysis of the U.S. distribution systemH

Roger R. Betancourt. October 1993

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134: HMarket structure, international trade and relative wages H

Joaquim Oliveira Martins. October 1993. This work has also been published in "Market Structure, Trade and Industry Wages", OECD Economic Studies, no. 22, 1994.

133: The Economic Analysis of Institutions and Organisations- in general and with respect to Country studiesH

Oliver E. Williamson. September 1993

132: High and persistent unemployment- assessment of the problem and its causes H

Jørgen Elmeskov. September 1993

131: Centralisation of wage bargaining and macroeconomic performance - a survey H

Lars Calmfors. September 1993

130: HUnemployment and labour force participation - trends and cycles H

Jørgen Elmeskov and Karl Pichelmann. June 1993

129: Trends and cycles in labour productivity in the major OECD countries H

Giuseppe Nicoletti and Lucrezia Reichlin. June 1993This work has been also published in CEPR Working Paper, No. 808, July 1993

128: HInternational integration of financial markets and the cost of capital H

Mitushiro Fukao. March 1993

127: The international spillovers of capital income taxation- an applied general equilibrium analysisH

François Delorme, Lawrence H. Goulder and Philippe Thalmann. January 1993

126: The future of capital income taxation in a liberalised financial environmentHDavid Carey, Jean-Claude Chouraqui and Robert P. Hagemann. January 1993

1992

125: HGlobal effects of the European carbon tax H

Giuseppe Nicoletti and Joaquim Oliveira Martins. December 1992. This work has also been published in "The Global Effects of the European Carbon Tax", in The European Carbon Tax: an Economic Assessment, (eds.) C. Carraro and D. Siniscalco, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1993 (with G. Nicoletti)This work has also been published in French as "Effets globaux de l'écotaxe européenne"", Revue Economique, Vol. 45, n. 3, Mai 1994

124: HThe Chinese economic area - economic integration without a free trade agreement H

Randall Jones, Robert King and Michael Klein. July 1992

123: HNew issues, new results - the OECD's second survey of the macroeconomic costs of reducing CO2 emissionsH

HPeter HoellerH, Andrew Dean and Masahiro Hayafuji. July 1992

122: HCosts of reducing CO2 emissions - evidence from six global models H

Andrew Dean and HPeter HoellerH. July 1992

121: HResults for the OECD comparative modelling project from the Whalley-Wigle model H

John Whalley (University of W.Ontario) and Randall Wigle (Wilfried Laurier University). July 1992

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120: OECD's indicators of international trade and competitiveness H

Martine Durand, Jacques Simon and Colin Webb. July 1992

119: HLes indicateurs de compétitivité et de commerce internationaux de l'OCDE H

Martine Durand, Jacques Simon and Colin Webb. July 1992

118: The costs of reducing CO2 emissions - a comparison of carbon tax curves with GREEN H

Joaquim Oliveira Martins, Jean-Marc Burniaux, John P. Martin and Giuseppe Nicoletti. July 1992. This work has also been published in "The Costs of Reducing CO2 Emissions: a Comparison of Carbon Tax Cost Curves with GREEN" in A. Dean (ed.) The Costs of Cutting Carbon Emissions: Results from Global Models, OECD Monographs, 1993.

117: HAdjustment under fixed exchange rates- application to the European Monetary Union H

A. Steven Englander and Thomas Egebo. July 1992

116: HGREEN- a multi-sector, multi-region, dynamic general equilibrium model for quantifying the costs of curbing CO2 emissions- a technical manual H

Jean-Marc Burniaux, John P. Martin, Giuseppe Nicoletti and Joaquim Oliveira Martins. May 1992.This work has also been published in "GREEN: A Global Model for Quantifying the Costs of Policies to Curb CO2 Emissions", OECD Economic Studies, no. 19, 1992.

115: The costs of reducing CO2 emissions - evidence from GREENH

Jean-Marc Burniaux, John P. Martin, Giuseppe Nicoletti and Joaquim Oliveira Martins. May 1992. This work has also been published in "The Costs of International Policies to Reduce CO2 Emissions: Evidence from GREEN", OECD Economic Studies, no. 19, 1992.

