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- 1From:OECD Economic Surveys - FinlandThe pace of structural change has accelerated markedly in Finland since the beginning of the 1990s, spurred, on the one hand, by the series of shocks having affected the economy (international recession, collapse of...
- 2From:OECD Economic Surveys - SwitzerlandBoosting growth is the main policy challenge Although trend growth of GDP has been meagre for two decades (1 1/4 per cent against 2 3/4 per cent for the OECD average), per capita income in Switzerland remains among...
- 3From:OECD Economic Surveys - TurkeyDuring the past two decades, Turkey has worked hard to open its economy to international competition and to integrate its product and financial sectors in international markets. However, a similarly deep reform of its...
- 4From:OECD Economic Surveys - SpainWhile significant advances have been made in strengthening product market competition in a number of areas, there is still considerable scope to enhance the role it can play in boosting productivity growth. Barriers to...
- 5From:OECD Economic Surveys - NorwayNorway's economic situation is very favourable in an international comparison. Its living standard was the highest in the OECD in 1998 after the United States and Luxembourg, with income per head 16 per cent lower than...
- 6From:OECD Economic Surveys - SwitzerlandII. Economic policy Loosening of monetary policy reins Monetary target and actual developments in 1990 The Swiss National Bank (SNB) set a growth target for the seasonally adjusted monetary base (SAMB) at 2 per...
- 7From:OECD Economic Surveys - TurkeyBoth the government, via the central bank, and the commercial banks have benefited from high inflation over the past two decades. Inflation diminishes the real value of bankingsector liabilities, insofar as Turkish-lira...
- 8From:OECD Economic Surveys - TurkeyA weak banking system was a root cause of the crisis that ended the December 1999 stabilisation programme and led to a new series of IMF packages. The quasi-currency board rules supporting the exchange rate-based...
- 9From:OECD Economic Surveys - FinlandRecent economic developments have posed a severe dilemma for Finnish authorities who had been seeking over recent years to enhance policy credibility by fixing the exchange rate. While the sharp fall in output and rising...
- 10From:OECD Economic Surveys - NorwayThe Norwegian economy has been suffering from its worst financial crisis since the banking panics in the late 1920s. Following a series of rescue operations among troubled regional banks and finance companies in the late...
- 11From:OECD Economic Surveys - NorwayThe mix of macroeconomic policies has significantly changed since the early 1990s, with monetary conditions easing in the wake of the floating of the currency in December 1992 while the fiscal stance moved towards...
- 12From:OECD Economic Surveys - TurkeyAt the heart of past fiscal excess, and hence the source of inflation and weak growth, has been the pervasive involvement of the government in the economy. Structural reforms to unwind this presence will entail a public...
- 13From:OECD Economic Surveys - Netherlands (Vol. 2010, Issue 10)The economy contracted sharply during the crisis but began to recover slowly from mid-2009. Unemployment rose by less than might have been expected, partly as the labour market was more overheated prior to the crisis...
- 14From:4D International Journal of Management and SciencePeer-ReviewedFinancial ratios are widely used for modeling purposes both by practitioners and researchers. The firm involves many interested parties, like the owners, management, personnel, customers, suppliers, competitors,...
- 15From:Economics, Management, and Financial Markets (Vol. 7, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedThe aim of the present study is to examine and evaluate people's perceptions concerning the extent of corruption, the problems that the subprime crisis has revealed, and the behavioral aspects of the governance process....
- 16From:Florida Bar News (Vol. 37, Issue 5)Can an activity be the unlicensed practice of law if the Florida Supreme Court has not specifically said it is UPL? That question was presented to the court in oral arguments February 10. The appeal involves a...
- 17From:Romance Notes (Vol. 50, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedEl Sistema de Transporte Colectivo Metro (Metro) tiene un papel crucial en las vidas de los habitantes de la Ciudad de Mexico. Por su influencia economica y cultural, el Metro continua contribuyendo a la existencia de...
- 18From:Antitrust Bulletin (Vol. 55, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedI. INTRODUCTION The last one and a half years of my term in office as EU Competition Commissioner has been extremely challenging due to the unprecedented financial crisis which exploded after the collapse of Lehman...
- 19From:Design WeekThe reputation of Scottish accents and the nation's banking system both lie in tatters. Is acronym-based rebranding to blame? Asks David Bernstein Naming and shaming in the banking sector. Has the first led to the...
- 20From:International Advances in Economic Research (Vol. 16, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedThis study examines the relationships between firm financial performance and a variety of characteristics of the boards of directors of the largest 100 (by revenues) Canadian public firms for the years 2005, 2006, and...