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December 2001
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Title:
Import-Reducing Effect of Trade Barriers: A Cross-Country Investigation
Author/Editor: Wang, Qing
Series: Working Paper No. 01/216
Date: December 1, 2001
Subject(s): Trade restrictions | Tariffs | Nontariff barriers | Import restrictions | Economic models
Author's keyword(s):
Trade-Barriers | Tariff | non-tariff trade barriers
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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 1, 2001
Subject(s): Inflation targeting | Production | Economic models
Author's keyword(s):
Output variance | inflation targeting | Markov-switching
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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 1, 2001
Subject(s): Pensions | Privatization | Aging | Fiscal policy | Social security
Author's keyword(s):
Social security | old age pension | pension reform | fiscal balance
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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 1, 2001
Subject(s): Banking | Financial crisis | Economic models
Author's keyword(s):
Currency crisis | bank crisis
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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 1, 2001
Subject(s): Central banks | Latin America | Inflation
Author's keyword(s):
Central bank | independence | inflation | Latin American countries
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Title:
Systemic Weaknesses of Budget Management in Anglophone Africa
Author/Editor: Lienert, Ian ; Sarraf, Feridoun
Series: Working Paper No. 01/211
Date: December 1, 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 |
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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 1, 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
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Title:
The Treatment of Nonperforming Loans in Macroeconomic Statistics
Author/Editor: Bloem, Adriaan M. ; Gorter, C.
Series: Working Paper No. 01/209
Date: December 1, 2001
Subject(s): Loans | Provisioning | Statistics
Author's keyword(s):
General statistics | loan accounting | loan provisioning
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Title:
Government Spending, Legislature Size, and the Executive Veto
Author/Editor: Baqir, Reza
Series: Working Paper No. 01/208
Date: December 1, 2001
Subject(s): Government expenditures | Budgets | Economic models
Author's keyword(s):
government spending | political institutions
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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 1, 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
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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 1, 2001
Subject(s): Quantitative restrictions | Investment | Economic models
Author's keyword(s):
Quotas | licensing | transferability | tradable quotas | entry | investment
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Title:
Central Bank Independence and the Design of Fiscal Institutions
Author/Editor: Castellani, Francesca ; Debrun, Xavier
Series: Working Paper No. 01/205
Date: December 1, 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
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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 1, 2001
Subject(s): Corporate governance | Investment | Debt management | Economic models
Author's keyword(s):
Corporate governance | agency cost of debt | exit decision | bankruptcy
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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 1, 2001
Subject(s): Euro area | Business cycles | Economic models
Author's keyword(s):
Output gaps | unobservable components | business cycles
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Title:
Corporate Restructuring in Japan: An Event-Study Analysis
Author/Editor: Chan-Lau, Jorge A.
Series: Working Paper No. 01/202
Date: December 1, 2001
Subject(s): Banking systems | Japan | Stock markets | Governance
Author's keyword(s):
Japan | corporate restructuring | corporate governance | event-study analysis
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Title:
Financial Stability and Fiscal Crises in a Monetary Union
Author/Editor: Jahjah, Samir
Series: Working Paper No. 01/201
Date: December 1, 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
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Title:
Risk Diversification in the Credit Portfolio: An Overview of Country Practices
Author/Editor: Morris, JoAnne
Series: Working Paper No. 01/200
Date: December 1, 2001
Subject(s): Credit policy | Bank supervision | Credit risk
Author's keyword(s):
risk diversification | credit concentration | large credit exposure | credit risk
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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 1, 2001
Subject(s): Economic conditions | Russian Federation | Transfer of real resources | Economic models
Author's keyword(s):
Russia | regional disparities | horizontal imbalances | transfers
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Title:
Sources of Inflation in Developing Countries
Author/Editor: Loungani, Prakash ; Swagel, Phillip
Series: Working Paper No. 01/198
Date: December 1, 2001
Subject(s): Inflation | Developing countries | Exchange rate regimes
Author's keyword(s):
Inflation | developing countries | exchange rate regimes
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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 1, 2001
Subject(s): Currency pegs | Monetary unions | Dollarization | Markets
Author's keyword(s):
Hard Pegs | currency union | dollarization | market integration
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Title:
An Unbiased Appraisal of Purchasing Power Parity
Author/Editor: Cashin, Paul ; McDermott, C. John
Series: Working Paper No. 01/196
Date: December 1, 2001
Subject(s): Purchasing power parity
Author's keyword(s):
Median-unbiased estimation | purchasing power parity | shock persistence
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Title:
Fiscal Expenditure Policy and Non-Oil Economic Growth: Evidence from GCC Countries
Author/Editor: Fasano-Filho, Ugo ; Wang, Qing
Series: Working Paper No. 01/195
Date: December 1, 2001
Subject(s): Fiscal policy | Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf | Economic growth | Economic models
Author's keyword(s):
fiscal policy | non-oil real growth | GCC countries
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Title:
Exchange Rate Pass-Through to Domestic Prices: Does the Inflationary Environment Matter?
Author/Editor: Choudhri, Ehsan U. ; Hakura, Dalia
Series: Working Paper No. 01/194
Date: December 1, 2001
Subject(s): Exchange rate policy | Prices | Inflation | Economic models
Author's keyword(s):
Pass-through | inflation | exchange rate
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Title:
Stock Market Liberalizations: Financial and Macroeconomic Implications
Author/Editor: Fuchs-Schündeln, Nicola ; Funke, Norbert
Series: Working Paper No. 01/193
Date: December 1, 2001
Subject(s): Stock markets | Development
Author's keyword(s):
stock markets | financial liberalization | regulation
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Title:
Capital Flows and Their Macroeconomic Effects in India
Author/Editor: Kohli, Renu
Series: Working Paper No. 01/192
Date: December 1, 2001
Subject(s): Capital flows | India | Capital account | Real effective exchange rates | Intervention | Capital controls | Money supply | Foreign exchange reserves
Author's keyword(s):
Capital flows | capital account | real exchange rate | foreign exchange reserves | intervention | money supply | sterilization
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Title:
Foreign Currency Credit Ratings for Emerging Market Economies
Author/Editor: Mulder, Christian B. ; Perrelli, Roberto
Series: Working Paper No. 01/191
Date: December 1, 2001
Subject(s): Emerging markets | Financial crisis
Author's keyword(s):
Emerging markets | foreign currency credit ratings | economic crises
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Title:
Exchange Rates and Capital Flows
Author/Editor: Brooks, Robin ; Edison, Hali J. ; Kumar, Manmohan S. ; Sløk, Torsten
Series: Working Paper No. 01/190
Date: December 1, 2001
Subject(s): Exchange rates | Euro | U.S. dollar | Japanese yen | Capital flows | Economic models
Author's keyword(s):
Exchange rate models | Euro/dollar and Yen/dollar exchange rates | capital flows
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November 2001
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Title:
Speculative Attacks in the Asian Crisis
Author/Editor: Zhang, Zhiwei
Series: Working Paper No. 01/189
Date: November 1, 2001
Subject(s): Financial crisis | Asia | Economic models
Author's keyword(s):
ACH | currency crisis | duration analysis
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Title:
Measuring Statistical Capacity Building: A Logical Framework Approach
Author/Editor: Khawaja, Sarmad ; Morrison, Thomas K.
Series: Working Paper No. 01/188
Date: November 1, 2001
Subject(s): Statistics | Technical assistance | Fund
Author's keyword(s):
Statistical capacity | logical framework | technical assistance | IMF
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Title:
The Effects of Capital Controls on Exchange Rate Volatility and Output
Author/Editor: Frenkel, Michael ; Nickel, Christiane ; Schmidt, Günter ; Stadtmann, Georg
Series: Working Paper No. 01/187
Date: November 1, 2001
Subject(s): Capital controls | Capital flows | Exchange rate instability | Economic models
Author's keyword(s):
capital controls | capital flows
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Title:
The Zero Interest Rate Floor (ZIF) and its Implications for Monetary Policy in Japan
Author/Editor: Hunt, Ben ; Laxton, Douglas
Series: Working Paper No. 01/186
Date: November 1, 2001
Subject(s): Interest rates | Japan | Monetary policy | Economic models
Author's keyword(s):
Monetary policy rules | liquidity trap | potential output | uncertainity
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Title:
Hedging Government Oil Price Risk
Author/Editor: Daniel, James
Series: Working Paper No. 01/185
Date: November 1, 2001
Subject(s): Oil | Oil prices | Fiscal policy
Author's keyword(s):
Oil | hedging | fiscal policy | derivative markets
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Title:
Implications of Globalization for Monetary Policy
Author/Editor: Wagner, Helmut
Series: Working Paper No. 01/184
Date: November 1, 2001
Subject(s): Globalization | Monetary policy | Economic models
Author's keyword(s):
Globalization | monetary Policy
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Title:
Manuals on Macroeconomic Statistics: A Stocktaking to Guide Future Work
Author/Editor: Carson, Carol S. ; Laliberté, Lucie
Series: Working Paper No. 01/183
Date: November 1, 2001
Subject(s): Statistics | National accounts | Balance of payments
Author's keyword(s):
macroeconomic datasets | methodology | manual | handbook | national accounts | balance of payments | international accounts |
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Title:
An Attempt to Profile the Finances of China's Enterprise Sector
Author/Editor: Heytens, Paul J. ; Karacadag, Cem
Series: Working Paper No. 01/182
Date: November 1, 2001
Subject(s): Economic policy | China | Financial sector | China, People's Republic of
Author's keyword(s):
Chinese economy | Chinese corporate sector | Chinese financial sector
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Title:
Tax Incentives in The Philippines: A Regional Perspective
Author/Editor: Chalk, Nigel Andrew
Series: Working Paper No. 01/181
Date: November 1, 2001
Subject(s): Tax incentives | Philippines | Association of Southeast Asian Nations | Economic models
Author's keyword(s):
corporate tax incentives. ASEAN
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Title:
A Simple Measure of the Intensity of Capital Controls
Author/Editor: Edison, Hali J. ; Warnock, Francis E.