114: HCarbon taxes and CO2 emissions targets - results from the IEA model H

E. Lakis Vouyakas, IEA. April 1992

113: Use of the Edmonds-Reilly model to model energy-related greenhouse gas emissions H

D.W. Barns, J.A. Edmonds and J.M. Reilly, Pacific Northwest Laboratory, Washington D.C. April 1992

112: HThe welfare effects of fossil carbon restrictions- results from a recursively dynamic trade modelH

Thomas Rutherford, University of Western Ontario. April 1992

111: HGlobal 2100 - alternative scenarios for reducing carbon emissions H

Alan S. Manne, Stanford University. April 1992

110: HEnergy taxation and price distortions in fossil fuel markets- some implications for climate change policyHHPeter HoellerH and Jonathan Coppel. April 1992

109: The information content of interest rate spreads across financial systemsHFrank Browne and Warren Tease. April 1992

108: HIs there a future for capital income taxation?Jack M. Mintz. March 1992

107: A "credit" crunch- the recent slowdown in bank lending and its implications for monetary policyHPaul Francis O'Brien and Frank Browne. March 1992

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106: HEnergy prices, taxes and carbon dioxide emissions H

HPeter HoellerH and Markku Wallin. July 1991

105: Saving trends and measurement issuesH

Jørgen Elmeskov, Jeffrey Shafer and Warren Tease. July 1991

104: HGREEN- a multi-sector, multi-region, dynamic general equilibrium model for quantifying the costs of curbing CO2 emissions- a technical manual H

J.M. Burniaux, J.P. Martin, G. Nicoletti and J. Oliveira Martins. June 1991

103: The costs of policies to reduce global emissions of CO2- initial simulation results with GREENH

J.M. Burniaux, J.P. Martin, G. Nicoletti and J. Oliveira Martins. June 1991. This work has also been published in "The Economic Costs of International Agreements to Emissions of CO2", The Economic and Social Research Institute papers no. 14, May, 1992.

102: HPatterns of recoveries for the major seven OECD countries H

Marco Mira d'Ercole. June 1991

101: HP-star as an indicator of inflationary pressureH

HPeter HoellerH and Pierre Poret. April 1991

100: Old age income maintenanceH

Murray Petrie and Peter Sturm. April 1991

99: HThe measurement of output and factors of production for the business sector in OECD countries (the OECD Business Sector Database)H

Mark Keese, Gérard Salou and HPete RichardsonH. March 1991

98: HMacroeconomic consequences of financial liberalisation- a summary report H

Adrian Blundell-Wignall and Frank Browne. March 1991

97: HDeregulation, credit rationing, financial fragility and economic performance H

Michael Driscoll. February 1991

96: Increasing financial market integration, real exchange rates and macroeconomic adjustmentH

Adrian Blundell-Wignall and Frank Browne. February 1991

95: Financial liberalisation, asset prices and exchange rates H

Marcus Miller and Paul Weller. February 1991 

94: HFinancial liberalisation and international trends in stock, corporate bond and foreign exchange market volatilitiesH

Paul Kupiec. February 1991

93: A macroeconomic model for debt analysis of the Latin America region and debt accounting models for the highly indebted countries H

Peter Dittus and Paul O'Brien. February 1991

92: Unemployment persistence and insider-outsider forces in wage determinationBertil Holmlund. February 1991

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91: Infrastructure and private-sector productivityHRobert Ford and Pierre Poret. January 1991

1990

90: HThe public sector - issues for the 1990sH

Howard Oxley, Maria Maher, John P. Martin and Giuseppe Nicoletti. December 1990

89: A survey of studies of the costs of reducing greenhouse gas emissions H

HPeter HoellerH, Andrew Dean and Jon Nicolaisen. December 1990

88: Business investment in the OECD economies- recent performance and some implications for policyH

Robert Ford and Pierre Poret. November 1990 

87: HThe "puzzle" of wage moderation in the 1980sH

Pierre Poret. November 1990

86: HModelling wages and prices for the smaller OECD countries H

Kenichi Kawasaki, HPeter HoellerH and Pierre Poret. October 1990

85: HSimulating the OECD Interlink model under alternative monetary policy rules H

HPete RichardsonH. October 1990

84: HWalras - a multi-sector, multi-country applied general equilibrium model for quantifying the economy-wide effects of agricultural policies- a technical manual H

Jean-Marc Burniaux, François Delorme, Ian Lienert and John P. Martin. August 1990

83: HExchange rate policy in advanced commodity-exporting countries- the case of Australia and New ZealandH

Adrian Blundell-Wignall and Robert G. Gregory. July 1990 

82: HEconomics and the environment- a survey of issues and policy options H

Jon Nicolaisen and HPeter HoellerH. July 1990 

81: HFinancial liberalisation and consumption behaviourH

Adrian Blundell-Wignall, Frank Browne and Stefano Cavaglia. March 1990 

80: Fiscal indicatorsH

Edward E. Gramlich, The University of Michigan. April 1990

79: HSuggestions for a new set of fiscal indicatorsH

Olivier Blanchard (MIT and NBER). April 1990

78: Indicators of fiscal policy- a re-examination H

Jean-Claude Chouraqui, Robert P. Hagemann and Nicola Sartor. April 1990

77: HMonetary policy in the wake of financial liberalisation H

Adrian Blundell-Wignall, Frank Browne and Paolo Manasse. April 1990

76: HThe dollar position of the non-US private sector, portofolio effects, and the exchange rate of the dollarH

