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No. 90 | 01 Jan 1991 |
The Public Sector
Since the early 1980s, most OECD countries have embarked on medium-term strategies to restore greater balance to the public finances and to wind back government intervention in the economy. The attached paper examines the progress so far. It also... |
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No. 89 | 01 Dec 1990 |
A Survey of Studies of the Costs of Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions
This paper surveys various estimates of the macroeconomic implications of reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Most available studies focus on policies to reduce CO2 emissions and are limited to the costs of such policies. The survey first examines the... |
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No. 88 | 01 Nov 1990 |
Business Investment in the OECD Economies
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... |
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No. 87 | 01 Nov 1990 |
The "Puzzle" of Wage Moderation in the 1980s
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... |
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No. 86 | 01 Oct 1990 |
Modelling Wages and Prices for the Smaller OECD Countries
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... |
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No. 85 | 01 Oct 1990 |
Simulating the OECD INTERLINK Model under Alternative Monetary Policy Rules
This paper reviews the influence of a variety of different monetary rules for the G3 economies on the comparative simulation properties of a recent version of the OECD INTERLINK model. The simulated shocks are typically of a "global" nature, with the... |
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No. 84 | 01 Aug 1990 |
Walras - A Multi-Sector, Multi-Country Applied General Equilibrium Model for Quantifying the Economy-Wide Effects of Agricultural Policies
This paper presents a technical description of the OECD's multi-sector, multi-country applied general equilibrium model -- the WALRAS model. This model has been developed with the explicit objective of quantifying the economy-wide effects of... |
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No. 83 | 01 Jul 1990 |
Exchange Rate Policy in Advanced Commodity-Exporting Countries
The paper examines the desirability of exchange rate management in a commodity-exporting country, in which the terms of trade are driven by the world commodity price cycle. When the authorities are assumed to pursue an inflation objective, the... |
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No. 82 | 01 Jul 1990 |
Economics and the Environment
Concerns over the pace, scope and causes of environmental degradation have led to a renewed interest in the way environmental and economic policies interact. This paper first reviews the main causes for excessive use of environmental resources in a... |
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No. 81 | 01 Mar 1991 |
Financial Liberalisation and Consumption Behaviour
The paper addresses the question of whether financial liberalisation and innovation has significantly altered consumption behaviour by reducing liquidity constraints as capital markets become more flexible. A consumption model in which the permanent... |
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No. 80 | 01 Apr 1990 |
Fiscal Indicators
This paper is one of three in this Working Paper Series, along with those by Chouraqui et al. and Blanchard, in which the assessment of fiscal policy is reconsidered. It reviews the question of what type of budget indicators the OECD should compile.... |
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No. 79 | 01 Apr 1990 |
Suggestions for a New Set of Fiscal Indicators
There are four sets of questions that fiscal indicators can help answer: (1) Of the changes in the fiscal position, what part is due to changes in the economic environment and what part is due to policy? (2) Can the current course of fiscal policy be... |
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No. 78 | 01 Apr 1990 |
Indicators of Fiscal Policy
During the past decade, the formulation of fiscal policy has been increasingly founded on medium-term considerations associated with public debt and economic efficiency. In this regard, this paper, and the ones by Olivier Blanchard and Edward... |
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No. 77 | 01 Apr 1990 |
Monetary Policy in the Wake of Financial Liberalisation
The paper examines evidence concerning the impact of financial liberalisation and innovation on monetary policy. The indicator value of monetary aggregates and the role of liquidity constraints in the transmission mechanism affecting aggregate demand... |
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No. 76 | 01 Feb 1990 |
The Dollar Position of the Non-U.S. Private Sector, Portfolio Effects, and the Exchange Rate of the Dollar
This paper measures the net dollar position of the non-U.S. private sector and a few other international positions -- notably the net foreign-currency position of the U.S. private sector. These currency positions provide the basis for a discussion of... |
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No. 75 | 01 Feb 1990 |
Measuring Industrial Subsidies
Industrial subsidies should ideally be measured in ways that permit comparisons across subsidy instruments and countries, and that facilitate subsequent economic analysis of the effects of subsidisation. This paper deals with a number of conceptual... |
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No. 74 | 01 Jan 1990 |
Industrial Subsidies in the OECD Economies
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... |
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No. 73 | 01 Jan 1990 |
The Saving Behaviour of Japanese Households
This paper surveys Japanese saving behaviour, whose rate is one of the highest among OECD countries. Macroeconomic factors such as rates of economic growth and inflation may have been important in explaining the high saving rate in the past and the... |
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No. 72 | 01 Jan 1990 |
The Role of Indicators in Structural Surveillance
This paper examines the role of structural indicators in the process of multilateral surveillance of structural policies. An analytical framework is suggested that is based on welfare economics and which focuses on efficiency considerations.... |
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No. 71 | 01 Oct 1989 |
Modelling Business Sector Supply for the Smaller OECD Countries
This paper presents business sector supply blocks for thirteen smaller OECD economies. The starting point is the approach adopted by the Economics and Statistics Department for the major economies. The structure of the supply blocks is explained and... |
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The Public Sector
Howard Oxley, Maria Maher, John P. Martin, Giuseppe Nicoletti et P. Alonso-Gamo
01 Jan 1991
Since the early 1980s, most OECD countries have embarked on medium-term strategies to restore greater balance to the public finances and to wind back government intervention in the economy. The attached paper examines the progress so far. It also...