Series: Working Paper No. 01/180
Date: November 1, 2001
Subject(s): Capital controls | Emerging markets | Capital account liberalization | Economic models
Author's keyword(s):
emerging markets | international financial liberalization | openness | portfolio investment
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Title:
Euro Area Money Demand: Measuring the Opportunity Costs Appropriately
Author/Editor: Calza, Alessandro ; Gerdesmeier, Dieter ; Levy, Joaquim Vieira Ferreira
Series: Working Paper No. 01/179
Date: November 1, 2001
Subject(s): Demand for money | Euro area | Interest rates | European Economic and Monetary Union | Economic models
Author's keyword(s):
European Monetary Union | money demand | own rate of money | M3 | cointegration
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Title:
Is Fiscal Policy Coordination in EMU Desirable?
Author/Editor: Beetsma, Roel M. W. J. ; Debrun, Xavier ; Klaassen, Franc
Series: Working Paper No. 01/178
Date: November 1, 2001
Subject(s): Fiscal reforms | European Economic and Monetary Union | Demand management | Economic models
Author's keyword(s):
EMU | fiscal coordination | shocks | and demand management
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Title:
Monetary Policy and Corporate Liquid Asset Demand
Author/Editor: Choi, Woon Gyu ; Kim, Yungsan
Series: Working Paper No. 01/177
Date: November 1, 2001
Subject(s): Monetary policy | Liquidity | Loans
Author's keyword(s):
Monetary policy | liquid asset demand | loan commitments; panel data
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Title:
The Art of Making Everybody Happy: How to Prevent a Secession
Author/Editor: Le Breton, Michel ; Weber, Shlomo
Series: Working Paper No. 01/176
Date: November 1, 2001
Subject(s): Population | Equal treatment principle | Economic models
Author's keyword(s):
Transfer Schemes | Partial Equalization | Threat of Secession
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Title:
Determinants of, and the Relation Between, Foreign Direct Investment and Growth: A Summary of the Recent Literature
Author/Editor: Lim, Ewe-Ghee
Series: Working Paper No. 01/175
Date: November 1, 2001
Subject(s): Foreign direct investment | Economic growth
Author's keyword(s):
foreign direct investment | economic growth | determinants
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Title:
The Law of One Price Over 700 Years
Author/Editor: Rogoff, Kenneth ; Froot, Kenneth ; Kim, Michael
Series: Working Paper No. 01/174
Date: November 1, 2001
Subject(s): Prices | United Kingdom | Netherlands | Purchasing power parity | Commodity prices | Exchange rates
Author's keyword(s):
Purchasing power | parity exchange rates
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Title:
Economic Data Dissemination: What Influences Country Performance On Frequency and Timiliness?
Author/Editor: Allum, Peter ; Agça, Mehmet
Series: Working Paper No. 01/173
Date: November 1, 2001
Subject(s): Data collection | Statistics | Fiscal transparency
Author's keyword(s):
macroeconomic data dissemination | transparency | economic statistics
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Title:
Short-and Long-Term Poverty and Social Policy in a "Snakes and Ladders" Model of Growth
Author/Editor: Cuevas, Alfredo
Series: Working Paper No. 01/172
Date: November 1, 2001
Subject(s): Economic growth | Poverty | Skilled labor | Social policy | Economic models
Author's keyword(s):
poverty | economic growth | human capital | social policy
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Title:
Key Features of Australian Business Cycles
Author/Editor: Cashin, Paul ; Ouliaris, Sam
Series: Working Paper No. 01/171
Date: November 1, 2001
Subject(s): Business cycles | Australia
Author's keyword(s):
business cycles | duration dependence | Australia
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Title:
Post-Crisis Exchange Rate Policy in Five Asian Countries: Filling in the "Hollow Middle"?
Author/Editor: Hernández, Leonardo ; Montiel, Peter
Series: Working Paper No. 01/170
Date: November 1, 2001
Subject(s): Financial crisis | Exchange rate policy | Indonesia | Korea, Republic of | Malaysia | Philippines | Thailand | Republic of Korea
Author's keyword(s):
exchange rate policy
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October 2001
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Title:
The Russian Financial Crisis and its Consequences for Central Asia
Author/Editor: Pastor, Gonzalo C. ; Damjanovic, Tatiana
Series: Working Paper No. 01/169
Date: October 1, 2001
Subject(s): Financial crisis | Russian Federation | Kazakhstan | Kyrgyz Republic | Tajikistan | Turkmenistan | Uzbekistan | Exchange rate policy | External debt
Author's keyword(s):
Russian financial crisis | exchange rate policy | external debt issues
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Title:
Inflation Dynamics in Madagascar, 1971-2000
Author/Editor: Sacerdoti, Emilio ; Xiao, Yuan
Series: Working Paper No. 01/168
Date: October 1, 2001
Subject(s): Inflation | Madagascar | Demand for money | Exchange rates | Economic models
Author's keyword(s):
Madagascar | inflation | money demand | exchange rate | cointegration | error correction model
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Title:
How Volatile and Unpredictable Are Aid Flows, and What Are the Policy Implications?
Author/Editor: Bulir, Ales ; Hamann, A. Javier
Series: Working Paper No. 01/167
Date: October 1, 2001
Subject(s): Development assistance | Economic policy | Fund-supported adjustment programs | Aid flows
Author's keyword(s):
External Aid | Volatility | Predictability | IMF Programs
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Title:
Inflation Targeting and the Unemployment-Inflation Trade-off
Author/Editor: Clifton, Eric V. ; Leon, H. L. ; Wong, Chorng-Huey
Series: Working Paper No. 01/166
Date: October 1, 2001
Subject(s): Inflation targeting | Unemployment | OECD | Economic models
Author's keyword(s):
inflation targeting credibility | monetary policy | Phillips curve | smooth transition regression models
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Title:
Emerging Market Bond Spreads and Sovereign Credit Ratings: Reconciling Market Views with Economic Fundamentals
Author/Editor: Sy, Amadou N. R.
Series: Working Paper No. 01/165
Date: October 1, 2001
Subject(s): Emerging markets | Bonds | Credit | Exchange market rates | Economic models
Author's keyword(s):
Bond spreads | credit ratings | monitoring | sovereign risk | risk appetite
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Title:
Private Costs and Public Infrastructure: The Mexican Case
Author/Editor: Murphy, Russell D. ; Feltenstein, Andrew
Series: Working Paper No. 01/164
Date: October 1, 2001
Subject(s): Private sector | Mexico | Public investment programs | Infrastructure | Economic models
Author's keyword(s):
Mexico | public expenditure
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Title:
Trade in the Mashreq: An Empirical Examination
Author/Editor: Blavy, Rodolphe
Series: Working Paper No. 01/163
Date: October 1, 2001
Subject(s): Trade policy | Egypt | Israel | Jordan | Lebanon | Syrian Arab Republic | Economic models
Author's keyword(s):
Egypt | Israel | Jordan | Lebanon | Mashreq | Syria | gravity model | trade policy
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Title:
Systemic Financial Crises, Balance Sheets, and Model Uncertainity
Author/Editor: Stone, Mark R. ; Weeks, Melvyn
Series: Working Paper No. 01/162
Date: October 1, 2001
Subject(s): Financial crisis | Bank reforms | Financial sector | Economic models
Author's keyword(s):
currency crisis | bank crisis | financial reform
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Title:
Inflation Targeting Under Asymmetric Preferences
Author/Editor: Ruge-Murcia, Francisco Javier
Series: Working Paper No. 01/161
Date: October 1, 2001
Subject(s): Inflation targeting | Economic models
Author's keyword(s):
inflation targets | asymmetric preferences | credibility
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Title:
Financial Development and Poverty Alleviation: Issues and Policy Implications for Developing and Transition Countries
Author/Editor: Holden, Paul ; Prokopenko, Vassili
Series: Working Paper No. 01/160
Date: October 1, 2001
Subject(s): Financial institutions | Economic growth | Poverty | Transition economies | Developing countries
Author's keyword(s):
financial development; poverty alleviation
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Title:
Should Banks Be Narrowed?
