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31 May 2013
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Linking information on policy effectiveness and efficiency to budget decisions in the Netherlands
Mickie Schoch, Corina den Broeder, Pages: 1–22
This article analyses the Dutch policy evaluation system from a budgetary perspective. It addresses the context and scope of the evaluation system, explains the need for such a system from the perspective of budget decision makers, describes the ...
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29 Apr 2013
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English
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Lessons from the crisis
Allen Schick, Pages: 1–29
The Great Recession has been an unplanned but critical stress test of contemporary fiscal policy and financial management. This article seeks to draw lessons from this crisis, whose final chapters have yet to be written. The lessons fall into two ...
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18 Feb 2005
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English
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Legislatures and Budget Oversight in Latin America: Strengthening Public Finance Accountability in Emerging Economies
Carlos Santiso, Pages: 47–76
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OECD Journal on Budgeting
Reforming budgetary institutions for effective government is a critical task for emerging economies. Strengthening the role of parliament in the budget process is an integral part of the restoration of democracy throughout Latin America, which ...
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01 Feb 2006
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English
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Lessons from Australian and British Reforms in Results oriented Financial Management
Bram Scheers, Miekatrien Sterck, Geert Bouckaert, Pages: 133–162
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OECD Journal on Budgeting
Reform of government financial management systems in the past decade has seen developments in accrual accounting and in results-based budgeting and reporting. Australia has worked with an accrual-based framework for outcomes and outputs budgeting ...
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13 Apr 2010
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English
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Land Use Restrictions as Barriers to Entry
OECD, Pages: 7–73
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OECD Journal: Competition Law and Policy
The OECD Competition Committee debated competitive effects of land use restrictions in February 2008. Land use restrictions often serve valuable social purposes. The benefits of particular policies for land use must be balanced against the costs ...
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05 Sep 2003
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English
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Loyalty and Fidelity Discounts and Rebates
OECD, Pages: 133–203
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OECD Journal: Competition Law and Policy
As with other policies offering lower prices to at least some buyers, loyalty and fidelity discounts are generally pro-competitive and beneficial to consumers even though they may harm certain competitors. Potential problems exist, however, when ...
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27 June 2006
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French
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Les ententes injustifiables: Troisième rapport sur la mise en oeuvre de la recommandation de 1998 de l'OCDE
OECD, Pages: 7–59
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Revue de l'OCDE sur le droit et la politique de la concurrence
L’OCDE a lancé en 1998 un programme de lutte contre les ententes avec l’adoption d’une recommandation du Conseil concernant la lutte efficace contre les ententes injustifiables. Cette publication est le troisième rapport d’ensemble du Comité de la ...
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09 July 2004
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English
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Labour Force Participation of Women: Empirical Evidence on The Role of Policy and Other Determinants in OECD Countries
Florence Jaumotte, Pages: 51–108
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OECD Economic Studies
This paper examines the determinants of female labour force participation in OECD countries. The econometric analysis uses a panel data set covering 17 OECD countries over the period 1985-1999, and distinguishes between part-time and full-time ...
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06 Sep 2007
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English
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Less than you thought: The fiscal autonomy of sub-central governments
Hansjörg Blöchliger, David King, Pages: 155–188
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OECD Economic Studies
State and local governments in OECD countries have access to various fiscal resources. Discretion over them varies considerably, and so does sub-central governments’ power to shape their budget and to determine outcomes like public sector ...
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20 Sep 2011
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English
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Lessons from the Last Financial Crisis and the Future Role of Institutional Investors
Lars Rohde, Pages: 77–82
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OECD Journal: Financial Market Trends
The dynamics of the financial crisis were driven by underpricing of risk and lack of transparency, which led to a loss of confidence when the bubble finally burst. Crisis resolution involved massive government interventions that caused a permanent ...
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11 July 2007
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English
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Longevity Risk and Private Pensions
Pablo Antolin, Pages: 107–128
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Financial Market Trends
This paper examines how uncertainty regarding future mortality and life expectancy outcomes, i.e. longevity risk, affects employer-provided defined benefit (DB) private pension plans liabilities. For this purpose, it examines the different ...
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07 Jan 2009
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English
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Lessons from the financial market turmoil: Challenges ahead for the financial industry and policy makers
Gert Wehinger, Pages: 1–40
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OECD Journal: Financial Market Trends
This financial crisis, ending a period of search for yield and increased risktaking, has triggered various policy responses, ranging from more ad-hoc measures initially to more structured and co-ordinated financial sector rescue actions as the ...
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16 Jan 2012
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English
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Lost in translation: aligning strategies for research in New Zealand
Jennie Billot, Andrew Codling, Pages: 1–21
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Higher Education Management and Policy
In New Zealand, the funding of higher education research has been influenced by revised policy-driven imperatives. Amidst the institutional reactions to new criteria for governmental funding, individual academics are being asked to increase their ...
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22 Aug 2007
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English
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League Tables as Policy Instruments: Uses and Misuses
Jamil Salmi, Alenoush Saroyan, Pages: 1–38
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Higher Education Management and Policy
This article examines the role and usefulness of league tables that are increasingly used to measure and compare the performance of tertiary education institutions. The article begins with a general overview and a typology of league tables. It ...
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27 Mar 2008
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English
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Long-term Human Outcomes of a "Shotgun" Marriage in Higher Education: Anatomy of a Merger, Two Decades Later
Rosalind M. O. Pritchard, Arthur Williamson, Pages: 1–23
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Higher Education Management and Policy
This article addresses a gap in the research literature on mergers in higher education by giving special consideration to the human resource dimension. It focuses on the forced merger of two higher education institutions that was implemented in ...
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27 Feb 2009
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English
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Leading indicators on construction and retail trade sectors based on ISAE survey data
Luciana Crosilla, Solange Leproux, Pages: 97–123
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OECD Journal: Journal of Business Cycle Measurement and Analysis
According to the Commission recommendations, ISAE has recently restructured the methodological framework of its survey on firms operating in the Italian construction sector and in retail trade. The innovations specifically regard the sampling design ...
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03 Jan 2006
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English
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Law on the Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy: Key concepts
OECD, Pages: 47–61
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Nuclear Law Bulletin
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08 July 2008
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English
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Looking Backward, Moving Forward: Licensing New Reactors in the United States
Stephen G. Burns, Pages: 7–29
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Nuclear Law Bulletin
Aresurgence of interest in new nuclear power generation as part of the energy mix has emerged around the world in the past few years. The reasons for this potential "nuclear renaissance" stem from a complex set of considerations, including the ...
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26 July 2011
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English
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Legal and regulatory aspects of long-term operation of nuclear power plants in OECD member countries
Sam Emmerechts, Christian Raetzke, Benjamin Okra, Pages: 45–71
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Nuclear Law Bulletin
Nuclear power plants are typically designed to operate for 30 to 40 years. Between 2010 and 2020 a large number of nuclear power plants in the world and in OECD member countries, in particular, will reach their 30th or 40th anniversary. 1 As of June ...
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26 June 2012
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English
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Legal aspects of the control and repression of illicit trafficking of nuclear and other radioactive materials: Is there a need for an international convention?
Scott Spence, Pages: 67–105
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Nuclear Law Bulletin
It is generally recognised that illicit trafficking of nuclear and other radioactive materials is a serious problem, and one that must be tackled with a comprehensive response involving national governments as well as a number of intergovernmental ...
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