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The work of the Economics Department relates to issues of both a macroeconomic and a structural character, and in particular on the interaction between structural and macroeconomic policies and developments.
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on 02-Sep-2008
Three months ahead of the publication of the OECD’s next “Economic Outlook”, Jorgen Elmeskov, acting chief economist, will present an interim assessment of the situation in Europe, the United States and Japan. The briefing will take place at 11.00 a.m. on Tuesday 2 September 2008 at OECD headquarters, 2 rue André Pascal, Paris 75016.
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13-Aug-2008
In January 2009, the Slovak Republic will adopt the euro and become the 16th member of the euro area. This paper investigates the implications of euro adoption in the Slovak Republic for inflation and interest rates with an attempt to quantify their likely size as well as their consequences for the general public.
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13-Aug-2008
The Canadian government has set a high priority on reducing the economic burden of taxation. In a context of fiscal surpluses, it has been: markedly reducing corporate income and capital taxes; providing more personal tax relief especially at lower incomes and above all for saving; and cutting the federal value added tax (GST).
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11-Aug-2008
This paper presents a new set of institutional indicators that assess how sub-central governments harness market mechanisms such as tendering, outsourcing, user choice and competition, user fees and output-related funding when providing public services.
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11-Aug-2008
The potential to strengthen productivity growth and enhance consumer welfare through more competition is large in the energy and railway sectors. Establishing stronger vertical separation between network access provision and potentially competitive services will be the main challenge for Germany going forward.
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