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Trend productivity growth is a crucial determinant of future living standards as well as fiscal balances. In this article, Benoit Robidoux and Bing-Sun Wong from Finance Canada examine the issue of whether trend productivity growth has increased in Canada and conclude that in fact it has. If...
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Since 1995, productivity growth has accelerated significantly in the United States. Information technology has always been thought to be the driving force behind this development. In this article by Kevin Stiroh of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York provides strong empirical support for this...
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The economic development in the 1990s with the most important long-term consequences was the acceleration of productivity growth in the United States after 1995. In this article, Dale W. Jorgenson of Harvard University, Mun S. Ho from Resources for the Future, and Kevin J. Stiroh of the Federal...
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While much attention has focused on the factors that brought about the so-called new economy, much less attention has been paid to optimal policy responses following the establishment of the new economy. In the third article, Gilbert Cette and Christian Pfister from the Bank of France provide...
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Le processus d'intégration économique nécessite une compréhension appropriée du degré de vulnérabilité des États membres aux différents types de chocs ainsi que l'identification de mesures appropriées pour atténuer l'impact de ces chocs sur la performance macroéconomique. Par...
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Using historical price records for Bordeaux Premiers Crus, we examine the impact of aging on wine prices and the long-term investment performance of fine wine. In line with the predictions of an illustrative model, young maturing wines from high-quality vintages provide the highest financial...
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Entre 1994-95 et 1998, l'inégalité des dépenses par tête des ménages urbains a augmenté de 6,9 et 27,7 pour cent, respectivement, pour les indices de Gini et de Theil, alors que dans le milieu rural, les mêmes indicateurs d'inégalité du niveau de vie ont décliné, respectivement, de...
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L’enquête mensuelle de conjoncture de la Banque de France présente chaque mois un indicateur du climat des affaires dans l’industrie. Un indicateur similaire a été construit pour les services, en appliquant une méthode analogue, à savoir l’extraction d’un facteur d’évolution qui...
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This paper analyses the degree of price rigidity and of inflation persistence across different product categories with particular focus on regulated prices and services for the individual EU15 countries, as well as for the EU15 and the euro area aggregates. We show that services and those HICP...
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Le processus d'intégration économique nécessite une compréhension appropriée du degré de vulnérabilité des États membres aux différents types de chocs ainsi que l'identification de mesures appropriées pour atténuer l'impact de ces chocs sur la performance macroéconomique. Par...
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