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19 Mar 2013
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Economic theory and four centuries of fiscal decentralisation in the Netherlands
Frits Bos, Pages: 9–60
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OECD Journal on Budgeting
The history of the Netherlands reveals major shifts from centralisation of government tasks towards decentralisation and vice versa. In the 17th century, the Republic of United Provinces was the first federal state in modern history. Many ...
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18 Feb 2005
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Estimates for the Structural Deficit in Switzerland, 2002 to 2007
Frank Bodmer, Alain Geier, Pages: 77–100
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OECD Journal on Budgeting
The new Swiss budget rule or "debt brake" is based on the idea or rather the aim that the structural deficit should be zero.1 Therefore, the size of the structural deficit is of special importance for the conduct of fiscal policy under the debt ...
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01 Feb 2006
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Enhancing Public Accountability in the Netherlands
Freek Hoek, Cor van Montfort, Cees Vermeer, Pages: 69–86
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OECD Journal on Budgeting
This article focuses on non-departmental public bodies (NDPBs) in the Netherlands that are funded by public money and whose task is defined by law. In terms of public spending, the service delivery role of NDPBs is quite extensive, and they are ...
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02 Jan 2007
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Economic Reforms in Angola in the General Context of Africa
Adriano Neto, Ilda Jamba, Pages: 1–12
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OECD Journal on Budgeting
This article addresses the political, social and broader economic context of public finance reforms in Angola, drawing upon historical perspectives of economic development in Africa and the country’s own experience. The article highlights changes in ...
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05 Nov 2007
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Engaging the Public in National Budgeting: A Non-governmental Perspective
Susan Tanaka, Pages: 139–177
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OECD Journal on Budgeting
This article explores how citizens are being engaged in an important area of policy making – the budget – and suggests ways in which budget officials can use the powerful resource of the Internet to further that involvement.
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16 July 2010
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Energy Security and Competition Policy
OECD, Pages: 7–90
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OECD Journal: Competition Law and Policy
The OECD Competition Committee debated energy security and competition policy in February 2007. This roundtable examined the links between competition policy and energy security, with a focus on natural gas. The discussion began by addressing the ...
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07 Feb 2007
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Enhancing Beneficial Competition in the Health Professions
OECD, Pages: 69–151
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OECD Journal: Competition Law and Policy
Health professions are overseen by an array of rules and regulations that are justified by the need to protect consumers from unqualified practitioners. The most common method of ensuring practitioner quality is professional licensure. Because ...
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14 Dec 2007
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Environmental Regulation and Competition
OECD, Pages: 167–239
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OECD Journal: Competition Law and Policy
Environmental protection and competitive markets are two of the highest policy priorities. In June 2006 the Competition Committee held a roundtable discussion on potential restrictions to competition due to environmental protection. Environmental ...
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17 Jan 2011
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Equity in Student Achievement Across OECD Countries: An Investigation of the Role of Policies
Orsetta Causa, Catherine Chapuis, Pages: 1–50
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OECD Journal: Economic Studies
This paper focuses on inequalities in learning opportunities for individuals coming from different socio-economic backgrounds as a measure of (in)equality of opportunity in OECD countries and provides insights on the potential role played by ...
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09 Dec 2011
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Exploring the Relationship Between Education and Obesity
Marion Devaux, Franco Sassi, Jody Church, Michele Cecchini, Francesca Borgonovi, Pages: 1–40
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OECD Journal: Economic Studies
An epidemic of obesity has been developing in virtually all OECD countries over the last 30 years. Existing evidence provides a strong suggestion that such an epidemic has affected certain social groups more than others. In particular, a better ...
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14 Jan 2002
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Estimating the structural rate of unemployment for the OECD countries
Laurence Boone, Claude Giorno, Mara Meacci, Dave Rae, Pete Richardson, Dave Turner, Pages: 171–216
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OECD Economic Studies
The paper first reviews the conceptual framework underlying different measures of structural unemployment as well as alternative empirical methods that have been used to provide estimates of them. Drawing on this review, it goes on to develop a ...
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06 Aug 2002
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Estimation of the Cyclical Behaviour of Mark-ups: A Technical Note
Joaquim Oliveira Martins, Stefano Scarpetta, Pages: 173–188
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OECD Economic Studies
This paper presents estimates of the cyclical fluctuations of price-cost margins, following an extended version of the Rotemberg and Woodford (1991) approach. The results support the hypothesis of counter-cyclical price margins in most manufacturing ...
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09 July 2004
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Enhancing the Cost Effectiveness of Public Spending: Experience in OECD Countries
Isabelle Joumard, Per Mathis Kongsrud, Young-Sook Nam, Robert Price, Pages: 109–161
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OECD Economic Studies
In most OECD countries, public spending rose steadily as a share of GDP over the past decades to the mid-1990s, but this trend has since abated. The spending pressures stemming from the continued expansion of social programmes have been partly ...
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10 Mar 2005
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Explaining Waiting-time Variations for Elective Surgery Across OECD Countries
Luigi Sicilani, Jeremy Hurst, Pages: 95–123
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OECD Economic Studies
Waiting times for publicly-funded elective surgery are a major health policy concern in many OECD countries (like Australia, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom), but ...
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02 Nov 2005
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Explaining risk premia on bonds and equities
Mike Kennedy, Torsten Sløk, Pages: 111–125
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OECD Economic Studies
Between 2002 and early 2005 risk premia for a number of asset classes across broad geographical areas not only fell substantially but also tended to move more closely together than they had done historically. This raises the question to what extent ...
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28 May 2007
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Environmental policy, management and R&D
Nick Johnstone, Julien Labonne, Pages: 169–203
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OECD Economic Studies
The authors would like to thank Chris Heady (OECD Directorate for Financial and Enterprise Affairs) and Dirk Pilat (OECD Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry) for valuable comments on an earlier draft of the paper. In addition, the ...
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12 Dec 2008
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Economic resilience to shocks: The role of structural policies
Romain Duval, Lukas Vogel, Pages: 1–38
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OECD Journal: Economic Studies
Cyclical fluctuations in economic activity have moderated over time but the extent and dynamics of volatility remain different across OECD countries. A reason behind this heterogeneity is that countries exhibit different degrees of resilience in the ...
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13 Jan 2010
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Effects of environmental policy on the type of innovation: The case of automotive emission-control technologies
Ivan Hascic, Frans de Vries, Nick Johnstone, Neelakshi Medhi, Pages: 1–18
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OECD Journal: Economic Studies
This article uses patent data to assess policy factors (domestic and international) for patenting activity in automotive emission control technologies. Particular attention is paid to the role of different policy types and fuel prices on both ...
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29 May 2008
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Evaluating the impact of risk-based funding requirements on pension funds
Jordy Peek, Andreas Reuss, Gerhard Scheuenstuhl, Pages: 197–219
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OECD Journal: Financial Market Trends
The objective of this study is to analyse what the quantitative funding requirements for pension funds with defined benefit plans would be, if Solvency II (based on the QIS 3 methodology) would be applied. Also possible extensions of the Solvency II ...
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30 Mar 2010
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Expanded guarantees for banks: Benefits, costs and exit issues
Sebastian Schich, Pages: 55–89
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OECD Journal: Financial Market Trends
This article argues that the expansion of existing and the introduction of new guarantees for financial institutions has been a key element of the policy response to the recent financial crisis. Essentially, the government expanded its role as the ...
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