Bixio Barenco. February 1990

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75: HMeasuring industrial subsidies- some conceptual issues H

Neil Bruce. February 1990

74: HIndustrial subsidies in the OECD countriesH

Robert Ford and Wim Suyker. January 1990  

73: HThe saving behaviour of Japanese householdsH

Kenichi Kawasaki. January 1990

72: HThe role of indicators in structural surveillanceHAndrew Dean. January 1990

1989

71: HModelling business sector supply for the smaller OECD countries H

Raymond Torres, HPeter JarrettH and Wim Suyker. October 1989

70: On the sequencing of structural reformsSebastian Edwards. September 1989

69: HThe information content of the term structure of interest rates- theory and practice H

Frank Browne and Paolo Manasse. September 1989

68: The impact of increased government saving on the economyRichard Herd. June 1989

67: HSaving trends and behaviour in OECD countriesH

Andrew Dean, Martine Durand, John Fallon and HPeter HoellerH. June 1989

66: Potential output in the seven major OECD countriesH

Raymond Torres and John P. Martin. May 1989

65: HA post mortem on OECD short-term projections from 1982 to 1987 H

Byron Ballis. February 1989

64: Revised groupings for non-OECD countries in OECD's macroeconomic model InterlinkHHPaul O'Brien, Laure Meuro and Arthur Camilleri. January 1989

63: HModelling housing investment for seven major OECD countries H

Thomas Egebo and Ian Lienert. December 1988

62: HThe economic dynamics of an ageing population- the case of four OECD countries H

Alan J. Auerbach, Laurence J. Kotlikoff, Rob. P. Hagemann and G. Nicoletti. January 1989This work has also been published in OECD Economic Studies, n.12, Spring 1989 and NBER Working Paper, n. 2797, 1989

61: Ageing populations: economic effects and implications for public financeHRobert P. Hagemann and Giuseppte Nicoletti. January 1989This work has also been published in OECD Economic Studies, n.12, Spring 1989

1988

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60: HCompatible trade and production data base - 1970-1985Claude Berthet-Bondet, Derek Blades and Annie Pin. November 1988

59: Eliminating the U.S. federal budget deficit by 1993 - the interaction of monetary and fiscal policyRichard and Byron Ballis. December 1988

58: HEmpirical research on trade liberalisation with imperfect competition: a survey H

J. David Richardson. November 1988

57: HAn international sectoral data base for thirteen OECD countriesF.J.M. Meyer-zu-Schlochtern. November 1988

56: On aggregation methods of purchasing power paritiesHR. and M. Cuthbert. November 1988

55: HQuantifying the economy-wide effects of agricultural policies- a general equilibrium approachJean-Marc Burniaux, François Delorme, Ian Lienert, John P. Martin and HPeter HoellerH. July 1988

54: Tests of total factor productivity measurementHA. Steven Englander. June 1988

53: HAlternative solution methods in applied general equilibrium analysisRichard G. Harris. April 1988

52: HThe so-called "non-economic" objectives of agricultural policyL. Alan Winters. April 1988

51: The effects of monetary policy on the real sector- an overview of empirical evidence for selected OECD countriesH

Jean-Claude Chouraqui, Michael Driscoll and Marc-Olivier Strauss-Kahn. April 1988

50: HPrivate consumption, inflation and the "debt neutrality hypothesis", the case for eight OECD countriesH

Giuseppe Nicoletti. January 1988This work has also been published in OECD Economic Studies, n.11, Fall 1988 

49: HAre commodity prices leading indicators of OECD prices?HMartine Durand and Sveinbjörn Blondal. February 1988

1987

48: The medium-term macroeconomic strategy revisitedJean-Claude Chouraqui, Kevin Clinton and Robert Bruce Montador. December 1987

47: HA review of the simulation properties of OECD's Interlink modelH

HPete RichardsonH. July 1987

46: HRecent developments in OECD's international macroeconomic model H

HPete RichardsonH. June 1987

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45: International investment-income determination in Interlink- models for 23 OECD countries and six non-OECD regionsDavid T. Coe, Richard Herd and Marie-Christine Bonnefous. June 1987   

44: HPrice determination in the major seven country models in Interlink H

Ulrich Stiehler. July 1987

43: Import and export price equations for manufacturesRichard Herd. June 1987

42: HOECD economic activity and non-oil commodity prices- reduced-form equations for InterlinkGerald Holtham and Martine Durand. June 1987

41: HA revised supply block for the major seven countries in Interlink H

HPeter JarrettH and Raymond Torres. April 1987

40: HTax reform in OECD countries- economic rationale and consequences H

Robert P. Hagemann, Brian R. Jones and Robert Bruce Montador. August 1987

39: HMonetary policy in the second half of the 1980s- how much room for manoeuvre?HKevin Clinton and Jean-Claude Chouraqui. February 1987

