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instability of its revenues has a different. This Country Focus argues that discretionary policy measures may be one such cause …. This is supported by firm-level survey data on the quality of economic policy – tax policy in particular. It appears that … economic policy in Poland has been less predictable, consistent and transparent than in other new Member States, and that this …
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The economic gap between the EU and three candidate countries - Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey - is significant. Living standards, as measured by GDP per capita at PPP, are less than one third of the level prevailing in the former EU-15 u0096 and about half of the average level in the new member...
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. While the economic policy agenda in Europe is currently dominated by lagging activity reflecting public and private balance …-sheet problems and still impaired transmission of monetary policy, the quest for growth and competitiveness is a longer term issue …
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growth perspectives for Europe". This policy brief outlines the issues addressed under the 'EMU' heading of the initiative … policy efforts at the EU and euro area level. …
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Large and differentiated fiscal adjustments underway in EU countries require credible strategies, including a growth-friendly approach to consolidation design. This brief captures in a summary fashion the main underlying principles for fiscal adjustments of high quality. While setting some...
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and newer rivals from China or India. But already before the crisis, sluggish productivity growth and growing internal …
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Since the release of the 12th Five-Year Plan in 2011, a reform of China's household registration system – the so-called hukou reform - is mentioned as a possible tool to promote labour mobility, boost incomes, rebalance the growth model towards consumption and create a stable urban society....
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global economic policy coordination. The question is whether the G20 can maintain and even strengthen its role in the future …, the G20 needs to define more precisely where and how policy coordination and cooperation at international level can be …
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highlights policy-relevant questions looking forward. …
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, new geopolitical risks have emerged on the back of tensions with Russia. Against this background, this policy brief will …
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