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This paper examines whether information technology (IT) and decentralized work organization are complementary only for large firms or also for smaller firms. Empirical evidence, which suggests complementarity between IT and decentralization, is mainly based on large firms. Using data from a...
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Using a unique German firm-level data set, we provide empirical evidence for a productivity sorting along two dimensions: international activity and technology choice. We consider domestic and exporting firms and measure technology choice by firms' actual use of advanced information technology...
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Low investment rates are limiting Brazil’s future potential growth rate. This paper analyses a number of potential … domestic saving appears to be a major constraint to higher investment rates in Brazil. Due to high levels of current … investment incentives. This Working Paper relates to the 2011 OECD Economic Review of Brazil 2011 (www.oecd.org/eco/surveys/Brazil …
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Brazil under-invested in infrastructure for over three decades, and infrastructure investment rates have come up only … consortia to reap economies of scale. This Working Paper relates to the 2011 OECD Economic Review of Brazil 2011 (www.oecd.org/eco/surveys/Brazil …
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relative to Brazil’s main trade partners are found to be significant determinants of the real effective exchange rate in the …
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This paper identifies refinements to the macroeconomic framework that will help Brazil to achieve strong performance in … Review of Brazil 2011 (www.oecd.org/eco/surveys/Brazil).<P>Ajuster les politiques macroéconomiques pour soutenir la …
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complemented by country-specific regressions for Brazil and Indonesia on account of these countries. experiences with fiscal …-voice (and trustful of strangers in the case of Brazil) than their counterparts that have not been exposed to decentralisation …
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The possibility that a country’s external current account may adjust nonlinearly to shocks is attracting increasing attention in the empirical literature. To shed further light on this issue in the context of emerging-market economies, this paper uses Brazilian data to estimate the...
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. This Working Paper relates to the 2009 OECD Economic Survey of Brazil (www.oecd.org/eco/surveys/brazil).<P>L'efficacité des …
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This paper reviews the main elements of social security reform in Brazil since 1998 and discusses areas where further …
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