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Policies to support sustainable long-term growth in New Zealand

Cheung, Calista - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2013

As its workforce ages and major economies shift towards producing higher value-added goods and services, New Zealand will face increasing challenges to remain globally competitive and maintain high living standards. Future growth will need to come increasingly from productivity gains, and...

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Road Connectivity and the Border Effect: Evidence from Europe

Braconier, Henrik; Pisu, Mauro - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2013

estimates of the border effect for continental Europe using road rather than great circle – or “as-crows-fly” – distance. Road … information on travel time, we are able to consider costs related to time in addition to those depending on distance. We find that … for the same great circle distance and the same city size, the road distance between two cities located in the same …

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Measures of International Transport Cost for OECD Countries

Golub, Stephen S.; Tomasik, Brian - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2008

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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The Contribution of Economic Geography to GDP Per Capita

Boulhol, Hervé; Serres, Alain de; Molnár, Margit - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2008

dense economic activity and endowments in natural resources. To do so, various indicators of distance to markets … benchmark. Three measures of distance to markets are found to have a statistically significant effect on GDP per capita: the sum … faire, divers indicateurs de distance par rapport aux marchés, de coûts de transports, et de dépendance envers les …

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Have Developed Countries Escaped the Curse of Distance?

Boulhol, Hervé; Serres, Alain de - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2008

quantification of the impact of distance to markets has been made on the basis of a sample restricted to advanced — and therefore … provides a detailed discussion of the links between the ?death-of-distance? hypothesis, the evolution of transport costs and … that of the elasticity of trade to distance.<P>Les pays développés ont-ils échappé à la malédiction de la distance ?<BR …

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Japan's Challenging Debt Dynamics

Guillemette, Yvan; Strasky, Jan - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2013

Economic Outlook. A small simulation model is used to evaluate the contribution that the three pillars of the government … modèle de simulation de petite taille est utilisé pour évaluer dans quelle mesure les trois piliers de la stratégie …

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Economic Uncertainties and their Impact on Activity in Greece compared with Ireland and Portugal

Schneider, Jan-David; Giorno, Claude - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2014

Uncertainty faced by households and firms affects economic activity. The rise in uncertainty since the beginning of the sovereign debt crisis in Greece could be one factor that has contributed to the steep and long-lasting recession. This paper presents a brief empirical analysis quantifying...

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The OECD's New Global Model

Hervé, Karine; Pain, Nigel; Richardson, Pete; … - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2010

This paper provides a summary of the OECD’s new global macroeconometric model, including an overview of model structure and a selection of simulations illustrating its main properties. Compared with its predecessors, the new model is more compact and regionally aggregated, but gives more...

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A Simulation Model of Federal, Provincial and Territorial Government Accounts for the Analysis of Fiscal-Consolidation Strategies in Canada

Guillemette, Yvan - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2010

This paper presents a simulation model of the main budget aggregates of federal, provincial and territorial governments … are found to have had pro-cyclical fiscal policies over this period.<P>Un modèle de simulation des comptes gouvernementaux … travail présente un modèle de simulation des principaux agrégats budgétaires des gouvernements fédéral, provinciaux et …

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Modelling Import Responsiveness for OECD Manufactures Trade

Meacci, Mara; Turner, David - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2001

The degree of integration and openness of OECD economies has consistently increased throughout most of the past three decades. By limiting the influence of non-economic factors, and reducing heterogeneity in economic systems, increased integration and openness enhance the emergence of common...

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