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Improving the Business Climate in Russia

Radziwill, Artur; Vaziakova, Yana - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2015

corruption. Adverse interactions between politics, business and law enforcement generate obstacles for the rule of law and remain … énergiques dans la lutte contre la corruption. Des interactions indésirables entre la politique, les affaires et l'application de …

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Taxation and Economic Growth

Johansson, Åsa; Heady, Chistopher; Arnold, Jens; Brys, Bert - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2008

This paper investigates the design of tax structures to promote economic growth. It suggests a “tax and growth” ranking of taxes, confirming results from earlier literature but providing a more detailed disaggregation of taxes. Corporate taxes are found to be most harmful for growth,...

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Long-Run GDP Growth Framework and Scenarios for the World Economy

Duval, Romain; Maisonneuve, Christine de la - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2009

This paper develops and applies a simple “conditional growth” framework to make long-term GDP projections for the world economy, taking as a starting point recent empirical evidence about the importance of total factor productivity and human capital in explaining current cross-country...

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Structural Policies to Overcome Geographic Barriers and Create Prosperity in New Zealand

Guillemette, Yvan - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2009

New Zealand’s living standards remain well below the OECD average. This is entirely attributable to persistently low labour productivity, which in turn is related to economic geography as well as structural policy factors. The small size and remoteness of the economy diminish its access to...

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Pedal to the Metal: Structural Reforms to Boost Long-Term Growth in Mexico and Spur Recovery from the Crisis

Haugh, David; Redonda, Agustin - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2009

While Mexico’s growth performance has gradually improved over the past decades, its convergence toward OECD countries has been less rapid than in several other emerging markets. The recent significant reductions in import tariffs should help the economy take fuller advantage of trade and...

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Can India Achieve Double-digit growth ?

Herd, Richard; Conway, Paul; Hill, Sam; Koen, Vincent; … - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2011

In recent years, India has enjoyed one of the highest growth rates worldwide, weathering the global financial crisis better than many other countries. Prudent macroeconomic policies will be critical to prolonging the current expansion, given the risks associated with high inflation and volatile...

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Do Product Market Regulations in Upstream Sectors Curb Productivity Growth?: Panel Data Evidence for OECD Countries

Bourlès, Renaud; Cette, Gilbert; Lopez, Jimmy; … - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2010

the effects of upstream competition vary with distance to frontier on a panel of 15 OECD countries and 20 sectors over … croissance de la productivité ? Résultats de données de panel pour les pays de l'OCDE<BR>En s?appuyant sur un modèle de … secteurs amont selon la distance à la frontière technologique sectorielle. Ces estimations sont réalisées sur un panel de 15 …

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Raising Potential Growth After the Crisis: A Quantitative Assessment of the Potential Gains from Various Structural Reforms in the OECD Area and Beyond

Bouis, Romain; Duval, Romain - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2011

This paper provides an illustrative assessment of the impacts on potential GDP over a 5 to 10-year horizon of structural reform scenarios in the areas of product and labour markets, relying on existing OECD empirical studies. Results of simulations suggest that a gradual alignment of product...

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The GDP Impact of Reform: A Simple Simulation Framework

Barnes, Sebastian; Bouis, Romain; Briard, Philippe; … - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2013

This paper presents a framework to assess the impact of a wide range of structural policy reforms on GDP per capita at various horizons by linking together previous empirical studies mostly carried out by the OECD. The simple accounting framework consists of reduced-form equations and offers a...

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Product Market Regulation: Extending the Analysis Beyond OECD Countries

Wölfl, Anita; Wanner, Isabelle; Röhn, Oliver; … - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2010

In this paper the recently updated product market regulation (PMR) indicators are extended to a larger set of countries including several non-OECD members. It investigates regulatory patterns in this extended set of countries as compared to the OECD countries and analyses the link between...

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