Author/Editor: Bossone, Biaggio
Series: Working Paper No. 01/159
Date: October 1, 2001
Subject(s): Banking | Financial intermediation
Author's keyword(s):
Financial intermediation | narrow banking | nonbanks
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Title:
Corporate Bond Risk and Real Activity: An Empirical Analysis of Yield Spreads and their Systematic Components
Author/Editor: Chan-Lau, Jorge A. ; Ivaschenko, Iryna V.
Series: Working Paper No. 01/158
Date: October 1, 2001
Subject(s): Bonds | Investment | United States | Economic models
Author's keyword(s):
Investment grade bonds | corporate spreads | business cycle | forecasting | GMM estimation | systematic risk
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Title:
Cost and Effectiveness of Banking Sector Restructuring in Transition Economies
Author/Editor: Zoli, Edda
Series: Working Paper No. 01/157
Date: October 1, 2001
Subject(s): Bank reforms | Transition economies | Fiscal policy | Banking sector
Author's keyword(s):
Bank restructuring | transition countries | fiscal costs of banking crises
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Title:
Econometric Analysis of Discrete Reforms
Author/Editor: Kireyev, Alexei
Series: Working Paper No. 01/156
Date: October 1, 2001
Subject(s): Economic reform | Data analysis
Author's keyword(s):
exogeneity | testing reforms | econometric policy analysis
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Title:
Why Has the Euro Been So Weak?
Author/Editor: Meredith, Guy
Series: Working Paper No. 01/155
Date: October 1, 2001
Subject(s): Monetary policy | Euro | Exchange rate policy | Capital markets | Economic models
Author's keyword(s):
exchange rates | equity prices | euro weakness
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Title:
From Crisis to Recovery in Korea: Strategy, Achievements, and Lessons
Author/Editor: Chopra, Ajai ; Kang, Kenneth ; Karasulu, Meral ; Liang, Hong ; Ma, Henry ; Richards, Anthony J.
Series: Working Paper No. 01/154
Date: October 1, 2001
Subject(s): Financial crisis | Korea, Republic of | Stabilization programs | Republic of Korea
Author's keyword(s):
Korea | Asian Financial Crisis | IMF
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Title:
Economic and Environmental Benefits of Eliminating Log Export Bans--The Case of Costa Rica
Author/Editor: Kishor, Nalin M. ; Mani, Muthukumara ; Constantino, Luis F.
Series: Working Paper No. 01/153
Date: October 1, 2001
Subject(s): Exports | Costa Rica | Environment | Trade | Latin America
Author's keyword(s):
trade and environment | forestry | log export ban | (LEB) | sustainable management | Latin America | Costa Rica
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Title:
Characterizing Exchange Rate Regimes in Post-Crisis East Asia
Author/Editor: Baig, Taimur
Series: Working Paper No. 01/152
Date: October 1, 2001
Subject(s): Financial crisis | Indonesia | Korea, Republic of | Malaysia | Philippines | Thailand | Exchange rate regimes | Exchange rate instability | Republic of Korea
Author's keyword(s):
Exchange Rate Regime | Volatility | Asian Crisis
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Title:
Monetary Policy with a Touch of Basel
Author/Editor: Chami, Ralph ; Cosimano, Thomas F.
Series: Working Paper No. 01/151
Date: October 1, 2001
Subject(s): Monetary policy | Banking | Capital markets | Economic models
Author's keyword(s):
Capital requirements | Monetary Policy
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Title:
Trade Integration & Political Turbulence: Environmental Policy Consequences
Author/Editor: Fredriksson, Per G. ; Mani, Muthukumara
Series: Working Paper No. 01/150
Date: October 1, 2001
Subject(s): Trade liberalization | Economic policy | Environment | Trade integration | Economic models
Author's keyword(s):
Trade liberalization | political instability | lobbying uncertainity | environmental regulations
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Title:
Implementation of Monetary Policy and the Central Bank's Balance Sheet
Author/Editor: Schaechter, Andrea
Series: Working Paper No. 01/149
Date: October 1, 2001
Subject(s): Monetary policy | Central banks | Government accounting | Conditionality
Author's keyword(s):
monetary policy | conditionality
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Title:
What Does South Africa's Pattern of Trade Say About Its Labor Markets?
Author/Editor: Subramanian, Arvind ; Alleyne, Trevor Serge Coleridge
Series: Working Paper No. 01/148
Date: October 1, 2001
Subject(s): Trade | South Africa | Labor supply | Labor markets
Author's keyword(s):
South Africa | trade | factor intensity
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September 2001
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Title:
Asset Securitization and Structured Financing: Future Prospects and Challenges for Countries in Emerging Markets
Author/Editor: Alles, Lakshman
Series: Working Paper No. 01/147
Date: September 1, 2001
Subject(s): Capital markets | Emerging markets | Bonds | Stock markets | Bank supervision | Taxation
Author's keyword(s):
Asset securitization | structured financing | emerging markets
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Title:
Real Convergence to EU Income Levels: Central Europe from 1990 to the Long Term
Author/Editor: Doyle, Peter ; Kuijs, Louis ; Jiang, G.
Series: Working Paper No. 01/146
Date: September 1, 2001
Subject(s): Economic growth | Transition economies | Poland | Czech Republic | Slovak Republic | Hungary | Slovenia | Income | European Union
Author's keyword(s):
Transition | EU accession | growth | growth accounting | Central Europe
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Title:
Fiscal Rules: Useful Policy Framework or Unnecessary Ornament?
Author/Editor: Kopits, George
Series: Working Paper No. 01/145
Date: September 1, 2001
Subject(s): Fiscal policy
Author's keyword(s):
fiscal policy
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Title:
Debt Relief Under the HIPC Initiative: Context and Outlook for Debt Sustainability and Resource Flow
Author/Editor: Ross, Doris C. ; Abrego, Lisandro
Series: Working Paper No. 01/144
Date: September 1, 2001
Subject(s): HIPC Initiative | External debt | Debt relief | Poverty
Author's keyword(s):
Debt relief | external debt sustainability | HIPC Initiative | poverty reduction
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Title:
IMF Conditionality and Country Ownership of Programs
Author/Editor: Khan, Mohsin S. ; Sharma, Sunil
Series: Working Paper No. 01/142
Date: September 1, 2001
Subject(s): Fund-supported adjustment programs | Conditionality
Author's keyword(s):
IMF-supported programs | conditionality | ownership | principal-agent | moral-hazard
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Title:
Financial Sector Evolution in the Central European Economies:Challenges in Supporting Macroeconomic Stability and Sustainable Growth
Author/Editor: Iakova, Dora M. ; Wagner, Nancy L.
