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How government procurement measures can affect trade
Gourdon, Julien; Messent, James - 2017
A number of countries used discriminatory government procurement policies as part of stimulus packages designed to alleviate the effects of the global economic crisis. This paper collates and updates the evidence related to the size of procurement markets, the level of home bias they exhibit,...
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OECD taxonomy of measures affecting trade in government procurement processes
Gourdon, Julien; Bastien, Véronique; Folliot-Lalliot, … - 2017
This paper develops a taxonomy of government procurement (GP) measures to provide a basis for further analysis. It aims to undertake a more comprehensive, albeit not exhaustive, collection of GP barriers across countries, and to develop a classification system of GP measures to facilitate...
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Mapping the OECD Government Procurement taxonomy with international best practices : an implementation to ASEAN countries
Gourdon, Julien - 2018
The OECD developed a taxonomy of measures affecting government procurement which provides a classification system for different GP measures, policies and procedures, which can impact cross-border government procurement. This project aims to further assist countries in assessing their procurement...
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Multilateralising regionalism on government procurement
Ueno, Asako - 2013
The potential multilateralisation of government procurement commitments in regional trade agreements (RTAs) presents many issues and challenges. To what extent do RTAs go beyond the 2012 revised Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA), and how do they differ among trading partners? This report...
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Building the evidence for OECD integrity and anticorruption agenda : the current situation and avenues for future analysis
Smidova, Zuzana - 2020
Potential economic benefits of integrity and anti-corruption policies seem large. Nevertheless, much of the existing empirical evidence lacks precise and actionable policy indicators that could guide policy makers on tangible improvements of successful reforms. To move the policy analysis...
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Raising public spending efficiency in Switzerland
Dutu, Richard - 2016
Despite having low government spending, Switzerland scores highly in various public policy outcomes, including health … public spending is also about allocating public funds optimally. Switzerland’s rapidly rising social security entitlements … 2015 OECD Economic Review of Switzerland (http://www.oecd.org/eco/surveys/economic-survey-switzerland.htm) …
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International trade in online services
Alaveras, Georgios; Martens, Bertin - 2015
This paper presents an innovative database of domestic and bilateral online services trade between 39 countries, including the US, the EU and some emerging market economies. It combines monetized and "free" online services in a single measure based on the volume of page views on websites of...
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Deep provisions in regional trade agreements : how multilateral-friendly? ; an overview of OECD findings
Lejárraga, Iza - 2014
Over the past decade, an increasing number of economies have resorted to regional trade agreements (RTAs) as a means to further the market-opening and rule-making agenda. In this context, this paper addresses the question as to whether and how selected elements of RTAs could be used as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010466631
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Trading firms and trading costs in services : firm-level analysis
Rouzet, Dorothée; Benz, Sebastian; Spinelli, Francesca - 2017
engaged in international markets, drawing on micro-data from Belgium, Finland, Germany, Italy, Japan, Sweden, the United …
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