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26-Jan-2012
Denmark stands out as a country with sound public finances. However, a better control of public expenditure would help to ensure long-term fiscal sustainability without raising the already high tax burden, which acts as a drag on economic growth.
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26-Jan-2012
Denmark has ambitious energy and climate objectives. Better exploiting interactions with EU and international policies and improving policies to support green technologies would help to achieving them in a cost-effective manner.
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26-Jan-2012
The Danish economy displays a number of strengths but continuing with reforms is required to secure the necessary space for policies to cope with potential further adverse shocks and to bring about strong, sustainable and greener growth.
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24-Jan-2012
Switzerland’s recovery has been broadly balanced but the drastic appreciation threatens exports. At the same time, there is a risk that a housing bubble could develop linked to unusually low interest rates. This survey discusses policies that would help Switzerland deal with this situation.
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24-Jan-2012
Despite some deleveraging, the Big-2 Swiss banks remain too-big-to-fail, representing a major potential risk for the economy. This survey discusses to which extent the recently approved legislation to address the “too-big-to-fail” problem will be able to reduce these risks.
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24-Jan-2012
There is scope for Switzerland to increase growth and equity through reforms of the tax system on all levels of government. See this survey of how this could be achieved in detail.
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24-Jan-2012
While the level of greenhouse gas emissions is low in Switzerland, meeting emission reduction targets with the existing policies will be difficult. This survey discusses how Switzerland could reduce greenhouse gas emissions in a more cost effective way.
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24-Jan-2012
While the recovery has been broadly balanced, risks to Switzerland’s outlook increase. This Survey discusses policies to increase growth more durably, reduce incentives to leverage wealth, reduce financial market risks, and render environmental policy more cost-effective.
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23-Jan-2012
New OECD research – part of the wider Going for Growth structural reform programme - demonstrates how labour market reforms, tax and transfer systems, and high-quality education can yield a double dividend: boosting GDP while reducing income inequality.
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23-Jan-2012
Macroeconomic crises and shocks often cause large and unforeseen income and employment losses. Such losses tend to be unevenly spread across the population, often with the greatest impact on the poor and most vulnerable sections of society.
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