Series: Working Paper No. 01/141
Date: September 1, 2001
Subject(s): Financial sector | Czech Republic | Hungary | Poland | Slovak Republic | Slovenia | Banking systems | Transition economies | European Union
Author's keyword(s):
financial sector | banking system | transition | EU accession | Central Europe
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Title:
A Model of Exchange Rate Regime Choice in the Transitional Economies of Central and Eastern Europe
Author/Editor: Klyuev, Vladimir
Series: Working Paper No. 01/140
Date: September 1, 2001
Subject(s): Exchange rate regimes | Transition economies | Central and Eastern Europe | Albania | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Bulgaria | Croatia | Czech Republic | Estonia | Hungary | Latvia | Lithuania | Macedonia, FYR | Poland | Romania | Slovak Republic | Inflation | Economic models | Macedonia, former Yugoslav Republic of
Author's keyword(s):
Transition | exchange rate policy | inflation
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Title:
A Primer on Mineral Taxation
Author/Editor: Baunsgaard, Thomas
Series: Working Paper No. 01/139
Date: September 1, 2001
Subject(s): Mining sector | Fiscal reforms | Taxation | Developing countries
Author's keyword(s):
Taxation | mineral tax | mining and petroleum | mineral extraction | developing countries
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Title:
Bank Reform and Bank Efficiency in Pakistan
Author/Editor: Hardy, Daniel C. L. ; Bonaccorsi di Patti, Emilia
Series: Working Paper No. 01/138
Date: September 1, 2001
Subject(s): Bank reforms | Pakistan
Author's keyword(s):
Banking | Efficiency Deregulation | Pakistan
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Title:
International Financial Contagion and the Fund: A Theoretical Framework
Author/Editor: Clark, Peter B. ; Huang, Haizhou
Series: Working Paper No. 01/137
Date: September 1, 2001
Subject(s): Financial crisis | Capital markets | Conditionality | Fund | Economic models
Author's keyword(s):
International financial contagion | conditionality | IMF
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Title:
Rationing Rules and Outcomes: The Experience of Singapore's Vehicle Quota System
Author/Editor: Tan, Ling Hui
Series: Working Paper No. 01/136
Date: September 1, 2001
Subject(s): Production | Singapore
Author's keyword(s):
Quotas | auctions | licences | transferability | subcategorization
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Title:
Macroeconomic Policies and Poverty Reduction: Stylized Facts and an Overview of Research
Author/Editor: Cashin, Paul ; Mauro, Paolo ; Pattillo, Catherine A. ; Sahay, Ratna
Series: Working Paper No. 01/135
Date: September 1, 2001
Subject(s): Economic policy | Poverty | Income distribution
Author's keyword(s):
Macroeconomic policies; poverty; income distribution; IMF
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Title:
Pure Contagion and Investors Shifting Risk Appetite: Analytical Issues and Empirical Evidence
Author/Editor: Kumar, Manmohan S. ; Persaud, Avinash
Series: Working Paper No. 01/134
Date: September 1, 2001
Subject(s): Exchange risk | Capital markets | Financial crisis
Author's keyword(s):
Risk aversion | contagion affects | financial crises
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Title:
Returns to Human Capital & Investment in New Technology
Author/Editor: Kaufman, Martin David ; Dunaway, Steven Vincent ; Luzio, Rodolfo
Series: Working Paper No. 01/133
Date: September 1, 2001
Subject(s): Human capital | Skilled labor | Income distribution | Investment | Wages | Economic models
Author's keyword(s):
New Technology | human capital | wage premium | income redistribution policies
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Title:
Statistical Treatment of Accrual of Interest on Debt Securities
Author/Editor: Joisce, John ; Wright, Chris
Series: Working Paper No. 01/132
Date: September 1, 2001
Subject(s): National accounts | Balance of payments | Interest | Bonds
Author's keyword(s):
National accounts | balance of payments | government finance statistics | interest | accrual | securities | fair value
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Title:
Policies and Prospects in Japan and The Implications for the Asia-Pacific Region
Author/Editor: Callen, Tim ; McKibbin, Warwick J.
Series: Working Paper No. 01/131
Date: September 1, 2001
Subject(s): Economic policy | Japan | Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Council | Economic models
Author's keyword(s):
Japan | Asia-Pacific region | macroeconomic model
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Title:
The New International Financial Architecture and Africa
Author/Editor: Le Gall, Françoise ; Nsouli, Saleh M.
Series: Working Paper No. 01/130
Date: September 1, 2001
Subject(s): International financial system | Africa | Globalization
Author's keyword(s):
Africa | globalization; international financial architecture
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Title:
Real Estate Market Developments and Financal Sector Soundness
Author/Editor: Hilbers, Paul Louis Ceriel ; Lei, Qin ; Zacho, Lisbeth
Series: Working Paper No. 01/129
Date: September 1, 2001
Subject(s): Markets | Financial sector | Financial crisis | Spain | Singapore | Sweden | Mexico | Canada | Malaysia | Thailand | Japan | Finland | Ireland
Author's keyword(s):
Real estate | financial sector | financial crisis
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Title:
Migration, Human Capital, and Poverty in a Dual-Economy of a Developing Country
Author/Editor: Masson, Paul R.
Series: Working Paper No. 01/128
Date: September 1, 2001
Subject(s): Population | Human capital | Developing countries | Poverty | Economic models | Migration
Author's keyword(s):
migration | poverty | development
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Title:
Public Spending on Health Care and Poor
Author/Editor: Gupta, Sanjeev ; Verhoeven, Marijn ; Tiongson, Erwin
Series: Working Paper No. 01/127
Date: September 1, 2001
Subject(s): Government expenditures | Health care | Poverty
Author's keyword(s):
public spending | health | poverty
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Title:
Pension Reform in India
Author/Editor: Gillingham, Robert ; Kanda, Daniel
Series: Working Paper No. 01/125
Date: September 1, 2001
Subject(s): Pensions | India
Author's keyword(s):
Public pensions; personal saving; individual retirement accounts
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Title:
Convergence of Relative Prices and Inflation in Central and Eastern Europe
Author/Editor: Holub, Tomás ; Cihák, Martin
Series: Working Paper No. 01/124
Date: September 1, 2001
Subject(s): Prices | Central and Eastern Europe | Inflation | Transition economies
Author's keyword(s):
Relative Price Differentiation | Inflation | Sticky Prices | Balassa-Samuelson Effect
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Title:
Financial Liberalization, Money Demand, and Inflation in Uganda
Author/Editor: Nachega, Jean-Claude
Series: Working Paper No. 01/118
Date: September 1, 2001
Subject(s): Exchange system liberalization | Uganda | Demand for money | Inflation
Author's keyword(s):
Uganda | money demand | inflation | financial liberalization | cointegration
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August 2001
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Title:
Subsidy Reforms and Poverty Alleviation
Author/Editor: Bhambhri , Chandra Prakash ; Chander, Parkash
Series: Working Paper No. 01/126
Date: August 1, 2001
Subject(s): Consumer subsidies | Poverty | Economic models
Author's keyword(s):
poverty | subsidy | reforms | quality | deadweight loss
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Title:
Financial System Soundness in the Caribbean: An Initial Assessment
Author/Editor: Worrell, DeLisle ; Cherebin, Desiree ; Polius, Tracy
Series: Working Paper No. 01/123
Date: August 1, 2001
Subject(s): Financial systems | Caribbean | Aruba | Netherlands Antilles | Dominican Republic | Antigua and Barbuda | Bahamas, The | Barbados | Belize | Dominica | Grenada | Haiti | Jamaica | St. Kitts and Nevis | St. Lucia | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | Suriname | Trinidad and Tobago | Saint Lucia | Guyana | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Saint Kitts and Nevis
Author's keyword(s):
Financial sector | Caribbean
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Title:
Has Inventory Investment Been Liquidity-Constrained? Evidence from U.S. Panel Data
Author/Editor: Choi, Woon Gyu ; Kim, Yungsan
Series: Working Paper No. 01/122
Date: August 1, 2001
Subject(s): Investment policy | United States | Liquidity controls
Author's keyword(s):
inventory investment; liquidity constraint; monetary policy; panel data
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Title:
Is Foreign Debt Portfolio Management Efficient in Emerging Economies?
Author/Editor: Hussein, Khaled
Series: Working Paper No. 01/121
Date: August 1, 2001
Subject(s): External debt | Transition economies | Debt management
Author's keyword(s):
Foreign debt | emerging economies | exchange rates
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Title:
Czech Koruna and Polish Zloty: Spot and Currency Option Volatility Patterns
Author/Editor: Méndez Morales, Armando
Series: Working Paper No. 01/120
Date: August 1, 2001
Subject(s): Currencies | Czech Koruna | Polish Zloty | Exchange rate instability
Author's keyword(s):
exchange rates | volatility | eastern Europe | options
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Title:
The Impact of U.S. Economic Growth on the Rest of the World: How Much Does it Matter?
Author/Editor: Arora, Vivek B. ; Vamvakidis, Athanasios
Series: Working Paper No. 01/119
Date: August 1, 2001
Subject(s): Economic growth | United States | International trade
Author's keyword(s):
Economic Growth | international trade
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Title:
Agents' Preferences, the Equity Premium, and the Consumption-Saving Trade-Off: An Application to French Data
Author/Editor: Epaulard, Anne ; Pommeret, Aude
Series: Working Paper No. 01/117
Date: August 1, 2001
Subject(s): Risk premium | France | Consumption | Savings | Economic models
Author's keyword(s):
Equity premium | puzzle | risk-free rate puzzle
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Title:
Who Can Explain the Mauritian Miracle: Meade, Romer, Sachs, or Rodrik?
