Publications & Documents

Improving the fiscal framework to enhance growth in an era of fiscal consolidation in Slovakia

The challenge for fiscal policy in Slovakia is to achieve fiscal consolidation in a way which supports the fragile recovery and protects spending on areas which are important for re-embarking on a trajectory of high trend growth and underpinning a catch-up in living standards.

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• Do policies that reduce unemployment raise its volatility? Evidence from OECD countries
• Slovakia: A catching up euro area member in and out of the crisis
• Investing efficiently in education and active labour market policies in Slovakia
• The performance of road transport infrastructure and its links to policies
• Long-term growth scenarios
• The US labour market recovery following the great recession
• Climate change policies in Germany: make ambition pay

OECD International VAT/GST Guidelines - Draft Consolidated

4 interim drafts: (i) a preface to the Guidelines; (ii) the core features of VAT-systems to which the Guidelines are intended to apply, (iii) place of taxation for cross-border supplies of services and intangibles to businesses that have establishments in more than one jurisdiction, (iv) implementation of specific rules for determining the place of taxation for cross border business-to business supplies of services and intangibles.

Long-term growth scenarios

This paper presents the results from a new model for projecting growth of OECD and major non-OECD economies over the next 50 years as well as imbalances that arise.

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• Do policies that reduce unemployment raise its volatility? Evidence from OECD countries
• Slovakia: A catching up euro area member in and out of the crisis
• Improving the fiscal framework to enhance growth in an era of fiscal consolidation in Slovakia
• Investing efficiently in education and active labour market policies in Slovakia
• The performance of road transport infrastructure and its links to policies
• The US labour market recovery following the great recession
• Climate change policies in Germany: make ambition pay

Inventory of Estimated Budgetary Support and Tax Expenditures for Fossil Fuels 2013

This Inventory is concerned with direct budgetary transfers and tax expenditures that relate to fossil fuels, regardless of their impact or of the purpose for which the measures were first put in place. It has been undertaken as an exercise in transparency, and to inform the international dialogue on fossil-fuel subsidy reform. For each of the 34 OECD countries covered, the Inventory provides a succinct summary of its

Outcomes of the public consultation on the commentary on the VAT Neutrality

Following the invitation for public comment on the commentary on the Guidelines on VAT neutrality, the OECD has now published the outcomes of the consultation. These comments were very supportive and were used to revise the commentary.

Fossil Fuel Subsidies

Quantitative estimates of support for the production or consumption of fossil fuels in OECD member economies, with a summary of each country's energy economy and support measures.

Taxing Energy Use: A Graphical Analysis

This publication provides the first systematic statistics of effective energy tax rates – on a comparable basis - for each OECD country, together with ‘maps’ that illustrate graphically the wide variations in tax rates per unit of energy or per tonne of CO2 emissions.

Taxing Energy Use Executive Summary

This publication provides the first systematic statistics of such effective tax rates - on a comparable basis - for each OECD country, together with ‘maps’ that illustrate graphically the wide variations in tax rates per unit of energy or per tonne of CO2 emissions.

The equity implications of fiscal consolidation

In several OECD countries, ongoing fiscal consolidation might have a negative impact on the static income distribution. However, this conclusion should be treated only as an approximate first step in the analysis.

Economics Department Policy Note No. 16: Debt and macroeconomic stability

Public and private debt levels are very high by historical standards. OECD-wide total financial liabilities now exceed 1 000% of GDP. High debt levels can create vulnerabilities, which amplify and transmit macroeconomic and asset price shocks.