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The Agri-food Situation and Policies in Switzerland

Jarrett, Peter; Moeser, Charlotte - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2013

This paper examines the heavily supported Swiss food and agriculture sector. It reviews some of the key features and … trends in the sector and reveals its low relative labour productivity in international comparison. It describes the existing …

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Growth Policies and Macroeconomic Stability

Sutherland, Douglas; Hoeller, Peter - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2014

Policy reforms aimed at boosting long-run growth often have side effects – positive or negative – on an economy’s vulnerability to shocks and their propagation. Macroeconomic shocks as severe and protracted as those since 2007 warrant a reconsideration of the role growth-promoting policies...

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Growth-promoting Policies and Macroeconomic Stability

Sutherland, Douglas; Hoeller, Peter - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2013

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Economic Policies and Microeconomic Stability: A Literature Review and Some Empirics

Garda, Paula; Ziemann, Volker - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2014

The decline in macroeconomic volatility from the 1980s to the onset of the Great Recession did not, in general …, translate into more microeconomic stability. While microeconomic volatility can reflect growth-generating processes, such as … creative destruction and re-allocation of resources, consumption growth volatility weighs on households’ welfare. This study …

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Reducing Poverty in Estonia Through Activation and Better Targeting

Flèche, Sarah; Radziwill, Artur - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2012

The crisis revealed the need for a strategic review of the existing social protection system in Estonia. Extreme income fluctuations on one side and low social benefits on the other side exposed fragile groups in the population to a significant poverty risk. The government has recently...

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Iceland: Challenging Times for Monetary and Fiscal Policies

Michelis, Andrea de - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2009

Monetary and fiscal policies face huge challenges: the banking sector has collapsed; the economy is in the midst of a deep recession; the exchange rate has plunged; capital flows have been frozen; inflation is elevated; public debt has risen; source of revenues have disappeared; social needs have...

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Housing Markets and Structural Policies in OECD Countries

Andrews, Dan; Sánchez, Aida Caldera; Johansson, Åsa - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2011

can have substantial negative effects on the economy, for instance by increasing the level and volatility of real house …

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Boosting Growth and Reducing Informality in Mexico

Dougherty, Sean - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2015

growth and low productivity. Major structural measures have been legislated to improve competition, education, energy, the …

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Looking to 2060: Long-Term Global Growth Prospects: A Going for Growth Report

Johansson, Åsa; Guillemette, Yvan; Murtin, Fabrice; … - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2012

This report presents the results from a new model for projecting growth of OECD and major non-OECD economies over the next 50 years as well as imbalances that arise. A baseline scenario assuming gradual structural reform and fiscal consolidation to stabilise government-debt-to GDP ratios is...

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Long-Term Growth Scenarios

Johansson, Åsa; Guillemette, Yvan; Murtin, Fabrice; … - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2013

This paper presents the results from a new model for projecting growth of OECD and major non-OECD economies over the next 50 years as well as imbalances that arise. A baseline scenario assuming gradual structural reform and fiscal consolidation to stabilise government-debt-to GDP ratios is...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011276784