Author/Editor: Subramanian, Arvind ; Roy, Devesh
Series: Working Paper No. 01/116
Date: August 1, 2001
Subject(s): Economic growth | Mauritius | Trade liberalization | Manpower policy
Author's keyword(s):
Mauritius | growth | institutions | geography | openness
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Title:
Multiple Avenues of Intermediation, Corporate Finance and Financial Stability
Author/Editor: Davis, E. P.
Series: Working Paper No. 01/115
Date: August 1, 2001
Subject(s): Capital markets | Bonds | Investment policy | Financial stability | United States | United Kingdom | Japan | Canada
Author's keyword(s):
Financial markets and the macroeconomy | corporate finance
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Title:
Institutional Reform in Transition Economies: How Far Have They Come
Author/Editor: Weder, Beatrice
Series: Working Paper No. 01/114
Date: August 1, 2001
Subject(s): Transition economies | Governance | Economic reform
Author's keyword(s):
Institutions | Transition Countries
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Title:
The New Basel Capital Accord: The Devil Is in the (Calibration) Details
Author/Editor: Kupiec, Paul H.
Series: Working Paper No. 01/113
Date: August 1, 2001
Subject(s): International banking | Bank supervision | Capital | Bank credit | Exchange earnings
Author's keyword(s):
Bank regulation | Basel Accord | regulatory capital requirements | and credit risk
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Title:
Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction in Sub-Saharan Africa
Author/Editor: Moser, Gary G. ; Ichida, Toshihiro
Series: Working Paper No. 01/112
Date: August 1, 2001
Subject(s): Economic growth | Sub-Saharan Africa | Poverty | Health care | Education
Author's keyword(s):
Poverty | growth | human development | health | Education | Africa
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Title:
The Asset Allocation of Emerging Market Mutual Funds
Author/Editor: Disyatat, Piti ; Gelos, Gaston
Series: Working Paper No. 01/111
Date: August 1, 2001
Subject(s): Financial assets | Emerging markets | Stock markets | Investment
Author's keyword(s):
asset allocation | portfolio choice | contagion
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Title:
Injury Investigations in Anti-Dumping and the Super-Additivity Effect: A Theoretical Explanation
Author/Editor: Gupta, Poonam ; Panagariya, Arvind
Series: Working Paper No. 01/110
Date: August 1, 2001
Subject(s): Antidumping | Economic models
Author's keyword(s):
Anti-dumping | cumulation | injury investigation
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Title:
Short-Term Forecasting: Projecting Italian GDP, One Quarter to Two Years Ahead
Author/Editor: Iacoviello, Matteo
Series: Working Paper No. 01/109
Date: August 1, 2001
Subject(s): Gross domestic product | Italy | Economic models
Author's keyword(s):
Forecasting | Bayesian Vector Autoregressions | Leading Indicators
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Title:
Transitional Growth with Increasing Inequality and Financial Deepening
Author/Editor: Ueda, Kenichi
Series: Working Paper No. 01/108
Date: August 1, 2001
Subject(s): Economic growth | Financial sector | Economic models
Author's keyword(s):
Transitional growth | inequality | financial deepening | transaction costs
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Title:
Long-Term Capital Movements
Author/Editor: Lane, Philip R. ; Milesi-Ferretti, Gian Maria
Series: Working Paper No. 01/107
Date: August 1, 2001
Subject(s): Capital flows | Public debt
Author's keyword(s):
Net foreign assets | public debt | demographics
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Title:
The Impact of Public Education Expenditure on Human Capital, Growth, and Poverty in Tanzania and Zambia: A General Equilibrium Approach
Author/Editor: Jung, Hong-Sang ; Thorbecke, Erik
Series: Working Paper No. 01/106
Date: August 1, 2001
Subject(s): Government expenditures | Tanzania | Zambia | Human capital | Education | Population | Economic growth | Poverty | Economic models
Author's keyword(s):
Public expenditure | CGE education poverty | Tanzania | Zambia
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Title:
A Statistical Analysis of Banking Performance in the Caribbean Currency Union in the 1990s
Author/Editor: Juan-Ramon, V. Hugo ; Randall, Ruby ; Williams, Oral
Series: Working Paper No. 01/105
Date: August 1, 2001
Subject(s): Banking systems | Eastern Caribbean Currency Union | Monetary Unions
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Title:
Reserve Pooling in the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union and the CFA Franc Zone: A Comparative Analysis
Author/Editor: Williams, Oral ; Polius, Tracy ; Selvon, Hazel
Series: Working Paper No. 01/104
Date: August 1, 2001
Subject(s): Monetary reserves | Eastern Caribbean Currency Union | CFA franc
Author's keyword(s):
ECCU | CFA Franc Zone | reserve pooling | balance of payments
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Title:
Financial Repression and Exchange Rate Management in Developing Countries: Theory and Empirical Evidence for India
Author/Editor: Kletzer, Kenneth ; Kohli, Renu
Series: Working Paper No. 01/103
Date: August 1, 2001
Subject(s): Financial sector | Developing countries | India | Payments imbalances | Exchange rates | Economic models
Author's keyword(s):
financial repression | balance of payments crises | exchange rates
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Title:
Monetary Policy Under EMU: Differences in the Transition Mechanism?
Author/Editor: Clements, Benedict J. ; Kontolemis G., Zenon ; Levy, Joaquim Vieira Ferreira
Series: Working Paper No. 01/102
Date: August 1, 2001
Subject(s): Monetary policy | European Economic and Monetary Union | Credit | Exchange rates | Interest rates | Economic models
Author's keyword(s):
European Monetary Union | Monetary Policy | Transmission Mechanism
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Title:
The IMF and the Ruble Area, 1991-93
Author/Editor: Odling-Smee, J. C. ; Pastor, Gonzalo C.
Series: Working Paper No. 01/101
Date: August 1, 2001
Subject(s): Monetary policy | Russian ruble | Currencies
Author's keyword(s):
Monetary Policy | Ruble Area | National Currencies
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Title:
The Two Monetary Approaches to the Balance of Payments: Keynesian and Johnsonian
Author/Editor: Polak, J. J.
Series: Working Paper No. 01/100
Date: August 1, 2001
Subject(s): Monetary policy | Balance of payments | Fund
Author's keyword(s):
Monetary approach to the balance of payments; mometarism; IMF
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Title:
Philippines: Preparations for Inflation Targeting
Author/Editor: Kongsamut, Piyabha
Series: Working Paper No. 01/99
Date: August 1, 2001
Subject(s): Inflation targeting | Philippines | Economic models
Author's keyword(s):
Philippines | targeting | inflation modeling
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Title:
"Big Bang" Versus Gradualism in Economic Reforms: An Intertemporal Analysis with an Application to China
Author/Editor: Feltenstein, Andrew ; Nsouli, Saleh M.
Series: Working Paper No. 01/98
Date: August 1, 2001
Subject(s): Economic reform | China | Privatization | Transition economies | Economic models | China, People's Republic of
Author's keyword(s):
Transition | sequencing of reform
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Title:
Can Inheritances Alleviate the Fiscal Burden of an Aging Population?
Author/Editor: Lueth, Erik
Series: Working Paper No. 01/97
Date: August 1, 2001
Subject(s): Aging | Transfer of real resources | Taxation | Social policy | Labor supply | Economic models
Author's keyword(s):
Bequests | taxation | computable GEM
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Title:
Districting and Government Overspending
Author/Editor: Baqir, Reza
Series: Working Paper No. 01/96
Date: August 1, 2001
Subject(s): Government expenditures | Public sector
Author's keyword(s):
government spending | fiscal institutions | electoral systems | comparative politics
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Title:
Globalization and Firms' Financing Choices: Evidence from Emerging Economies
Author/Editor: Schmukler, Sergio L. ; Vesperoni, Esteban
Series: Working Paper No. 01/95
Date: August 1, 2001
Subject(s): Globalization | Capital markets | Emerging markets | Economic models
Author's keyword(s):
Financing choices | financial structure | financial integration | financial globalization | international financial markets
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Title:
The Gender Gap in Education in Eritrea in 1991-98: A Missed Opportunity?
Author/Editor: Brixiova, Zuzana ; Bulir, Ales ; Comenetz, Joshua
Series: Working Paper No. 01/94
Date: August 1, 2001
Subject(s): Education | Eritrea | Social policy | Labor productivity | Economic growth | Poverty
Author's keyword(s):
Gender gap | education | growth | poverty reduction
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Title:
Consumption-Based Interest Rate and the Present-Value Model of the Current Account--Evidence from Nigeria
Author/Editor: Adedeji, Olumuyiwa
Series: Working Paper No. 01/93
Date: August 1, 2001
Subject(s): Current account balances | Nigeria | Interest rates | Exchange rates | Terms of trade | Economic models
Author's keyword(s):
Present-value model | consumption-based interest rate | Nigeria
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Title:
Bond Restructuring and Moral Hazard: Are Collective Action Clauses Costly?
