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Medium-Term Determinants of International Investment Positions: The Role of Structural Policies

Furceri, Davide; Guichard, Stéphanie; Rusticelli, Elena - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2011

This paper provides an empirical investigation of the medium-term determinants of international investment positions for a large sample of advanced and emerging economies. In addition to the usually considered drivers of foreign assets and liabilities, the analysis focuses on the role of...

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International Capital Mobility: Which Structural Policies Reduce Financial Fragility?

Ahrend, Rudiger; Goujard, Antoine; Schwellnus, Cyrille - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2012

The structure of a country’s external liabilities, as well as the extent and nature of its international financial integration are key determinants of its vulnerability to financial crises. This is confirmed by new empirical analysis covering OECD and emerging economies over the past four...

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International Capital Mobility and Financial Fragility - Part 7. Enhancing Financial Stability: Country-Specific Evidence on Financial Account and Structural Policy Positions

Ahrend, Rudiger; Valdivia, Carla - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2012

This paper brings together the results from new empirical analysis on how – under international capital mobility – financial account structure and structural policies can contribute to financial stability. More specifically, the analysis has identified features of financial accounts and...

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Long-term growth and policy challenges in the large emerging economies

Conway, Paul; Dougherty, Sean; Radziwill, Artur - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2010

Taken together, Brazil, China, India, Indonesia and South Africa – the “BIICS” – have been an important engine for world growth, and they account for a growing share of global output. However, further reforms will be needed to ensure catch-up to OECD GDP per capita levels over the long...

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Structural Policies and Growth: A Non-Technical Overview

Serres, Alain de - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2003

In contrast to what has happened throughout the 1960s and 1970s, some of the largest EU countries and Japan are no longer closing the income gap vis-à-vis the United States. Worse, the gap may even be widening since the mid-1990s. While in the case of Japan the gap in GDP per capita is...

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The Impact of Structural Policies on Trade-Related Adjustment and the Shift to Services

Kongsrud, Per Mathis; Wanner, Isabelle - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2005

What policy reforms are most urgently needed to remove obstacles to output and employment growth in service sectors and to enhance economies’ ability to adjust to structural change as a result of changing trade patterns? This paper reviews the impact of the structural policy framework...

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Summary of a Workshop on Global Convergence Scenarios: Structural and Policy Issues

Vanston, Nick - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2006

This document forms a record of a workshop held on 16 January 2006, aimed at examining the mechanisms underlying cross-country convergence of per capita GDP, to what extent they operate in practice, and the implications for policies, including those requiring plausible long-term projections of...

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Social Safety Nets and Structural Adjustment

Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et …; … - 2006

Social safety nets protect citizens against hardship. By offering compensation, social safety nets may help overcome the political resistance to trade liberalisation and structural reform, but they can also weaken the incentives to work and save. Depending on their design, safety nets may also...

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How Efficient Are Banks in Hungary?

Molnár, Margit; Holló, Dániel - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2011

-border lending is significant in Hungary. The paper uses the stochastic frontier analysis with a Fourier-flexible specification of ….e. produce large amounts of bad loans - as efficient can be partly avoided. The results show that in Hungary, bank efficiency is … the 2010 Economic Survey of Hungary.<P>Les banques hongroises sont-elles efficientes ?<BR>Les caractéristiques apparentes …

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Assessing the Sensitivity of Hungarian Debt Sustainability to Macroeconomic Shocks under Two Fiscal Policy Reactions

Beynet, Pierre; Paviot, Edouard - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2012

main risks to debt sustainability lie in growth shocks, whose volatility is high in Hungary. This highlights the crucial …

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