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Governments appear increasingly inclined to apply border and domestic measures to restrict the export of raw materials. For industrial raw materials, the OECD is constructing an Inventory of measures that have been applied since 2009. The underlying survey covers some 100 countries, some 15 types of measures and most minerals, metals and wood. This paper analyses 2009-2010 data collected so far for the minerals and metals sector.

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Workshop on Competition between State-owned and Privately-owned Enterprises in International Markets, 18-19 October 2012

OECD Workshop on Competition between State-owned and Privately-owned Enterprises in International Markets, 18-19 October 2012

Video: "Policy Priorities for International Trade and Jobs" seminar, 13 September 2012

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Recent experience of highly turbulent markets has renewed interest in quantitative assessment of price volatility by stochastic simulations using the AGLINK-COSIMO model. Measuring the contribution of correlation of yield shocks to price volatility, this paper shows that correlation effects account for a significant portion of price volatility for coarse grains and wheat.

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The OECD Regulatory Reform Review of Indonesia: Market Openness

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