38: HTracking the U.S. external deficit, 1980-1985- experience with the OECD Interlink modelHHPete RichardsonH. February 1987

1986

37: Internationalisation of financial markets- some implications for macroeconomic policy and for the allocation of capitalMitsuhiro Fukao and Masaharu Hanazaki. November 1986 

36: HThe government household transfer data base 1960 - 1984 H

Rita Varley. September 1986

35: HWealth and inflation effects in the aggregate consumption function H

G.H. Holtham and H. Kato. July 1986

34: HPure profit rates and Tobin's q in nine OECD countries H

James H. Chan-Lee. April 1986 

33: HMécanismes de transmission et effets macro-économiques de la politique monétaire en France: les principaux enseignements économétriques H

Marc-Olivier Strauss-Kahn. March 1986

32: HThe formulation of monetary policy- a reassessment in the light of recent experience H

Paul Atkinson and Jean-Claude Chouraqui. March 1986

31: HThe OECD compatible trade and production data base 1970-1983 H

Anders Brodin and Derek Blades.March 1986

30: HPublic debt in a medium-term context and its implications for fiscal policy H

Jean-Claude Chouraqui, Brian Jones and Robert Bruce Montador. May 1986

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29: Method of calculating effective exchange rates and indicators of competitiveness H

Martine Durand. February 1986

28: HExchange rates and real long-term interest-rate differentials- evidence for eighteen OECD countriesH

David T. Coe and Stephen S. Golub. February 1986

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1985

27: HCommodity prices in InterlinkH

Gerry Holtham, Tapio Saavalainen, Paul Saunders and Helen Sutch. November 1985

26: HAggregate supply in Interlink - model specification and empirical results H

John Helliwell, Peter Sturm, Peter Jarrett and Gérard Salou. November 1985

25: HÉcart entre les importations et les exportations dans les statistiques du commerce extérieur de l'OCDEH

Derek Blades and Marina Ivanov. September 1985

24: HFlexibilité du marché du travail et chocs extérieurs sur les prix H

F. Klau and A. Mittelstadt. September 1985

23: HChanges in the composition of output and employment H

Axel Mittelstädt and Françoise Correia. June 1985

22: HLes prix de l'énergie: évolution et prespectives H

Axel Mittelstädt. June 1985

21: Taux d'intérêt réels et perspectives de croissance durablePaul Atkinson and Jean-Claude Chouraqui. May 1985

20: HProfits and rates of return in OECD countriesH

James H. Chan-Lee and Helen Sutch. May 1985

19: HNominal wage determination in ten OECD economies H

David T. Coe and Francesco Gagliardi. March 1985

18: HBases de données compatibles sur le commerce et la production de l' OCDEHDerek Blades and Wendy Simpson. January 1985

1984

17:HReal gross product in OECD countries and associated purchasing power parities H

Peter Hill

16: Monetary policy in the OECD Interlink model H

A. Blundell-Wignall, M. Rondoni, H. Ziegelschmidt and J. Morgan. September 1984

15: HStructural budget deficits and fiscal stanceH

Patrice Muller and Robert W.R. Price. July 1984

14: La conduite de la politique monétaire dans la phase actuelle de reprise économique H

Paul Atkinson and Jean-Claude Chouraqui. April 1984

13: The demand for money and velocity in major OECD countriesA. Blundell-Wignall, M. Rondoni and H. Ziegelschmidt. February 1984

12: HTaux d'activité: analyse et projectionsH

James H. Chan-Lee. January 1984

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11: HL'action exercée par l'Etat sur la redistribution du revenuHPaul Saunders. January 1984

1983

10: Dynamique des prix et structure industrielle: une analyse théorique économétriqueDavid Encaoua (with collaboration from Paul Geroski et Riel Miller). July 1983

9: HMedium-term financial strategy- the co-ordination of fiscal and monetary policy H

Jean-Claude Chouraqui and HRobert PriceH. July 1983

8: Simulation des effets macro-économiques d'une forte baisse des prix pétroliersFlemming Larsen and John Llewellyn. June 1983

7: HThe determinants of exchange rate movements H

Graham Hacche. June 1983

6: HSouplesse de la production et inflation: étude globale H

David T. Coe and Gerald Holtham. April 1983

5: HPrix des ressources naturelles et politique macro-économique: les enseignements de deux chocs pétroliersH

John Llewellyn. April 1983

4: HService lives of fixed assetsH

Derek Blades. March 1983

3: HWage formation in France- sectoral aspects H

Patrick Artus. March 1983

2: Capital, energy and labour substitution- the supply block in OECD medium-term models H

Patrick Artus. March 1983

1: HUtilisation des élasticités de la demande de l'énergie H

Axel Mittelstädt. March 1983

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