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The Economic Dynamics of an Ageing Population : The Case of Four OECD Countries

Auerbach, Alan; Kotlikoff, Laurence; Hagemann, Robert; … - 1989

Demographic changes, such as those anticipated in most OECD countries, have many economic effects that impinge on a country's fiscal viability. Evaluation of the effects of associated changes in capital-labour ratios and the welfare and behaviour of different generations requires the use of a...

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Regulation, Market Structure and Performance in Air Passenger Transportation

Gönenç, Rauf - 2000

The paper uses a data base on regulation, market structure and performance in the air passenger transportation industry, to analyse the links among liberalisation, private ownership, competition, efficiency and airfares at national and route levels. Covering the 1996-97 travel season, 21...

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Regulation, Productivity and Growth : OECD Evidence

Nicoletti, Giuseppe - 2003

In this paper, we relate the scope and depth of regulatory reforms to growth outcomes in OECD countries. By means of a new set of quantitative indicators of regulation, we show that the cross-country variation of regulatory settings has increased in recent years, despite extensive liberalisation...

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The Public Sector : Issues for the 1990s

Oxley, H.; Maher, M.; Martin, John; Nicoletti, Giuseppe; … - 1991

Since the early 1980s, most OECD countries have embarked on medium-term strategies to restore greater balance to the public finances and to wind back government intervention in the economy. The attached paper examines the progress so far. It also reviews and evaluates some of the changes to...

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Product Market Competition in the OECD Countries : Taking Stock and Moving Forward

Høj, Jens; Jimenez, Miguel; Maher, Maria; Nicoletti, … - 2007

Based on 18 country reviews performed over the 2003-2005 period, this paper examines, the cross-country differences in policy approaches to product market competition and their consequences for product market rents. Against this background, the paper summarises OECD recommendations to further...

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Regulation and Investment

Alesina, Alberto; Ardagna, Silvia; Nicoletti, Giuseppe; … - 2003

One commonly held view about the difference between continental European countries and other OECD countries, especially the United States, is that the heavy regulation of Europe reduces its growth. Using newly assembled data on regulation in several sectors of many OECD countries, we provide...

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Regulation, Market Structure and Performance in Telecommunications

Boylaud, Olivier - 2000

The paper uses an original international database on regulation, market structure and performance in the telecommunications industry to investigate the effects of entry liberalisation and privatisation on productivity, prices and quality of service in long-distance (domestic and international)...

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The Political Economy of Structural Reform : Empirical Evidence from OECD Countries

Høj, Jens; Galasso, Vincenzo; Nicoletti, Giuseppe; … - 2006

In an empirical investigation, the paper identifies the main political economy drivers of structural policy changes in OECD countries' labour and product markets over the 1985-2003 and 1973-2003 periods respectively. Some of the drivers are beyond the control of governments (i.e., that are...

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Product and Labour Markets Interactions in OECD Countries

Nicoletti, Giuseppe; Bassanini, Andrea; Ernst, Ekkehard; … - 2001

and overall employment, and the implications of labour market arrangements for industrial structure and innovation … potential. We also look at the potential implications of regulatory reform for employment security and income inequality. We … data, though the analysis of employment uses also the time-series dimension. To this end, we rely on a large set of …

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The Implementation and the Effects of Regulatory Reform : Past Experience and Current Issues

Gönenç, Rauf - 2000

This paper reviews trends, outcomes and issues in regulatory reform in OECD countries. First, it summarises the evidence on the evolution of regulatory environments and the economy-wide and sectoral effects of reforms (including privatisation) in both competitive and non-competitive industries...

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