A Survey of Studies of the Costs of Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Peter Hoeller, Andrew Dean et Jon Nicolaisen
01 Dec 1990
This paper surveys various estimates of the macroeconomic implications of reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Most available studies focus on policies to reduce CO2 emissions and are limited to the costs of such policies. The survey first examines the...
Business Investment in the OECD Economies
Robert Ford et Pierre Poret
01 Nov 1990
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...
The "Puzzle" of Wage Moderation in the 1980s
Pierre Poret
01 Nov 1990
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...
Modelling Wages and Prices for the Smaller OECD Countries
Kenichi Kawasaki, Peter Hoeller et Pierre Poret
01 Oct 1990
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...
Simulating the OECD INTERLINK Model under Alternative Monetary Policy Rules
Pete Richardson
01 Oct 1990
This paper reviews the influence of a variety of different monetary rules for the G3 economies on the comparative simulation properties of a recent version of the OECD INTERLINK model. The simulated shocks are typically of a "global" nature, with the...
Walras - A Multi-Sector, Multi-Country Applied General Equilibrium Model for Quantifying the Economy-Wide Effects of Agricultural Policies
Jean-Marc Burniaux, François Delorme, Ian Lienert et John P. Martin
01 Aug 1990
This paper presents a technical description of the OECD's multi-sector, multi-country applied general equilibrium model -- the WALRAS model. This model has been developed with the explicit objective of quantifying the economy-wide effects of...
Exchange Rate Policy in Advanced Commodity-Exporting Countries
Adrian Blundell-Wignall et Robert G. Gregory
01 Jul 1990
The paper examines the desirability of exchange rate management in a commodity-exporting country, in which the terms of trade are driven by the world commodity price cycle. When the authorities are assumed to pursue an inflation objective, the...
Economics and the Environment
Jon Nicolaisen et Peter Hoeller
01 Jul 1990
Concerns over the pace, scope and causes of environmental degradation have led to a renewed interest in the way environmental and economic policies interact. This paper first reviews the main causes for excessive use of environmental resources in a...
Financial Liberalisation and Consumption Behaviour
Adrian Blundell-Wignall, Frank Browne et Stefano Cavaglia
01 Mar 1991
The paper addresses the question of whether financial liberalisation and innovation has significantly altered consumption behaviour by reducing liquidity constraints as capital markets become more flexible. A consumption model in which the permanent...
Fiscal Indicators
Edward M. Gramlich
01 Apr 1990
This paper is one of three in this Working Paper Series, along with those by Chouraqui et al. and Blanchard, in which the assessment of fiscal policy is reconsidered. It reviews the question of what type of budget indicators the OECD should compile....
Suggestions for a New Set of Fiscal Indicators
Olivier Jean Blanchard
01 Apr 1990
There are four sets of questions that fiscal indicators can help answer: (1) Of the changes in the fiscal position, what part is due to changes in the economic environment and what part is due to policy? (2) Can the current course of fiscal policy be...
Indicators of Fiscal Policy
Jean-Claude Chouraqui, Robert P. Hagemann et Nicola Sartor
01 Apr 1990
During the past decade, the formulation of fiscal policy has been increasingly founded on medium-term considerations associated with public debt and economic efficiency. In this regard, this paper, and the ones by Olivier Blanchard and Edward...
Monetary Policy in the Wake of Financial Liberalisation
Adrian Blundell-Wignall, Frank Browne et Paolo Manasse
01 Apr 1990
The paper examines evidence concerning the impact of financial liberalisation and innovation on monetary policy. The indicator value of monetary aggregates and the role of liquidity constraints in the transmission mechanism affecting aggregate demand...
The Dollar Position of the Non-U.S. Private Sector, Portfolio Effects, and the Exchange Rate of the Dollar
Bixio Barenco
01 Feb 1990
This paper measures the net dollar position of the non-U.S. private sector and a few other international positions -- notably the net foreign-currency position of the U.S. private sector. These currency positions provide the basis for a discussion of...
Measuring Industrial Subsidies
Neil Bruce
01 Feb 1990
Industrial subsidies should ideally be measured in ways that permit comparisons across subsidy instruments and countries, and that facilitate subsequent economic analysis of the effects of subsidisation. This paper deals with a number of conceptual...
Industrial Subsidies in the OECD Economies
Robert Ford et Wim Suyker
01 Jan 1990
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...
The Saving Behaviour of Japanese Households
Kenichi Kawasaki
01 Jan 1990
This paper surveys Japanese saving behaviour, whose rate is one of the highest among OECD countries. Macroeconomic factors such as rates of economic growth and inflation may have been important in explaining the high saving rate in the past and the...
The Role of Indicators in Structural Surveillance
OCDE
01 Jan 1990
This paper examines the role of structural indicators in the process of multilateral surveillance of structural policies. An analytical framework is suggested that is based on welfare economics and which focuses on efficiency considerations....
Modelling Business Sector Supply for the Smaller OECD Countries
Raymond Torres, Peter Jarrett et Wim Suyker
01 Oct 1989
This paper presents business sector supply blocks for thirteen smaller OECD economies. The starting point is the approach adopted by the Economics and Statistics Department for the major economies. The structure of the supply blocks is explained and...