Author/Editor: Becker, Törbjörn I. ; Richards, Anthony J. ; Thaicharoen, Yunyong
Series: Working Paper No. 01/92
Date: August 1, 2001
Subject(s): Collective action clauses | Bonds | Emerging markets | Bond issues | Economic models
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July 2001
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Title:
An Assessment of Fiscal Rules in the United Kingdom
Author/Editor: Kell, Michael
Series: Working Paper No. 01/91
Date: July 1, 2001
Subject(s): Fiscal policy | United Kingdom | Fiscal transparency
Author's keyword(s):
Fiscal rules | fiscal sustainability | intergenerational equity | transparency
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Title:
Investment Banking and Security Market Development: Does Finance Follow Industry?
Author/Editor: Anand, Bharat Narendra ; Galetovic P., Alexander
Series: Working Paper No. 01/90
Date: July 1, 2001
Subject(s): Investment | Banking | Stock markets | Securities markets | Economic models
Author's keyword(s):
relationships | size distribution of firms
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June 2001
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Title:
Productivity in the OECD Countries: A Critical Appraisal of the Evidence
Author/Editor: Calderón, César
Series: Working Paper No. 01/89
Date: June 1, 2001
Subject(s): Economic growth | OECD | Productivity
Author's keyword(s):
Economic Growth | Total Factor Productivity (TFP) | Cross-Country Productivity Differentials
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Title:
Stress Testing of Financial Systems: An Overview of Issues, Methodologies, and FSAP Experiences
Author/Editor: Blaschke, Winfrid ; Jones, Matthew T. ; Majnoni, Giovanni ; Martinez Peria, Maria Soledad
Series: Working Paper No. 01/88
Date: June 1, 2001
Subject(s): Financial systems | Financial Sector Assessment Program | Interest rates | Credit | Exchange risk | Liquidity
Author's keyword(s):
Stress testing | interest rate risk | credit risk | foreign exchange risk | liquidity risk
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Title:
The Size and Sustainability of the Nigerian Current Account Deficits
Author/Editor: Adedeji, Olumuyiwa
Series: Working Paper No. 01/87
Date: June 1, 2001
Subject(s): Current account deficits | Nigeria
Author's keyword(s):
Excessive current account deficits | external sustainability | Nigeria
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Title:
Resources and Incentives to Reform: A Model and Some Evidence on Sub-Saharan African Countries
Author/Editor: Dalmazzo, A. ; De Blasio, Guido
Series: Working Paper No. 01/86
Date: June 1, 2001
Subject(s): Economic reform | Sub-saharan Africa | Investment | Economic models
Author's keyword(s):
Investment | autocracy | reforms
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Title:
Beyond Balanced Growth
Author/Editor: Kongsamut, Piyabha ; Xie, Danyang ; Rebelo, Sergio
Series: Working Paper No. 01/85
Date: June 1, 2001
Subject(s): Economic growth | Labor | Economic models
Author's keyword(s):
Growth | structural change | kaldor facts
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Title:
The Impact of the EMU on the Structure of European Equity Returns - An Empirical Analysis of the First 21 Months
Author/Editor: Kraus, Thomas
Series: Working Paper No. 01/84
Date: June 1, 2001
Subject(s): European Economic and Monetary Union | Euro | Capital markets | Industry | Economic models
Author's keyword(s):
Euro | EMU | equity markets | correlations | industry sectors | factor models
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Title:
Post-Resolution Treatment of Depositors at Failed Banks: Implications for the Severity of Banking Crises, Systemic Risk, and Too-Big-To-Fail
Author/Editor: Kaufman, George G. ; Seelig, Steven A.
Series: Working Paper No. 01/83
Date: June 1, 2001
Subject(s): Financial crisis | Banking systems | Insolvency | Bank resolution
Author's keyword(s):
deposit insurance | bank failure | banking crises | systemic risk
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Title:
Modeling and Forecasting Inflation in Japan
Author/Editor: Sekine, Toshitaka
Series: Working Paper No. 01/82
Date: June 1, 2001
Subject(s): Inflation | Japan | Economic forecasting | Forecasting models
Author's keyword(s):
inflation | forecast | Japan
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Title:
Intellectual Property Rights and International R&D Competition
Author/Editor: Scandizzo, Stefania
Series: Working Paper No. 01/81
Date: June 1, 2001
Subject(s): Competition | Trade | Consumer goods | Production | Economic models
Author's keyword(s):
Intellectual property rights | Innovation | imitation | time consistency
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Title:
The Macroeconomic Impact of HIV/AIDS in Botswana
Author/Editor: MacFarlan, Maitland ; Sgherri, Silvia
Series: Working Paper No. 01/80
Date: June 1, 2001
Subject(s): Social policy | Botswana | Health care | Labor supply | Savings | Investment | Economic models
Author's keyword(s):
Economic growth | HIV/AIDS | Botswana
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May 2001
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Title:
Benefits of Compliance with Securities Listing Standards: Evidence from the Depository Receipt Market
Author/Editor: Sarr, Abdourahmane
Series: Working Paper No. 01/79
Date: May 1, 2001
Subject(s): Bonds | International capital markets | Foreign investment | Economic models
Author's keyword(s):
Standards Implementation | foreign equity capital | regression analysis
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Title:
New Economy Stock Valuations and Investmen in the 1990s
Author/Editor: Sløk, Torsten ; Edison, Hali J.
Series: Working Paper No. 01/78
Date: May 1, 2001
Subject(s): Stock markets | Investment | Economic models
Author's keyword(s):
Real investment | New economy | stock markets
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Title:
Wealth Effects and the New Economy
Author/Editor: Sløk, Torsten ; Edison, Hali J.
Series: Working Paper No. 01/77
Date: May 1, 2001
Subject(s): Stock markets | Consumption | Economic models
Author's keyword(s):
Wealth effects | new economy | stock markets in the 1990s
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Title:
The International Lender of Last Resort: How Large is Large Enought?
Author/Editor: Jeanne, Olivier
Series: Working Paper No. 01/76
Date: May 1, 2001
Subject(s): Banks | Exchange rate regimes | Dollarization | Financial crisis
Author's keyword(s):
Lender of last resort | bank runs | multiple equilibria | credit crunch | exchange rate regime | dollarization | deposit
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Title:
Domestic Petroleum Price Smoothing in Developing and Transition Countries
Author/Editor: Bingham, Benedict F. W. ; Daniel, James ; Federico, Giulio
Series: Working Paper No. 01/75
Date: May 1, 2001
Subject(s): Oil prices | Developing countries | Transition economies | Price stabilization
Author's keyword(s):
oil prices | petroleum prices | price stabilization | hedging
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Title:
Fiscal Deficits and Inflation: A New Look at the Emerging Market Evidence
Author/Editor: Catão, Luis ; Terrones, Marco
Series: Working Paper No. 01/74
Date: May 1, 2001
Subject(s): Fiscal policy | Budget deficits | Inflation | Emerging markets
Author's keyword(s):
Fiscal Policy | Emerging Markets | Inflation
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Title:
Competition Among Regulators
Author/Editor: Dell'Ariccia, Giovanni ; Marquez, Robert
Series: Working Paper No. 01/73
Date: May 1, 2001
Subject(s): Competition | Bank regulations | Financial systems | Economic models
Author's keyword(s):
Externalities | banking regulation | financial integration
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Title:
Treatment of Mobile Phone Licences in the National Accounts
Author/Editor: Dippelsman, Robert ; Mæhle, Nils Øyvind
Series: Working Paper No. 01/72
Date: May 1, 2001
Subject(s): National accounts | Balance of payments | Financial statistics
Author's keyword(s):
National Accounts | Balance of Payments | Government Financial Statistics
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Title:
Fiscal Decentralization and Governance: A Cross-Country Analysis
Author/Editor: de Mello, Luiz ; Barenstein, Matias
Series: Working Paper No. 01/71
Date: May 1, 2001
Subject(s): Fiscal management | Governance | Economic models
Author's keyword(s):
Governance | fiscal decentralization
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Title:
What is Different About Family Businesses?
Author/Editor: Chami, Ralph
Series: Working Paper No. 01/70
Date: May 1, 2001
Subject(s): Private capital flows | Private investment | Labor | Private sector | Economic models
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Title:
An Exploration of the Private Sector Response to Changes in Government Saving Across OECD Countries
Author/Editor: Thomas, Alun H.
