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Preparing for Euro Adoption in Poland
Kierzenkowski, Rafal - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2010
real and nominal convergence remains largely incomplete, which requires a substantial strengthening of alternative …, euro adoption should speed up the convergence process. This Working Paper relates to the 2010 OECD Economic Survey of …'autant plus cruciales à l'approche de l'adoption de la monnaie unique que le processus de convergence réelle et nominale reste …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008461039
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The Challenge of Rapidly Improving Transport Infrastructure in Poland
Kierzenkowski, Rafal - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2008
Following many years of underinvestment, renovating and building new transport infrastructure is an important policy priority that would increase labour mobility and improve Poland’s competitiveness. This goal is all the more feasible given that the country is going to benefit from substantial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005046224
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The Challenge of Rapidly Improving Transport Infrastructure in Poland
Kierzenkowski, Rafal - 2008
Following many years of underinvestment, renovating and building new transport infrastructure is an important policy priority that would increase labour mobility and improve Poland’s competitiveness. This goal is all the more feasible given that the country is going to benefit from substantial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012446161
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The Contribution of Economic Geography to GDP Per Capita
Boulhol, Hervé; Serres, Alain de; Molnár, Margit - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2008
This paper examines how much of the dispersion in economic performance across OECD countries can be accounted for by economic geography factors. More specifically, two aspects of economic geography are examined, namely the proximity to areas of dense economic activity and endowments in natural...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005045816
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Have Developed Countries Escaped the Curse of Distance?
Boulhol, Hervé; Serres, Alain de - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2008
There is widespread evidence that a better access to markets contributes to raising income levels. However, no quantification of the impact of distance to markets has been made on the basis of a sample restricted to advanced — and therefore more homogeneous — countries. This paper applies...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005045844
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Ensuring Debt Sustainability Amid Strong Economic Uncertainty in Hungary
Beynet, Pierre; Kierzenkowski, Rafal - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2012
Despite a deep recession in 2009 and weak growth in subsequent years, Hungary’s fiscal position compares favourably with many other OECD countries. Nonetheless, the underlying fiscal balance started deteriorating in 2010 and 2011. Recognising this, Hungary’s government launched an ambitious...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011276894
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Long-Term Budgetary Implications of Tax-Favoured Retirement Plans
Antolín, Pablo; Serres, Alain de; Maisonneuve, … - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2004
This paper provides estimates of the implicit fiscal assets as well as of the evolution over time of fiscal costs and revenues related to tax-favoured retirement saving regimes in 17 OECD countries, taking into account current and future contributions, asset accumulation and withdrawals, all of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005045756
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Macroeconomic Policy and Economic Performance
Lima, Pedro de; Serres, Alain de; Kennedy, Mike - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2003
This paper analyses the major changes in both monetary and fiscal policy that have taken place over the past two decades and, within the limits of the existing empirical research, evaluates the overall costs and benefits for the OECD economies. The general findings for monetary policy are that,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005045854
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Preparing for Euro Adoption in Poland
Kierzenkowski, Rafal - 2010
real and nominal convergence remains largely incomplete, which requires a substantial strengthening of alternative …, euro adoption should speed up the convergence process. This Working Paper relates to the 2010 OECD Economic Survey of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012446737