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

Substantial fiscal consolidation was achieved under the aegis of the 2003 Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act. While deficits widened anew in 2008 and 2009, against the backdrop of the global financial and economic crisis, efforts to reduce them have resumed since. To ensure...

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Product Market Competition and Economic Performance in Korea

Baek, Yongchun; Jones, Randall S.; Wise, Michael - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2004

Maintaining rapid economic growth depends increasingly on productivity gains, particularly in the service sector. Competition has an important role to play in achieving such gains. However, Korea’s development strategy has tended to weaken competition and has left a legacy of government...

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The Effectiveness of Education and Health Spending among Brazilian Municipalities

Mello, Luiz de; Pisu, Mauro - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2009

. 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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Raising Investment in Brazil

Arnold, Jens - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2011

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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Promoting Infrastructure Development in Brazil

Mourougane, Annabelle; Pisu, Mauro - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2011

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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Explaining the Appreciation of the Brazilian <i>real</i>

Mourougane, Annabelle - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2011

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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Refining Macroeconomic Policies to Sustain Growth in Brazil

Mourougane, Annabelle - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2011

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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Current Account Sustainability in Brazil: A Non-Linear Approach

Mello, Luiz de; Mogliani, Matteo - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2009

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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Social Security Reform in Brazil: Achievements and Remaining Challenges

Giambiagi, Fabio; Mello, Luiz de - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2006

This paper reviews the main elements of social security reform in Brazil since 1998 and discusses areas where further …

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The Brazilian 'Tax War': The Case of Value-Added Tax Competition among the States

Mello, Luiz de - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2007

This paper tests for horizontal tax competition in the VAT for a sample of Brazilian states in the period 1985-2001. The states have considerable autonomy to set their VAT rates and bases, often using this tax as an industrial policy tool. The empirical findings, based on the estimation of a tax...

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