| The Political Economy of Reform: Lessons from Pensions, Product Markets and Labour Markets in Ten OECD Countries Contributor(s): OECD Publishing (Author) |
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ISBN: 926407306X ISBN-13: 9789264073067 Publisher: Org. for Economic Cooperation & Development OUR PRICE: $114.95 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2009 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Reference - General - Business & Economics | Economics - General - Business & Economics | Economic Conditions |
| Dewey: 330.9 |
| LCCN: 2009456916 |
| Physical Information: 1.01" H x 8.25" W x 11" (2.45 lbs) 500 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Why are some policy reforms implemented while others languish? This report aims to answer this important question by looking backwards - at 20 structural reform efforts in 10 OECD countries, during the past two decades. The case studies cover a wide variety of reform attempts in three key areas: pensions, labour- and product-market regulation. Key factors in the political, economic and reform-specific arenas are identified as helping or hindering reform, and these findings are cross-checked using a relatively simple set of Spearman rank correlations. The report's two-pronged analytical approach - quantitative and qualitative - results in unique insights for policy makers designing, adopting and implementing structural policy reforms. |