Structural reforms are expected to lift growth and employment, but their effects are surprisingly difficult to pin down empirically. One reason is their potenti

The relation between structural reform and macroeconomic policy underlies the widespread perception that the large European economies have under-performed in th

Contains the papers presented at the international conference "Interactions between structural reform, macroeconomic policies and economic performance" & summar

As a companion piece to the Board paper on Structural Reforms and Macroeconomic Performance: Initial Considerations for the Fund, this paper presents a selectio

This book presents a selection of contributions on the timely topic of structural reforms in Western economies, written by experts from central banks, the Inter