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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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Raising the Potential of the Domestically Oriented Sector in Germany

Eid, André; Hutfilter, Andrés Fuentes - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2015

Germany’s manufacturing sector, which plays an important role for exports, has been performing well over the past decade in terms of labour productivity growth and international competitiveness. However, the services sector has had much slower growth rates. Competition often appears to be...

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The Role of Policy and Institutions for Productivity and Firm Dynamics: Evidence from Micro and Industry Data

Scarpetta, Stefano; Hemmings, Philip; Tressel, Thierry; … - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2002

-level data for a broader set of countries, together with a set of indicators of regulation and institutional settings in product …

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Structural Policies and Growth: A Non-Technical Overview

Serres, Alain de - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2003

In contrast to what has happened throughout the 1960s and 1970s, some of the largest EU countries and Japan are no longer closing the income gap vis-à-vis the United States. Worse, the gap may even be widening since the mid-1990s. While in the case of Japan the gap in GDP per capita is...

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Taxation, Business Environment and FDI Location in OECD Countries

Hajkova, Dana; Nicoletti, Giuseppe; Vartia, Laura; Yoo, … - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2006

This paper assesses the importance of taxation on foreign direct investment contributing to the literature in two ways. First, it relates bilateral FDI among OECD countries over the 1990s to a new set of estimates of corporate tax wedges that include many relevant aspects of FDI taxation....

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

Gönenç, Rauf; Maher, Maria; Nicoletti, Giuseppe - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2000

discusses the main policy issues raised by the need to adapt the regulation of the noncompetitive segments of these industries …

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Regulation in Services: OECD Patterns and Economic Implications

Nicoletti, Giuseppe - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2001

The paper looks at patterns of regulation in service industries and explores their implications for service performance …. Focusing on restrictions to market mechanisms, a map of the state of service regulation in OECD countries is provided, based on … regulation can encourage competition, efficiency and investment in those segments of the service industries where non …

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Policies and International Integration: Influences on Trade and Foreign Direct Investment

Nicoletti, Giuseppe; Golub, Steve; Hajkova, Dana; … - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2003

This paper assesses the importance of border and non-border policies for global economic integration. The focus is on four widely-advocated policies: removing explicit restrictions to trade and FDI; promoting domestic competition; improving the adaptability of labour markets; and ensuring...

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Product Market Regulation in the Non-Manufacturing Sectors of OECD Countries: Measurement and Highlights

Conway, Paul; Nicoletti, Giuseppe - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2006

Product market regulation in the non-manufacturing sectors of OECD countries: measurement and highlights This paper … describes a new set of indicators that measure differences in the regulation of non-manufacturing sectors of OECD countries over … indicators and the patterns of product market regulation and regulatory reform that emerge from the analysis. The robustness of …

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Product and Labour Markets Interactions in OECD Countries

Nicoletti, Giuseppe; Bassanini, Andrea; Ernst, Ekkehard; … - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2001

This paper analyses several of the cross-market effects of policies aimed at influencing outcomes in product and labour markets. Focusing on subsets of OECD countries, we look at the implications of product market competition for industry wages and overall employment, and the implications of...

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