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30 Jan 2012
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Working/Policy Paper
English
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Machine-to-Machine Communications: Connecting Billions of Devices
OECD, Pages: 45
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OECD Digital Economy Papers
This document examines the future of machine-to-machine communication (M2M), with a particular focus on mobile wireless networks. M2M devices are defined, in this paper, as those that are actively communicating using wired and wireless networks, are not computers in the traditional sense and...
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01 Dec 1991
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Working/Policy Paper
English
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Macro-Micro Linkages: Structural Adjustment and Fertilizer Policy in Sub-Saharan Africa
Jean-Marc Fontaine, Alice Sindzingre, Pages: 68
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OECD Development Centre Working Papers
In the 1960s, the principle of subsidies for agricultural inputs was unquestioned. The advent of Structural Adjustment Plans led however to a re-examination of this principle, as preference moved towards liberalisation of the agricultural sector. Given the very low consumption of fertilizers in...
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01 Mar 1989
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Working/Policy Paper
English
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Macroeconomic Adjustment and Income Distribution: A Macro-Micro Simulation Model
François Bourguignon, William H. Branson, Jaime de Melo, Pages: 43
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OECD Development Centre Working Papers
This paper presents a macro simulation model to quantify the effects of stabilisation packages on the distribution of income and wealth. It is a macro-micro model since it combines macroeconomic aspects with the microeconomic optimising behaviour characteristic of computable general equilibrium...
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22 Nov 2011
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Working/Policy Paper
English
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Macroeconomic and Structural Policies to Further Stabilise the Mexican Economy
Cyrille Schwellnus, Pages: 43
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OECD Economics Department Working Papers
Improvements in the macroeconomic policy framework over the past two decades and prudent regulation of the financial system have contributed to reduce output volatility in Mexico relative to other OECD countries. The sharp recession in 2008-09 illustrated that output volatility has nonetheless...
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01 Feb 1990
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Working/Policy Paper
English
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Macroeconomic Aspects, Foreign Flows and Domestic Savings Performance in Developing Countries: A "State of the Art" Report
Anand Chandavarkar, Pages: 38
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OECD Development Centre Working Papers
This paper is a state-of-the-art report on the scope and efficacy of macroeconomic policies, both demand-management and supply-side, in relation to the level and composition of aggregate domestic savings (household, corporate, and government) performance in developing countries. Its central...
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01 Feb 1991
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Working/Policy Paper
English
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Macroeconomic Consequences of Financial Liberalisation: A Summary Report
Adrian Blundell-Wignall, Frank Browne, Pages: 67
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OECD Economics Department Working Papers
This paper brings together a number of interrelated issues concerning the implications of financial liberalisation for macroeconomic outcomes. Deregulation has tended to reduce the importance of liquidity constraints within and between countries, while at the same time giving markets a much...
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01 Dec 2003
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Working/Policy Paper
English
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Macroeconomic Convergence in Southern Africa: The Rand Zone Experience
Martin Grandes, Pages: 40
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OECD Development Centre Working Papers
In this paper we aim to answer the following two questions: 1) has the Common Monetary Area in Southern Africa (henceforth CMA) ever been an optimal currency area (OCA)? 2) What are the costs and benefits of the CMA for its participating countries? In order to answer these questions, we carry...
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23 June 1998
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Working/Policy Paper
English
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Macroeconomic Effects of Pension Reforms in The Context of Ageing Populations: Overlapping Generations Model Simulations for Seven OECD Countries
Ketil Hviding, Marcel Mérette, Pages: 37
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OECD Economics Department Working Papers
Using overlapping generations (OLG) models calibrated on seven OECD countries -- the United States, Japan, France, Canada, Italy, the United Kingdom and Sweden -- the authors investigate the macroeconomic impact of possible pension reform strategies as populations age. Simulations include a...
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22 July 2008
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Article
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Macroeconomic Forecasting: Debunking a Few Old Wives' Tales
Stefano Siviero, Daniele Terlizzese, Pages: 287–316
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Journal of Business Cycle Measurement and Analysis
The forecasting profession, especially when producing forecasts intended to support economic policy, does not currently enjoy a good reputation. Complaints are sometimes voiced about its lack of scientific discipline, which in turn implies that the ...
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14 Feb 2011
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Working/Policy Paper
English
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Macroeconomic Impact of Basel III
Patrick Slovik, Boris Cournède, Pages: 16
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OECD Economics Department Working Papers
The estimated medium-term impact of Basel III implementation on GDP growth is in the range of -0.05 to -0.15 percentage point per annum. Economic output is mainly affected by an increase in bank lending spreads as banks pass a rise in bank funding costs, due to higher capital requirements, to...
