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Policies to Rebalance Housing Markets in New Zealand

Cheung, Calista - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2011

incentives that bias savings decisions towards property investment have amplified the increase in house prices, widening wealth …

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Deconstructing Canada's Housing Markets: Finance, Affordability and Urban Sprawl

Cheung, Calista - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2014

and increase incentives for private-sector development of affordable housing. This Working Paper relates to the 2014 OECD …

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Policies for Inclusive Urbanisation in China

Koen, Vincent; Herd, Richard; Wang, Xiao; Chalaux, Thomas - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2013

, where productivity is higher and has increased further thanks to agglomeration effects. In the process, the rural …

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Bringing French Public Debt Down: The Options for Fiscal Consolidation

Égert, Balázs - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2011

France has a track record of persistent general government deficits, partly reflecting pro-cyclical fiscal policies in upswings. This has resulted in a quadrupling of its public debt-to-GDP ratio since the 1970s to above 80% of GDP. Reducing public debt is crucial because a high level of public...

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The System of Revenue Sharing and Fiscal Transfers in China

Wang, Xiao; Herd, Richard - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2013

The main features of China’s current sub-national finance arrangements date back to the 1994 tax reform. China has a multi-level government structure that shares national tax revenues through a system of tax sharing and transfers, and divides spending assignments and responsibilities. Local...

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Taxation and Economic Growth

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

reduce productivity growth by reducing entrepreneurial activity. While the paper focuses on how taxes affect growth, it …

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Improving the Capacity to Innovate in Germany

Fuentes, Andrés; Wurzel, Eckhard; Morgan, Margaret - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2004

Key indicators show Germany belonging to the countries in the OECD with strong innovation activity even though some weakening in Germany’s position relative to other OECD countries has occurred recently. While the redirection of resources towards unification-related spending as well as low...

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Do Corporate Taxes Reduce Productivity and Investment at the Firm Level?: Cross-Country Evidence from the Amadeus Dataset

Schwellnus, Cyrille; Arnold, Jens - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2008

corporate taxes on productivity and investment. Applying a differences-in-differences estimation strategy which exploits … effect on productivity at the firm level. The effect is negative across firms of different size and age classes except for …. This may partly explain the negative productivity effects of corporate taxes if new capital goods embody technological …

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Boosting Innovation Performance in Brazil

Cruz, Carlos H. de Brito; Mello, Luiz de - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2006

Brazil's main challenge in innovation policy is to encourage the business sector to engage in productivity …

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Moving Towards a More Dynamic Business Sector in Spain

Pandiella, Alberto González - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2014

Policy efforts to revitalise entrepreneurship and investment in Spain are key to generating growth and new jobs. The government has a substantial reform program to make it easier to do business in Spain, which should in some cases be deepened. Boosting economic growth requires a new generation...

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