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Tackling Turkey's External and Domestic Macroeconomic Imbalances
Röhn, Oliver; Gönenç, Rauf; Koen, Vincent; … - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2012
Effective macroeconomic and structural policies helped Turkey bounce back quickly and strongly from the global crisis, with annual growth averaging close to 9% over 2010-11. However, the current account deficit widened to around 10% of GDP in 2011 and consumer price inflation rose to over 10%....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011277032
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Does Human Capital Matter for Growth in OECD Countries? : Evidence from Pooled Mean-Group Estimates
Bassanini, Andrea - 2001
convergence to the steady state of around 15 per cent per year. Taken together these results are not consistent with the human …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012444192
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Product Market Regulation : Extending the Analysis Beyond OECD Countries
Wölfl, Anita; Wanner, Isabelle; Röhn, Oliver; … - 2010
In this paper the recently updated product market regulation (PMR) indicators are extended to a larger set of countries including several non-OECD members. It investigates regulatory patterns in this extended set of countries as compared to the OECD countries and analyses the link between...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012446222
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Solow or Lucas?: Testing Growth Models Using Panel Data from OECD Countries
Arnold, Jens - 2007
convergence and short term dynamics to vary across countries. While there are indeed good reasons to believe in common long … direct investment, the theoretical models imply that the speed of convergence to the steady state differs across countries …, standard dynamic fixed effect specifications, by imposing cross-country homogeneity restrictions on speed of convergence and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012446905
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Structural Reforms to Boost Turkey's Long-Term Growth
Gönenç, Rauf; Röhn, Oliver; Koen, Vincent; Saygili, … - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2012
Turkey can achieve strong sustainable growth and job creation but further reforms in the labour market, education and product markets are required for such gains to materialise. In recent years, growth has been largely driven by the industrial catch-up of Anatolian regions, although the Marmara...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011276807
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Solow or Lucas?: Testing Growth Models Using Panel Data from OECD Countries
Arnold, Jens; Bassanini, Andrea; Scarpetta, Stefano - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2007
convergence and short term dynamics to vary across countries. While there are indeed good reasons to believe in common long … direct investment, the theoretical models imply that the speed of convergence to the steady state differs across countries …, standard dynamic fixed effect specifications, by imposing cross-country homogeneity restrictions on speed of convergence and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005045653
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Does Human Capital Matter for Growth in OECD Countries?: Evidence from Pooled Mean-Group Estimates
Bassanini, Andrea; Scarpetta, Stefano - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2001
convergence to the steady state of around 15 per cent per year. Taken together these results are not consistent with the human … une vitesse de convergence vers l’équilibre à long terme de 15 pour cent par an en moyenne. Dans leur ensemble, ces …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005045945
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Product Market Regulation: Extending the Analysis Beyond OECD Countries
Wölfl, Anita; Wanner, Isabelle; Röhn, Oliver; … - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2010
In this paper the recently updated product market regulation (PMR) indicators are extended to a larger set of countries including several non-OECD members. It investigates regulatory patterns in this extended set of countries as compared to the OECD countries and analyses the link between...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008672223
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Boosting Productivity in Korea's Service Sector
Jones, Randall - 2009
Labour productivity growth in the service sector has been low relative to manufacturing. This is explained in part by weak competition in services resulting from strict product market regulation and the low level of import penetration and inflows of foreign direct investment (FDI). Increasing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012444312
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Enhancing the Productivity of the Service Sector in Japan
Jones, Randall - 2008
Labour productivity growth in the service sector, which accounts for 70% of Japan’s economic output and employment, has slowed markedly in recent years in contrast to manufacturing. The disappointing performance is associated with weak competition in the service sector resulting from strict...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012445760