Accounting for one-off operations when assessing underlying fiscal positions

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

25-Mar-2008

Richard McKenzie and David Brackfield, OECD Statistics Directorate

Statistics Working Paper N. 26 - 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. ...

Globalisation in Services: From Measurement to Analysis

12-Feb-2008

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

Statistics Working Paper N. 25 - 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, ...

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

26-Jan-2006

by Ronny Nilsson and Olivier Brunet, OECD Statistics Directorate

Statistics Working Paper N. 16 - 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 ...

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

20-Dec-2003

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

Statistics Working Paper N. 9 - 2003/6 - This paper presents the concepts underlying capital services measures, describes estimation methods and produces a first set of results. It also raises a number ...

Short-Term Economic Statistics in China: Sources and Methods

15-Aug-2003

This Statistics Directorate and Centre for Co-operation with Non-Members Working Paper N. 6 - 2003/3 contains a detailed description of the methodology used in the compilation of some key short-term economic ...

Measuring Electronic Commerce: International Trade in Software (STI Digital Economy Paper 36)

30-Apr-1998

Electronic commerce is creating a new mode of delivering new types of products in a global market in which geographical boundaries and location lose their meaning.

Access to and Use of Information Technologies at Home (STI Digital Economy Paper 26)

01-Jan-1997

Chapter 5 of the 1997 Information Technology Outlook