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December 2001   Title: Import-Reducing Effect of Trade Barriers: A Cross-Country Investigation Author/Editor: Wang, Qing Series: Working Paper No. 01/216 Date: December 01, 2001 Subject(s): Trade restrictions | Tariffs | Nontariff barriers | Import restrictions | Economic models Author's Keyword(s): Trade-Barriers | Tariff | non-tariff trade barriers   Title: An Investigation of Output Variance Before and During Inflation Targeting Author/Editor: Nadal-De Simone, Francisco Series: Working Paper No. 01/215 Date: December 01, 2001 Subject(s): Inflation targeting | Production | Economic models Author's Keyword(s): Output variance | inflation targeting | Markov-switching   Title: Pension Reform and the Fiscal Policy Stance Author/Editor: Mackenzie, G. A. ; Gerson, Philip R. ; Cuevas, Alfredo ; Heller, Peter S. Series: Working Paper No. 01/214 Date: December 01, 2001 Subject(s): Pensions | Privatization | Aging | Fiscal policy | Social security Author's Keyword(s): Social security | old age pension | pension reform | fiscal balance   Title: A Model of the Joint Distribution of Banking and Exchange-Rate Crises Author/Editor: Flood, Robert P. ; Marion, Nancy P. Series: Working Paper No. 01/213 Date: December 01, 2001 Subject(s): Banking | Financial crisis | Economic models Author's Keyword(s): Currency crisis | bank crisis   Title: Legal Central Bank Independence and Inflation in Latin America During the 1990s Author/Editor: Jácome, Luis Ignacio Series: Working Paper No. 01/212 Date: December 01, 2001 Subject(s): Central banks | Latin America | Inflation Author's Keyword(s): Central bank | independence | inflation | Latin American countries   Title: Systemic Weaknesses of Budget Management in Anglophone Africa Author/Editor: Lienert, Ian ; Sarraf, Feridoun Series: Working Paper No. 01/211 Date: December 01, 2001 Subject(s): National budgets | Africa | United Kingdom | Budgetary policy | Government expenditures | Government accounting Author's Keyword(s): Systemic | Africa | British | budget institutions | budget preparation | budget execution | government expenditure | arrears |   Title: Convertibility Risk: The Precautionary Demand for Foreign Currency in a Crisis Author/Editor: Black, Stabley W. ; Christofides, Charalambos ; Mourmouras, Alex Series: Working Paper No. 01/210 Date: December 01, 2001 Subject(s): Convertibility | Demand for money | Exchange risk | Foreign exchange | Financial crisis | Economic models Author's Keyword(s): convertibility | currency crisis | demand for money   Title: The Treatment of Nonperforming Loans in Macroeconomic Statistics Author/Editor: Bloem, Adriaan M. ; Gorter, C. Series: Working Paper No. 01/209 Date: December 01, 2001 Subject(s): Loans | Provisioning | Statistics Author's Keyword(s): General statistics | loan accounting | loan provisioning   Title: Government Spending, Legislature Size, and the Executive Veto Author/Editor: Baqir, Reza Series: Working Paper No. 01/208 Date: December 01, 2001 Subject(s): Government expenditures | Budgets | Economic models Author's Keyword(s): government spending | political institutions   Title: Uncovered Interest Parity in Crisis: The Interest Rate Defense in the 1990s Author/Editor: Flood, Robert P. ; Rose, Andrew K. Series: Working Paper No. 01/207 Date: December 01, 2001 Subject(s): Interest rate policy | Exchange rates | Financial crisis | Developed countries | Developing countries | Economic models Author's Keyword(s): empirical | exchange rate | fixed | floating | developing | developed   Title: Quality Controls, License Transferability and the Level of Investment Author/Editor: Krishna, Kala ; Tan, Ling Hui ; Ranjan, Ram Series: Working Paper No. 01/206 Date: December 01, 2001 Subject(s): Economic models | Import quotas | Investment Author's Keyword(s): Quotas | licensing | transferability | tradable quotas | entry | investment   Title: Central Bank Independence and the Design of Fiscal Institutions Author/Editor: Castellani, Francesca ; Debrun, Xavier Series: Working Paper No. 01/205 Date: December 01, 2001 Subject(s): Central bank policy | Fiscal management | Economic models Author's Keyword(s): Central bank independence | policy mix | fiscal rules | linear and quadratic contracts with targets   Title: The Impact of Corporate Governance Structures on the Agency Cost of Debt Author/Editor: Chan-Lau, Jorge A. Series: Working Paper No. 01/204 Date: December 01, 2001 Subject(s): Corporate governance | Investment | Debt management | Economic models Author's Keyword(s): Corporate governance | agency cost of debt | exit decision | bankruptcy   Title: Mind the Gap: What is the Best Measure of Slack in the Euro Area? Author/Editor: Ross, Kevin ; Ubide, Angel J. Series: Working Paper No. 01/203 Date: December 01, 2001 Subject(s): Euro area | Business cycles | Economic models Author's Keyword(s): Output gaps | unobservable components | business cycles   Title: Corporate Restructuring in Japan: An Event-Study Analysis Author/Editor: Chan-Lau, Jorge A. Series: Working Paper No. 01/202 Date: December 01, 2001 Subject(s): Banking systems | Japan | Stock markets | Governance Author's Keyword(s): Japan | corporate restructuring | corporate governance | event-study analysis   Title: Financial Stability and Fiscal Crises in a Monetary Union Author/Editor: Jahjah, Samir Series: Working Paper No. 01/201 Date: December 01, 2001 Subject(s): Domestic debt | Monetary policy | Fiscal policy | Inflation | Monetary Unions | Economic models | Financial stability | Financial crisis Author's Keyword(s): Public debt | monetary policy | inflation | monetary union | default   Title: Risk Diversification in the Credit Portfolio: An Overview of Country Practices Author/Editor: Morris, JoAnne Series: Working Paper No. 01/200 Date: December 01, 2001 Subject(s): Credit policy | Bank supervision | Credit risk Author's Keyword(s): risk diversification | credit concentration | large credit exposure | credit risk   Title: Regional Disparities and Transfer Policies in Russia: Theory and Evidence Author/Editor: Dabla-Norris, Era ; Weber, Shlomo Series: Working Paper No. 01/199 Date: December 01, 2001 Subject(s): Economic conditions | Russian Federation | Transfer of real resources | Economic models Author's Keyword(s): Russia | regional disparities | horizontal imbalances | transfers   Title: Sources of Inflation in Developing Countries Author/Editor: Loungani, Prakash ; Swagel, Phillip Series: Working Paper No. 01/198 Date: December 01, 2001 Subject(s): Inflation | Developing countries | Exchange rate regimes Author's Keyword(s): Inflation | developing countries | exchange rate regimes   Title: Limiting Currency Volatility to Stimulate Goods Market Integration: A Price-Based Approach Author/Editor: Parsley, David C. ; Wei, Shang-Jin Series: Working Paper No. 01/197 Date: December 01, 2001 Subject(s): Currency pegs | Monetary unions | Dollarization | Markets Author's Keyword(s): Hard Pegs | currency union | dollarization | market integration