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01 Jan 1994
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Working/Policy Paper
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Macroeconomic Performance and Fiscal Policy Adjustments in the Medium Term: Alternative Medium-Term Scenarios
Pete Richardson, Claude Giorno, Stephan Thurman, Pages: 44
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OECD Economics Department Working Papers
This paper describes a number of alternative medium-term scenarios for the OECD economies and related policy stimulations using the OECD world model INTERLINK. The starting point of the analysis is a reference scenario to 2000 featuring a general recovery of the OECD economies to steady state...
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21 Jan 2005
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Working/Policy Paper
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Macroeconomic Policies: New Issues of Interdependence
Helmut Reisen, Martin Grandes, Nicolas Pinaud, Pages: 40
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OECD Development Centre Working Papers
Three novel macroeconomic policy challenges are discussed in this paper: the macroeconomic implications of China’s emergence; the implications of intensifying financial integration; and the interaction of Asia’s foreign exchange regime with monetary policy in the OECD area.First, China may now...
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30 Apr 2003
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Working/Policy Paper
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Macroeconomic Policy and Economic Performance
Pedro de Lima, Alain de Serres, Mike Kennedy, Pages: 66
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OECD Economics Department Working Papers
This paper analyses the major changes in both monetary and fiscal policy that have taken place over the past two decades and, within the limits of the existing empirical research, evaluates the overall costs and benefits for the OECD economies. The general findings for monetary policy are that,...
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01 Dec 2000
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Working/Policy Paper
English
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Main Determinants and Impacts of Foreign Direct Investment on China's Economy
OECD, Pages: 39
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OECD Working Papers on International Investment
The present note summarises the main findings of the research conducted under the auspices of the OECD/MOFTEC Co-operation Programme on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) between the fall 1999 and the spring 2000 on Main Determinants and Impacts of FDI on China’s Economy. The OECD/MOFTEC...
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20 Mar 2009
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Working/Policy Paper
English
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Main Features of the Public Employment Service in Poland
Daniela Kalužná, Pages: 63
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OECD Social, Employment and Migration Working Papers
This report describes the organisation of employment services, labour market programmes, unemployment
insurance (UI) benefits and social assistance in Poland according to the legislation that was in force until
January 2009, when the Act on employment promotion and labour market institutions...
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09 Dec 2008
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Working/Policy Paper
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Main Features of the Public Employment Service in the Czech Republic
Daniela Kalužná, Pages: 56
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OECD Social, Employment and Migration Working Papers
in 1991 when the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic commenced transition to a market economy. Labour
offices, in addition to providing placement and related services, manage jobseeker retraining and subsidies
for job creation, administer unemployment insurance benefits, and provide guidance for...
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20 Nov 2008
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Working/Policy Paper
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Main Features of the Public Employment Service in the Slovak Republic
Daniela Kalužná, Pages: 56
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OECD Social, Employment and Migration Working Papers
This report documents the main features of the Public Employment Service (PES) in Slovak Republic,
with attention to unemployment benefit administration as well as employment services. The current
institutional structure was established in 2004. The Central Office of Labour, Social Affairs and...
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01 Apr 2011
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Working/Policy Paper
English
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Maintained Hypotheses and Questions in Search of Answers
Marc Gaudry, Emile Quinet, Pages: 32
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International Transport Forum Discussion Papers
We propose a series of kick-off points related to the economic appraisal of large urban infrastructure projects, taking some account of the specifics raised by the Grand Paris Express (GPE) regional automatic metro. The points, in the form of Maintained Hypotheses or Questions in Need of...
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31 May 2006
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Working/Policy Paper
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Maintaining Switzerland's Top Innovation Capacity
Florence Jaumotte, Pages: 45
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OECD Economics Department Working Papers
Despite some weakening in the 1990s, partly due to sluggish trend growth, the Swiss innovation performance has been very strong. There are, however, areas in which policy reforms could strengthen innovation further and help Switzerland maintain its lead in the face of a changing global...
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01 Mar 2008
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Working/Policy Paper
English
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Major Challenges for Fishery Policy Reform: A Political Economy Perspective
Jon G. Sutinen, Pages: 26
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OECD Food, Agriculture and Fisheries Papers
A political economy perspective of fisheries governance is presented in this paper. In most countries, formal and informal linkages exist among four components of the governance system. The legislature passes laws that authorise the implementation of policies and programmes by a fisheries...
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