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Structural Reforms and the Benefits of the Enlarged EU Internal Market: Much Achieved and Much to Do
Arnold, Jens; Hoeller, Peter; Morgan, Margaret; … - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2009
High expectations surrounded the two waves of eastward EU enlargement in 2004 and 2007, with the extension of the EU Internal Market being expected to deliver a substantial boost to economic growth in new and old member States alike. Indeed, considerable progress has been made, with existing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005046039
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Product Market Regulation and Wage Premia in Europe and North America : An Empirical Investigation
Jean, Sébastien - 2002
worker (age, sex, education and type of contract) in 12 European and North-American countries. The effects of regulation on … these wage premia are estimated by panel data regression techniques. We find that product market regulation restricting …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012445912
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Regulation, Industry Structure and Performance in the Electricity Supply Industry
Steiner, Faye - 2000
This paper seeks to assess the impact of liberalisation and privatisation on performance in the generation segment of the electricity supply industry. Regulatory indicators for a panel of 19 OECD countries over a 10 year time period were constructed to examine the influence of regulatory reform...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012446021
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Product Market Regulation and Wage Premia in Europe and North America: An Empirical Investigation
Jean, Sébastien; Nicoletti, Giuseppe - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2002
worker (age, sex, education and type of contract) in 12 European and North-American countries. The effects of regulation on … these wage premia are estimated by panel data regression techniques. We find that product market regulation restricting …-inefficiency ... Régulation des marchés des biens et rentes salariales en Europe et en Amérique du nord : Une analyse empirique<BR><P>Cette étude …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005045855
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Raising productivity through structural reform in Brazil
Arnold, Jens Matthias - 2021
The recovery from the current deep recession caused by the COVID-19 pandemic will require raising productivity through structural reforms. This implies a number of challenges for economic policies. With large parts of the economy shielded from competition, firms face weak incentives to become...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012630141
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How effective are different social policies in Brazil? A simulation experiment
Arnold, Jens Matthias - 2021
Brazil spends around 15% of GDP on different social benefits, but within these expenditures, different benefits have different social impacts. While the small conditional cash transfer programme Bolsa Família is well-targeted to the poor and has a strong diminishing effect on inequality,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012630308
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Structural Reforms and the Benefits of the Enlarged EU Internal Market : Much Achieved and Much to Do
Arnold, Jens; Hoeller, Peter; Morgan, Margaret; … - 2009
High expectations surrounded the two waves of eastward EU enlargement in 2004 and 2007, with the extension of the EU Internal Market being expected to deliver a substantial boost to economic growth in new and old member States alike. Indeed, considerable progress has been made, with existing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012446958
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Public Policy and Resource Allocation: Evidence from Firms in OECD Countries
Andrews, Dan; Cingano, Federico - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2012
The correlation between a firm’s size and its productivity level varies considerably across OECD countries, suggesting that some countries are more successful at channelling resources to high productivity firms than others. Accordingly, we examine the extent to which regulations affecting...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011276926
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Measuring the impact of structural reforms and investment policies: A DSGE model for South Africa
Fall, Falilou - 2022
This paper aims at quantifying the macroeconomic and distributional impacts of product market reforms and additional public investment using a DSGE model. The model reflects specific features of the South African economy. Tradable and non-tradable product markets are modelled separately, and a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013523692
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Regulation, Allocative Efficiency and Productivity in OECD Countries: Industry and Firm-Level Evidence
Arnold, Jens; Nicoletti, Giuseppe; Scarpetta, Stefano - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2008
, especially in continental EU countries, tight regulation of services has slowed down growth in ICT-using sectors, which use …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005046057