Series: Working Paper No. 01/69
Date: May 1, 2001
Subject(s): Fiscal policy | Private sector | Economic models
Author's keyword(s):
Fiscal Policy | integenerational fiscal balance | Ricardian effects
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Title:
The Long-Run Behavior of Commodity Prices: Small Trends and Big Variability
Author/Editor: Cashin, Paul ; McDermott, C. John
Series: Working Paper No. 01/68
Date: May 1, 2001
Subject(s): Commodity prices | Economic models
Author's keyword(s):
Commodity prices | trends | cycles | variability
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Title:
Bank Debit Taxes in Latin America - An Analysis of Recent Trends
Author/Editor: Coelho, Isaias ; Ebrill, Liam P. ; Summers, Victoria P.
Series: Working Paper No. 01/67
Date: May 1, 2001
Subject(s): Banks | Latin America | Argentina | Brazil | Colombia | Ecuador | Peru | Venezuela, Republica Bolivariana de | Taxes
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Title:
Sanctions and Civil Conflict
Author/Editor: Gershenson, Dmitry
Series: Working Paper No. 01/66
Date: May 1, 2001
Subject(s): Resource allocation | Income | Economic models
Author's keyword(s):
conflict | surrender
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Title:
Intergovernmental Relations and Fiscal Discipline: Between Common Tax Resources and Soft Budget Constraints
Author/Editor: Pisauro, Guiseppe
Series: Working Paper No. 01/65
Date: May 1, 2001
Subject(s): Fiscal Management | Government expenditures | Taxation | Budgets | Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Author's keyword(s):
fiscal federalism | soft budget constraint | bailout | budgetary institutions
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Title:
Determinants of Private Capital Flows in the 1970s and 1990s - Is There Evidence of Contagion?
Author/Editor: Hernández, Leonardo ; Melado, Pamela ; Valdés, Rodrigo O.
Series: Working Paper No. 01/64
Date: May 1, 2001
Subject(s): Capital flows | Developing countries
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Title:
Domestic Bank Regulation and Financial Crises: Theory and Empirical Evidence from East Asia
Author/Editor: Dekle, Robert ; Kletzer, Kenneth
Series: Working Paper No. 01/63
Date: May 1, 2001
Subject(s): Bank regulations | Asia | Financial crisis | Exchange rate regimes | Capital inflows | Economic models
Author's keyword(s):
Currency crises | financial fragility | exchange rate regimes | capital inflows
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Title:
Financial System Standards and Financial Stability: The Case of Basel Core Principles
Author/Editor: Marston, David
Series: Working Paper No. 01/62
Date: May 1, 2001
Subject(s): Financial systems | Bank supervision
Author's keyword(s):
Standards and Code | Basel Core Principles | and Financial System Soundness
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Title:
Financial Implications of the Shrinking Supply of U.S. Treasury Securities
Author/Editor: Schinasi, Garry J. ; Kramer, Charles Frederick ; Smith, T. Todd
Series: Working Paper No. 01/61
Date: May 1, 2001
Subject(s): Capital markets | United States | Public debt
Author's keyword(s):
U.S. treasury securities | financial markets | public debt
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Title:
Whose Inflation? A Characterization of the CPI Plutocratic Bias
Author/Editor: Ley, Eduardo
Series: Working Paper No. 01/59
Date: May 1, 2001
Subject(s): Inflation | Consumer price indexes | Income | Economic models
Author's keyword(s):
Consumer price index | plutocratic index | democratic index | group index | aggregation | equivalence scales | inflation
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Title:
Intrahousehold Allocation of Resources: The Bolivian Family
Author/Editor: Inchauste, Gabriela
Series: Working Paper No. 01/57
Date: May 1, 2001
Subject(s): Resource allocation | Bolivia | Education | Economic models
Author's keyword(s):
Household bargaining | Bolivia | resource allocation | child welfare
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Title:
Interpreting Real Exchange Rate Movements in Transition Countries
Author/Editor: de Broeck, Mark ; Sløk, Torsten
Series: Working Paper No. 01/56
Date: May 1, 2001
Subject(s): Real effective exchange rates | Transition economies
Author's keyword(s):
Real Exchange Rates | Transition | Balassa-Samuelson effects
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Title:
Transition Economies: How Appropriate is the Size and Scope of Government?
Author/Editor: Gupta, Sanjeev ; Leruth, Luc ; de Mello, Luiz ; Chakravarti, Shamit
Series: Working Paper No. 01/55
Date: May 1, 2001
Subject(s): Transition economies | Government expenditures | Public debt
Author's keyword(s):
Transition economies | reform | size of government
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Title:
International Trade and Poverty Alleviation
Author/Editor: Bannister, Geoffrey J.
Series: Working Paper No. 01/54
Date: May 1, 2001
Subject(s): International trade | Poverty | Trade liberalization
Author's keyword(s):
Trade reform | poverty alleviation
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Title:
Financial Reforms in Sudan: Streamlining Bank Intermediation
Author/Editor: Kireyev, Alexei
Series: Working Paper No. 01/53
Date: May 1, 2001
Subject(s): Bank reforms | Sudan | Financial systems | Islamic banking | Bank supervision | Monetary policy
Author's keyword(s):
Financial reform | monetary policy | Islamic finance | banking supervision | Sudan
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Title:
Indonesia: Anatomy of a Banking Crisis
Author/Editor: Enoch, Charles ; Baldwin, Barbara E. ; Frécaut, Olivier ; Kovanen, Arto
Series: Working Paper No. 01/52
Date: May 1, 2001
Subject(s): Banking | Indonesia | Financial sector | Financial crisis | Bank supervision
Author's keyword(s):
Banking crisis | bank restructuring | blanket guarantee | lender of last resort | banking supervision
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Title:
Securities Transaction Taxes and Financial Markets
Author/Editor: Habermeier, Karl Friedrich ; Kirilenko, Andrei
Series: Working Paper No. 01/51
Date: May 1, 2001
Subject(s): Taxes | Bonds | Capital markets | Capital controls | Sweden
Author's keyword(s):
Securities transaction taxes | Capital controls
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Title:
High Inflation and Real Wages
Author/Editor: Braumann, Benedikt
Series: Working Paper No. 01/50
Date: May 1, 2001
Subject(s): Inflation | Wages | Poverty | Economic models
Author's keyword(s):
inflation | real wages | poverty | Heckscher-Ohlin | cash-in-advance
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Title:
Currency Crises and The Real Economy: The Role of Banks
Author/Editor: Disyatat, Piti
Series: Working Paper No. 01/49
Date: May 1, 2001
Subject(s): Financial crisis | Banks | Financial sector | External debt | Economic models
Author's keyword(s):
Currency Crisis | Banking Crisis | Currency Debt | Balance Sheet | Output
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Title:
The Fall and Recovery of the Cuban Economy in the 1990s: Mirage or Reality?
Author/Editor: Hernández-Catá, Ernesto
Series: Working Paper No. 01/48
Date: May 1, 2001
Subject(s): Economic growth | Cuba | Productivity
Author's keyword(s):
Cuba | growth | productivity | liberalization | transition
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Title:
How Do Countries Choose Their Exchange Rate Regime?
Author/Editor: Poirson, Hélène
Series: Working Paper No. 01/46
Date: May 1, 2001
Subject(s): Exchange rate regimes | Developing countries | Dollarization | Monetary unions
Author's keyword(s):
Exchange rates | developing countries | dollarization | optimal currency areas
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Title:
Comparing Projections and Outcomes of IMF-Supported Programs
Author/Editor: Phillips, Steven ; Musso, Alberto
Series: Working Paper No. 01/45
Date: May 1, 2001
Subject(s): Fund | Economic growth | Inflation | Balance of payments | Fund-supported adjustment programs
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April 2001
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Title:
Price Volatility and Financial Instability
Author/Editor: Leon, H. L. ; Worrell, DeLisle
Series: Working Paper No. 01/60
Date: April 1, 2001
Subject(s): Exchange rates | Stock markets | Exchange rate instability | Price stabilization | Economic models
Author's keyword(s):
Volatility | financial instability | GARCH models
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Title:
Monetary Implications of Cross-Border Derivatives for Emerging Economies
Author/Editor: Méndez Morales, Armando
Series: Working Paper No. 01/58
Date: April 1, 2001
Subject(s): Financial systems | Currencies | Spot exchange rates | Foreign exchange | Economic models
Author's keyword(s):
Options | Monetary Operations | Cross-border financial transactions
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Title:
Financial Sustainability and Reform Options for the Albanian Pension Fund
Author/Editor: Treichel, Volker
Series: Working Paper No. 01/47
Date: April 1, 2001
Subject(s): Pension funds | Albania | Transition economies
Author's keyword(s):
Parametric reforms of pension funds | multi-pillar reforms | transition economies
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Title:
Inflation and Financial Depth
Author/Editor: Khan, Mohsin S. ; Senhadji Semlali, A. ; Smith, Bruce D.
