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Trade Preferences in the EU Sugar Sector: Winners and Losers
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2005-01-25)
The ongoing trade negotiations, unilateral trade concessions and obligations under the WTO are pushing the EU sugar regime to undertake reforms. These reforms will alter the positions of developing countries in the global ...
Employment Growth and Labour Market Flexibility in OECD Countries
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 1998-01-01)
This paper investigates the adjustment of employment to population shocks in 22 OECD countries over the period 1960 - 1997. Most of the countries have experienced significant population shocks during that period. The speed ...
OECD Forecasts for the G7 Countries in 1969 - 1997
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 1998-01-01)
This paper presents a review of OECD forecasts for the G7 countries for the period 1969 - 1997. The analysis deals with the magnitude,
auto-correlation and eventual bias of the errors. In addition, we scrutinize the cyclical ...
Who Gains from Credited Forest Carbon Sinks: Finland and other Annex I Countries in Comparison
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2003-01-15)
In the Kyoto Protocol carbon sinks became a tool for releasing the economic burden of achieving the emission target. For Finland, credits from carbon sinks might be important since the amount of carbon sequestered in total ...
The Evolution of the Finnish Model in the 1990s: from Depression to High-tech Boom
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2004-12-15)
Finland has recently got much admiration due to economic success reflected in rankings of competitiveness, technology, education and economic growth. This success has largely been embodied in the growth of Nokia group and ...
Do automatic stabilisers take care of asymmetric shocks in the euro area?
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2000-12-01)
This paper deals with the question whether the automatic fiscal stabilisers are strong enough to solve the problem of asymmetric shocks in the Euro area. The question is important for many reasons, for instance in terms ...
How Sensitive is the Public Budget Balance to Cyclical Fluctuations in the EU?
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2000-10-09)
This paper discusses the fiscal behaviour of EU countries in 1972-1999. It attempts to find out how deficits adjust to changes in interest rates and output growth by examining the hypothesis that the reaction of deficits ...
Government Size and Output Volatility: New International Evidence
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2004-07-08)
This paper re-examines the relationship between government size and output volatility from two perspectives. First, we use a wider international data set of 91 countries over the period 1980–1999 and thus not only the OECD ...
Lomé Convention
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 1997-01-01)
This paper examines the EU development cooperation policy and the Lomé convention system. Development cooperation policy aims to achieve a socially and economically sustainable development in the poorest countries. In 1975 ...
The Impacts of WTO Export Subsidy Abolition on the Agri-food Industry in the EU: A Preliminary Assessment
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2005-12-08)
As a part of agricultural negotiations, the WTO members have agreed to phase out all forms of export subsidies. This study evaluates the current level and commitments of subsidised export quantities and subsidy expenditures ...