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Product Market Competition and Economic Performance in Sweden

Roseveare, Deborah; Jorgensen, Martin; Goranson, Lennart - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2004

Vigorous product market competition plays a central role in bolstering productivity growth. Sweden has strengthened competition legislation and deregulated a number of sectors, including electricity, telecommunications and parts of transport, over the past 10 to 15 years. This paper examines the...

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Policy Challenges for the Next 50 Years

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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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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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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Boosting Productivity in Russia: Skills, Education and Innovation

Demmou, Lilas; Wörgötter, Andreas - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2015

The labour market in Russia is very flexible. Firms adjust to economic shocks through wage cuts, working hour reductions and minimisation of non-wage labour costs. Workers react by changing jobs. This results in a high and stable overall employment rate, but also high wage inequality,...

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Strengthening Innovation in the United States

Carey, David; Hill, Christopher; Kahin, Brian - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2012

The US innovation system has many strengths, including world class research universities and firms that thrive in innovation-intensive sectors. However, fissures have begun to appear, notably in the areas of human capital development, the patent system and manufacturing activity, while public...

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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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Chile: Boosting Productivity Growth by Strengthening Competition, Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Schwellnus, Cyrille - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2010

Productivity growth has declined since the late 1990s, slowing the catching-up process. Structural reforms to strengthen competition, entrepreneurship and innovation would go a long way toward enhancing it. Recent competition policy reforms that strengthen enforcement of cartel law must now be...

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