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Égert, Balázs; Goujard, Antoine - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2014

Poland’s productivity has grown strongly over the past decade, and efforts to reduce the regulatory burden have been significant. Despite impressive progress, product market regulation remains more burdensome than in most OECD countries, partly due to the importance of red tape and the level...

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China's March to Prosperity: Reforms to Avoid the Middle-income Trap

Koen, Vincent; Herd, Richard; Hill, Sam - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2013

China is well-placed to avoid the so-called “middle-income trap” and to continue to converge towards the more advanced economies, even though growth is likely to slow from near double-digit rates in the first decade of this millennium to around 7% at the 2020 horizon. However, in order to...

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Environmental Policies and Productivity Growth: A Critical Review of Empirical Findings

Koźluk, Tomasz; Zipperer, Vera - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2013

The economic effects of environmental policies are of central interest to policymakers. The traditional approach sees environmental policies as a burden on economic activity, at least in the short to medium term, as they raise costs without increasing output and restrict the set of production...

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Modeling Institutions, Start-ups and Productivity during Transition

Brixiova, Zuzana; Égert, Balázs - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2010

The transition paths from plan to market have varied markedly across countries. Central and Eastern European and the Baltic countries, which opted for a fast and profound transformation of their institutions, rapidly narrowed the productivity gap with advanced economies. In contrast, in...

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Boosting Growth and Reducing Informality in Mexico

Dougherty, Sean - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2015

Mexico has embarked on a bold package of structural reforms that will help it to break away from three decades of slow growth and low productivity. Major structural measures have been legislated to improve competition, education, energy, the financial sector, labour, infrastructure and the tax...

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Russian Industrial Restructuring: Trends in Productivity, Competitiveness and Comparative Advantage

Ahrend, Rudiger - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2004

This article investigates issues related to industrial restructuring in Russia. Based on extensive sectoral data it examines, more particularly, levels and changes in labour productivity, unit labour costs and revealed comparative advantages for a large number of Russian industrial sectors. The...

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Product Market Competition and Economic Performance in Iceland

Laubach, Thomas; Wise, Michael - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2005

, and public procurement and provision of publicly funded services.<P>Concurrence sur les marchés de produits et performance …

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Restarting the Growth Engine in Finland

Braconier, Henrik - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2012

Impressive productivity performance during the last decades has weakened since 2007, reflecting the 2008-09 recession … but also a poor performance in important sectors, like the information and communication technology sector. Reforms to … performance of the higher education system could be improved through allocating more R&D funding and teaching resources based on …

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Boosting Productivity in Australia

Koutsogeorgopoulou, Vassiliki; Barbiero, Omar - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2013

Australia’s productivity growth has decelerated markedly around the turn of the century. Part of the decline is probably temporary, but raising multifactor productivity is key to ensure that living standards continue to grow strongly, especially if the currently strong terms of trade weaken...

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Trade Specialisation and Policies to Foster Competition and Innovation in Denmark

McGowan, Muge Adalet - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2014

Danish productivity has grown only weakly over the past two decades, both historically and in relation to other countries, despite sound policies and institutions. At the same time, the country has lost export market shares. Denmark needs to continue its efforts to reap the benefits of...

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