This paper tests the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) hypothesis for four local (SO<InlineEquation ID="IEq1"> <EquationSource Format="TEX">$$_{x}$$</EquationSource> <EquationSource Format="MATHML"> <math xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"> <msub> <mrow/> <mi>x</mi> </msub> </math> </EquationSource> </InlineEquation>, NO<InlineEquation ID="IEq2"> <EquationSource Format="TEX">$$_{x}$$</EquationSource> <EquationSource Format="MATHML"> <math xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"> <msub> <mrow/> <mi>x</mi> </msub> </math> </EquationSource> </InlineEquation>, CO, VOC) and two global (CO<InlineEquation ID="IEq3"> <EquationSource Format="TEX">$$_{2}$$</EquationSource> <EquationSource Format="MATHML"> <math xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"> <msub> <mrow/> <mn>2</mn> </msub> </math> </EquationSource> </InlineEquation>, GHG) air pollutants. Using a panel data set of thirty OECD countries, the paper finds that the postulated inverted...</equationsource></equationsource></inlineequation></equationsource></equationsource></inlineequation></equationsource></equationsource></inlineequation>

This paper analyses the relationship between foreign direct investment intensity and labour productivity of manufacturing industries in 14 OECD countries including the recent OECD members from Central Europe: the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia. I find the relationship between...

<Para ID="Par1">Many countries have carried out over the past decade a series of reforms and measures to encourage longer working lives and to respond to the looming challenges of rapid population ageing. But have these steps gone far enough and have the necessary measures been taken? Much of the focus of this...</para>

This paper estimates the impact of competition policy on total factor productivity growth for 22 industries in twelve OECD countries over 1995 to 2005. We find a positive and significant effect of competition policy as measured by created indexes. We provide results based on instrumental...

We provide a set of comparable estimates for the rates of inflow to and outflow from unemployment using publicly available data for fourteen OECD economies. Using a novel decomposition that allows for deviations of unemployment from its flow steady state, we find that fluctuations in both inflow...

Education and media services have much in common. Both provide services that embody local cultures, in which there is extensive public sector participation and significant domestic regulation. At the same time, both are dramatically affected by the information and communications technology...

The following sections are included:IntroductionRecent Trends and DevelopmentsRegulations, Reforms, and Applied RestrictionsIndia's Commitments to the World Trade Organization, and Free and Regional Trade AgreementsStrengths, Weaknesses, and Policy ImplicationsSummary and ConclusionReferences

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The following sections are included:IntroductionTrade in Audiovisual ServicesPolicy and Regulatory EnvironmentCopyrightConclusionsReferences

The following sections are included:IntroductionBackground and Recent DevelopmentsThe Regulatory Regime and Recent ReformsFuture ProspectsConclusionsReferences