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Product market regulation in Romania : a comparison with OECD countries [PDF]
Less restrictive product market policies are crucial in promoting convergence to higher levels of GDP per capita. This paper benchmarks product market policies in Romania to those of OECD countries by estimating OECD indicators of Product Market ...
Pauna, Catalin +2 more
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Reserve Requirement Systems in OECD Countries [PDF]
Finance and Economics Discussion Series, 2007 This paper compares the reserve requirements of OECD countries. Reserve requirements are the minimum percentages or amounts of liabilities that depository institutions are required to keep in cash or as deposits with their central banks. To facilitate monetary policy implementation, twenty-four of the thirty OECD countries impose reserve requirements ...
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Financial and Economic Downturns in OECD Countries [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2013 This article empirically studies the linkages between financial variable downturns and economic recessions. We present evidence that real asset prices tend to lead real cycles, while loan-to-GDP and loan-to-deposit ratios lag them. Using a probit anaylsis, we document that downturns in real asset prices, particularly real house prices, are useful ...
Haavio, Markus +2 more
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A cross-country analysis of export prices in OECD countries
, 2006 This article distinguishes the extent to which export price variation consists of global versus country-specific changes for fourteen OECD countries. We find that sharp changes in global export prices are evidently becoming more important for many of the
Valadkhani, Abbas, Layton, Allan P.
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The US hemp market is a new and nascent industry that has been devoid of research for about half a century. This study examined the effects of exogenous shock on price at each phase of the value chain—Farm (hemp biomass), and its impact on prices at other phases of the value chain—Intermediary Processor (crude cannabidiol hemp) and Final ...
Solomon Odiase +2 more
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Israel Journal of Health Policy Research, 2013 Background Compared to OECD countries, Israel has a remarkably low percentage of GDP and of government expenditure spent on health, which are not reflected in worse national outcomes.
Shmueli Amir, Israeli Avi
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Calories, obesity and health in OECD countries [PDF]
Applied Economics, 2010 Theoretical models suggest that decisions about diet, weight and health status are endogenous within a utility maximization framework. In this article, we model these behavioural relationships in a fixed-effect panel setting using a simultaneous equation system, with a view to determining whether economic variables can explain the trends in calorie ...
MAZZOCCHI, MARIO, Traill W. B.
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Public Service Training in OECD Countries
The public service in central and eastern Europe has to adapt to an enormous number of changes in a very short time. The staff is faced with a constantly changing regulatory framework which needs implementation and enforcement, as well as new demands ...
OECD
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In the agricultural landscape of most developing countries, the last decade has witnessed the expansion of outsourced agricultural extension services. Private firms and nongovernmental organizations focused on delivering agricultural extension and advisory services to farmers have emerged.
Boris D. Soh Wenda +3 more
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Emerging Microbes and Infections, 2018 Acinetobacter baumannii is one of the most challenging nosocomial pathogens due to the emergence and widespread of antibiotic resistance. We aimed to provide the first analysis of global prevalence of antibiotic resistance in A.
Ruiqiang Xie +4 more
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