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This paper presents new estimates of country-specific international transport costs for 21 OECD countries over the period 1973-2005. The methodology is based on direct measures of air, maritime, and road transport costs rather than on cif/fob ratios or other balance of payments data employed in...
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This paper examines how much of the dispersion in economic performance across OECD countries can be accounted for by economic geography factors. More specifically, two aspects of economic geography are examined, namely the proximity to areas of dense economic activity and endowments in natural...
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There is widespread evidence that a better access to markets contributes to raising income levels. However, no quantification of the impact of distance to markets has been made on the basis of a sample restricted to advanced — and therefore more homogeneous — countries. This paper applies...
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restrictions. This Working Paper relates to the 2012 OECD Economic Survey of Finland (www.oecd.org/eco/surveys/finland …
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The Finnish housing market is volatile. After declining significantly as the global financial crisis unfolded, housing prices and investment recovered to reach new peaks. This paper uses a small econometric model to assess the role of fundamentals in housing price and investment developments....
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Finland’s population is set to age rapidly in the coming decades. This will put pressure on public finances, while …. Information and communications technologies, where Finland has a strong knowledge base, can help the elderly stay as autonomous as … Survey of Finland (www.oecd.org/eco/surveys/economicsurvey- finland.htm).<P>Les conséquences économiques du vieillissement …
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experiences with policies and reforms in Germany, the Netherlands, Finland and the Czech Republic. Although in many countries the … countries. Nonetheless, there are many positive experiences of stimulating the PRS: reforms in Finland and the Czech Republic …
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major challenges for policy makers in Finland. The recession of the early 1990s showed that high unemployment can leave long … to better support work incentives. Finland has an unusual combination of elevated unemployment replacement rates and late … Survey of Finland. (www.oecd.org/eco/surveys/Finland)<P>Faire face à la crise de l'emploi et anticiper le vieillissement : le …
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Finland is committed to high quality and extensive public services and a high level of income redistribution. The heavy … public services. This paper, one of a series of OECD reviews on public expenditure, looks at how Finland is coping with this … challenge. It concludes that the fundamental framework guiding public expenditure in Finland is sound. And, in many areas of …
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This document examines Finland’s policy on natural and environmental resource management. In many fields, progress has … in this area would bring about a marked improvement in the costeffectiveness of Finland’s policy to reduce CO2 emissions …
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