Investment growth in the OECD area has been higher in the second half of the 1980s than in the 1970s. However, the ratio of net investment to GDP has remained low by past cyclical standards. This paper first reviews the evolution of business-sector fixed investment and addresses measurement...

In the 1980s, real consumption wages fell relative to labour efficiency in OECD countries, although there has been some pressure on wages recently. The persistent moderation of wages was due to labour-market slack, as well as rising non-wage labour costs and slower increases in output prices...

This paper presents work on wage/price blocks for the smaller OECD countries which has been implemented in OECD's world econometric model, INTERLINK. The paper discusses theoretical, statistical and practical aspects of the estimation of business sector wage equations and five domestic demand...

The P-star approach has been developed by the U.S. Federal Reserve as a new indicator of inflationary pressures. This paper assesses its usefulness for 20 OECD Member countries. Regression results are presented and in-sample tracking ability and forecasting performance of the equations are...

Subsidisation of industrial activities distorts the allocation of scarce resources, is a burden on government finances and generates friction in international trade. This paper draws on a wide range of data sources to examine industrial subsidisation in OECD countries. The sectoral distribution...

Cet article présente une estimation économétrique de 1961 à 1986 des probabilités que l'industrie française se soit trouvée respectivement en régime keynesien et en régime de profit. Un modèle de demande de capital en déséquilibre a été testé par les moindres carrés non...

[fre] Econométrie de l'investissement et enquêtes de conjoncture, . par Pierre Poret.. . L'estimation du modèle usuel de l'accélérateur (qui relie le capital à la production) ne permet pas de mesurer le pouvoir explicatif des contraintes keynésiennes de débouchés : la production peut...

[eng] This article describes and tries to explain the inter-industry disparity of wage levels and changes in five european countries, using the structural data base by branch which is published and harmonized by the Statistical Office of the European Communities. It shows the great heterogeneity...