Accounting for one-off operations when assessing underlying fiscal positions

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13-Oct-2008

Isabelle Joumard, Makoto Minegishi, Christophe André, Chantal Nicq and Robert Price

Frequent recourse to large one-off operations in a number of OECD countries has undermined the accuracy of cyclically adjusted fiscal balances as a measure of both the sustainability of public finance and the fiscal stance.

The OECD System of Unit Labour Cost and Related Indicators

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25-Mar-2008

Richard McKenzie and David Brackfield, OECD Statistics Directorate

Statistics Working Paper 2008/4 - This paper outlines in detail the methodology and statistical processes used for compiling the outputs of the OECD System of Unit Labour Cost and Related Indicators. This ...

Towards Government at a Glance: Identification of Core Data and Issues Related to Public Sector Efficiency, OECD Working Papers on Public Governance No. 7

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03-Mar-2008

This paper is the second in a series of three annual papers published in preparation for the publication Government at a Glance. It identifies core data for the publication and presents existing data that help assess the efficiency of government.

Globalisation in Services: From Measurement to Analysis

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12-Feb-2008

Isabelle Bensidoun and Deniz Ünal-Kesenci, Centre d’Etudes Prospectives et d’Information Internationales, Paris

Statistics Working Paper 2008/3/REV1 - This paper provides new estimates of international trade in services for mode 3 (foreign affiliates' sales in a host country) for four major OECD countries, thanks ...

Composite Leading Indicators for Major OECD Non-Member Economies: Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Russian Federation and South Africa

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26-Jan-2006

by Ronny Nilsson and Olivier Brunet, OECD Statistics Directorate

Statistics Working Paper 2006/1. The OECD developed a System of Composite Leading indicators for its Member countries in the early 1980s based on the .growth cycle. approach. Today the OECD compiles composite ...

OECD Capital Services Estimates: Methodology and a First Set of Results

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20-Dec-2003

by Paul Schreyer, Pierre-Emmanuel Bignon and Julien Dupont (OECD)

This Statistics Working Paper 2003/6 presents the concepts underlying capital services measures, describes estimation methods and produces a first set of results. It also raises a number of outstanding conceptual issues in relation to capital services measures.

Short-Term Economic Statistics in China: Sources and Methods

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15-Aug-2003

This Statistics Directorate and Centre for Co-operation with Non-Members Working Paper 2003/3 contains a detailed description of the methodology used in the compilation of some key short-term economic statistics of China.