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Economic Survey of the European Union 2009: Energy policy and the transition to a low-carbon economy

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21-Sep-2009

The EU needs to make the transition to a low–carbon economy, increase cross–border competition in electricity and gas markets and diversify Europe’s energy supply.

Economic Survey of the Euro Area 2009: Financial market stability: enhancing regulation and supervision

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14-Jan-2009

Financial integration and development raise the likelihood of cross-border financial contagion. Further improvements are needed to European regulatory and supervisory frameworks to ensure financial stability.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained: the long-run fiscal reward of structural reforms

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30-Jun-2006

Peter Hoeller and Claude Giorno

This paper highlights the positive long-run budgetary effects of structural reforms in the euro area.  Economics Department Working Paper 493.

NERO 2006: Country size and strategic aspects of structural reforms in the EU - slides

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06-Jun-2006

Jacques Le Cacheux

Presentation by Jacques Le Cacheux (OFCE) at the NERO meeting on the political economy of structural policy reform on 12 June 2006.

NERO 2006: The effects of EMU on structural reforms in labour and product market

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06-Jun-2006

Romain Duval and Jorgen Elmeskov

Presentation by Romain Duval (OECD) at the NERO meeting on the political economy of structural policy reform on 12 June 2006.

NERO 2006: Country size and strategic aspects of structural reforms in the EU

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06-Jun-2006

Eloi Laurent and Jacques Le Cacheux

Presentation by Jacques Le Cacheux (OFCE) at the NERO meeting on the political economy of structural policy reform on 12 June 2006.

The Transatlantic Relationship

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04-Nov-2005

Jean-Philippe Cotis

Presentation given by OECD Chief Economist Jean-Philippe Cotis to the US State Department in Washington D.C. on 27 October 2005 on the transatlantic relationship (US and EU), mutual benefits, and costs of continued barriers.

The EU's single market: at your service?

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07-Oct-2005

Line Vogt

The paper studies ways to remove barriers to trade in services which bear on economic performance in the euro area. Economics Department Working Paper 449.

The effects of EMU on structural reforms in labour and product markets

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25-Jul-2005

Romain Duval and Jørgen Elmeskov

Economics Department Working Paper 438. Structural reforms in labour and product markets are required in a number of euro-area countries. A question in this regard, which is the topic of this paper, is ...

Economic Survey of the Euro Area 2005: Going for growth and resilience

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12-Jul-2005

Making the euro area more resilient against adverse shocks and boosting its potential growth requires structural reforms in labour markets, services markets and better framework conditions for innovation.