Economic Survey of Slovenia 2009: Enhancing the business environment to foster productivity growth

Slovenia’s product market regulation appears more stringent than in some neighbouring countries, though less restrictive than in some transition economies. In key service sectors (financial services, energy and telecommunication), low contestability linked to state involvement and strong market concentration may have deterred inward FDI.

Economic Survey of Estonia 2009: Enhancing the business environment to foster productivity

Estonia is particularly well regarded in ICT network readiness and well-functioning e-government. However, the share of production in high tech and knowledge intensive sectors is relatively low.

Economic Survey of New Zealand 2009: Structural policies to overcome geographic barriers and create prosperity

New Zealand’s living standards remain well below the OECD average, a situation attributable to low productivity, which in turn is related to economic geography as well as structural policy factors.

Remarques de Jørgen Elmeskov à la Conférence OECD-FMI sur les réformes structurelles en Europe

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Comment améliorer la performance de l’Autriche en matière d’innovation

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Raising Economic Performance by Fostering Product Market Competition in Germany (Economics Department Working Paper 507)

This working paper sugggest that much scope remains to make regulation of product markets more conducive to competition - notwithstanding progress in recent years - with substantial benefits for consumer welfare, productivity and employment.

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Boosting Competition in Ireland (Economics Department Working Paper 491)

This working paper discusses ways to strengthen competition in order to boost productivity growth and help restrain inflation in Ireland.

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Ireland's Housing Boom: What Has Driven it and Have Prices Overshot? (Economics Department Working Paper 492)

This working paper looks at the housing market and the risks that it poses to the Irish economy.

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Selon une étude de l'OCDE, une réduction des obstacles à la concurrence, à l'investissement et au commerce accroîtrait le PIB dans la zone OCDE

À l'approche de la réunion qui va avoir lieu à Hong Kong dans le cadre du cycle de Doha, une nouvelle étude de l'OCDE met en lumière l'amélioration de la prospérité que pourrait engendrer, dans les pays développés, une réduction des obstacles au commerce, à l'investissement et à la concurrence.

Economic Survey of the United States 2005: Energy and environmental issues

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