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Braconier, Henrik; Nicoletti, Giuseppe; Westmore, Ben - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2014

This paper identifies and analyses some key challenges that OECD and partner economies may face over the coming 50 years if underlying global trends relating to growth, trade, inequality and environmental pressures prevail. For example, global growth is likely to slow and become increasingly...

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Strengthening Competition in Poland

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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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 raise long term productivity growth need to be pursued....

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Sluggish Productivity Growth in Denmark: The Usual Suspects?

McGowan, Muge Adalet; Jamet, Stéphanie - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2012

Despite sound policies and institutions, Danish productivity has grown modestly over the past decade, both historically and in relation to other countries, contributing to weak economic growth and an erosion in competitiveness. An examination of the four potential drivers of this puzzle, namely...

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The Economics of Climate Change Mitigation: How to Build the Necessary Global Action in a Cost-Effective Manner

Burniaux, Jean-Marc; Château, Jean; Dellink, Rob; … - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2009

This paper examines the cost of a range of national, regional and global mitigation policies and the corresponding incentives for countries to participate in ambitious international mitigation actions. The paper illustrates the scope for available instruments to strengthen these incentives and...

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The Economics of Climate Change Mitigation: Policies and Options for the Future

Burniaux, Jean-Marc; Château, Jean; Duval, Romain; … - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2008

Considering the costs and risks of inaction, ambitious action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions is economically rational. However, success in abating world emissions will ultimately require a least-cost set of policy instruments that is applied as widely as possible across all emission sources...

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Policies to Promote Innovation in the Czech Republic

Goglio, Alessandro - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2006

The Czech government considers innovation policy a key component of the effort to improve the business environment … commercial innovation. It also points to the relevance of good general business conditions in encouraging research and ensuring … that the economy benefits from the international diffusion of innovation. Concerning targeted policies, the need for …

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The Role of R&D and Technology Diffusion in Climate Change Mitigation: New Perspectives Using the WITCH Model

Bosetti, Valentina; Carraro, Carlo; Duval, Romain; … - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2009

This paper uses the WITCH model, a computable general equilibrium model with endogenous technological change, to explore the impact of various climate policies on energy technology choices and the costs of stabilising greenhouse gas concentrations. Current and future expected carbon prices...

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Raising the Speed Limit: US Economic Growth in the Information Age

Jorgenson, Dale W.; Stiroh, Kevin J. - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2000

This paper examines the underpinnings of the successful performance of the US economy in the late 1990s. Relative to the early 1990s, output growth has accelerated by nearly two percentage points. We attribute this to rapid capital accumulation, a surge in hours worked, and faster growth of...

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Import Competition, Domestic Regulation and Firm-Level Productivity Growth in the OECD

Yahmed, Sarra Ben; Dougherty, Sean - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2012

This paper examines how import penetration affects firms' productivity growth taking into account the heterogeneity in firms' distance to the efficiency frontier and country differences in product market regulation. Using firm-level data for a large number of OECD countries, the analysis reveals...

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