Series: Working Paper No. 01/44
Date: April 1, 2001
Subject(s): Inflation | Markets | Economic models
Author's keyword(s):
Inflation | Financial Depth
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Title:
How Does Privatization Work? Ownership Concentration and Enterprise Performance in Ukraine
Author/Editor: Pivovarsky, Alexander
Series: Working Paper No. 01/42
Date: April 1, 2001
Subject(s): Privatization | Ukraine | Governance | Transition economies
Author's keyword(s):
Corporate Governance | Ownership | Privatization | Transition
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Title:
The Equilibrium Distributions of Value for Risky Stocks and Bonds
Author/Editor: Johannes, Ron
Series: Working Paper No. 01/39
Date: April 1, 2001
Subject(s): Financial assets | Investment | Stock markets | Bond markets | Economic models
Author's keyword(s):
Capital assets | distribution of expected price | market fundamentals | investor sentiment
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Title:
Social Sector Reform in Transition Countries
Author/Editor: Heller, Peter S. ; Keller, Christian
Series: Working Paper No. 01/35
Date: April 1, 2001
Subject(s): Transition economies | Poverty | Economic growth | Social policy | Social safety nets | Education
Author's keyword(s):
Transition economies | social sector reform | social safety nets
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Title:
Euro-Area Banking at the Crossroads
Author/Editor: Belaisch, Agnes ; Kodres, Laura E. ; Levy, Joaquim Vieira Ferreira ; Ubide, Angel J.
Series: Working Paper No. 01/28
Date: April 1, 2001
Subject(s): Euro area | Banking
Author's keyword(s):
Banking mergers | too big too fail | banking supervision
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March 2001
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Title:
International Trade in Manufactured Products: A Ricardo-Heckscher-Ohlin Explanation with Monopolistic Competition
Author/Editor: Choudhri, Ehsan U. ; Hakura, Dalia
Series: Working Paper No. 01/41
Date: March 1, 2001
Subject(s): Competition | International trade | Production | Economic models
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Title:
Population Aging in Japan: Demographic Shock and Fiscal Sustainability
Author/Editor: Mühleisen, Martin ; Faruqee, Hamid
Series: Working Paper No. 01/40
Date: March 1, 2001
Subject(s): Aging | Japan | Savings | Debt | Fiscal policy | Economic models
Author's keyword(s):
Japan | aging | saving | fiscal policy | general equilibrium analysis
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Title:
PPP and the Balassa Samuelson Effect: The Role of the Distribution Sector
Author/Editor: MacDonald, Ronald ; Ricci, Luca Antonio
Series: Working Paper No. 01/38
Date: March 1, 2001
Subject(s): Purchasing power parity | Exchange rates | Trade | Prices | Economic models
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Title:
Obtstacles to Faster Growth in Transition Economies: The Mongolian Case
Author/Editor: Black, Stabley W.
Series: Working Paper No. 01/37
Date: March 1, 2001
Subject(s): Transition economies | Economic growth | Mongolia | Capital | Labor | Privatization | Economic models
Author's keyword(s):
Transition | Growth | Mongolia
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Title:
Monetary Union in West Africa: An Agency of Restraint for Fiscal Policies
Author/Editor: Masson, Paul R. ; Pattillo, Catherine A.
Series: Working Paper No. 01/34
Date: March 1, 2001
Subject(s): West African Monetary Union | Africa | Fiscal policy | CFA franc | Trade
Author's keyword(s):
monetary union | West Africa | fiscal rules | fiscal discipline | ECOWAS | CFA franc zone
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Title:
Human Capital Convergence: International Evidence
Author/Editor: Sab, Randa ; Smith, Stephen C.
Series: Working Paper No. 01/32
Date: March 1, 2001
Subject(s): Human capital | Income | Education | Health care | Economic models
Author's keyword(s):
Human capital | convergence | education | health | growth
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Title:
Inflation Targeting in the Context of IMF-Supported Adjustment Programs
Author/Editor: Bléjer, Mario I. ; Leone, Alfredo Mario ; Schwartz, Gerd ; Rabanal, Pau
Series: Working Paper No. 01/31
Date: March 1, 2001
Subject(s): Inflation targeting | Brazil | Monetary policy | Conditionality | Fund-supported adjustment programs
Author's keyword(s):
Inflation targeting | monetary policy | monetary policy rules | Brazil
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Title:
In Search of Coincident and Leading Indicators of Economic Activity in Argentina
Author/Editor: Simone, Alejandro
Series: Working Paper No. 01/30
Date: March 1, 2001
Subject(s): Economic indicators | Argentina | Economic models
Author's keyword(s):
Argentina | Leading Indicators
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Title:
What Drives Contagion: Trade Neighborhood, or Financial Links?
Author/Editor: Hernández, Leonardo ; Valdés, Rodrigo O.
Series: Working Paper No. 01/29
Date: March 1, 2001
Subject(s): Economic conditions | Bond markets | Stock markets | Capital flows | Financial crisis
Author's keyword(s):
Contagion | bond spreads | stock market | capital flows | crisis transmission
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Title:
Sustaining Fixed Exchange Rates: A Model with Debt and Institutions
Author/Editor: Pitt, Alexander
Series: Working Paper No. 01/27
Date: March 1, 2001
Subject(s): Exchange rate regimes | Debt | Banking | Trade policy | Economic models
Author's keyword(s):
Exchange rates | attack | institutions | productivity
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Title:
A Cointegration Analysis of Broad Money Demand in Cameroon
Author/Editor: Nachega, Jean-Claude
Series: Working Paper No. 01/26
Date: March 1, 2001
Subject(s): Demand for money | Cameroon | Economic models | Data analysis | Inflation | Exchange rates
Author's keyword(s):
Cameroon | cointegration | money demand | inflation | fixed exchange rate
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Title:
Toward a Framework for Assessing Data Quality
Author/Editor: Carson, Carol S.
Series: Working Paper No. 01/25
Date: March 1, 2001
Subject(s): Statistics | Data analysis
Author's keyword(s):
Data quality | macroeconomic data | data assessment
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Title:
A Quest for Revenue and Tax Incidence in Uganda
Author/Editor: Matovu, John ; Chen, Duanjie ; Reinikka-Soininen, Ritva
Series: Working Paper No. 01/24
Date: March 1, 2001
Subject(s): Taxes | Uganda | Revenues | Tax reforms
Author's keyword(s):
Tax Reforms | Tax Incidence
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February 2001
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Title:
Competitiveness and the Equilibrium Exchange Rate in Costa Rica
Author/Editor: Paiva, Claudio
Series: Working Paper No. 01/23
Date: February 1, 2001
Subject(s): Exchange rates | Costa Rica | Current account | Export competitiveness
Author's keyword(s):
Equilibrium exchange rate | current account sustainability | competitiveness | external vulnerability
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Title:
Flight to Quality or to Captivity? Information and Credit Allocation
Author/Editor: Dell'Ariccia, Giovanni ; Marquez, Robert
Series: Working Paper No. 01/20
Date: February 1, 2001
Subject(s): Banking | Bank credit | Economic models
Author's keyword(s):
Banking | Information | Credit Allocation
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Title:
On the Long and Short of Central Bank Independence, Policy Coordination, and Economic Performance
Author/Editor: Musalem Borrero, Alberto
Series: Working Paper No. 01/19
Date: February 1, 2001
Subject(s): Central bank role | Inflation | Economic policy | Economic models
Author's keyword(s):
Policy objectives | institutional arrangements | policy coordination | bargaining | economic performance
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Title:
Currency Crises and Foreign Reserves: A Simple Model
Author/Editor: Disyatat, Piti
Series: Working Paper No. 01/18
Date: February 1, 2001
Subject(s): Currencies | Financial crisis | Foreign exchange reserves | Economic models
Author's keyword(s):
Currency crisis | speculative attacks | borrowing reserves
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Title:
Physical Capital Adjustment within Spain: Long-Run and Short-Run Analysis
Author/Editor: Mauro, Paolo ; Spilimbergo, Antonio
Series: Working Paper No. 01/17
Date: February 1, 2001
Subject(s): Capital flows | Spain | Labor mobility | Economic models
Author's keyword(s):
Regional shocks | capital and labor movement
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Title:
Explaining Russia's Output Collapse: Aggregate Sources and Regional Evidence
Author/Editor: Tytell, Irina
Series: Working Paper No. 01/16
Date: February 1, 2001
Subject(s): Economic growth | Russian Federation | Productivity | Transition economies | Economic models
Author's keyword(s):
Growth | productivity | transition
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Title:
Rent Seeking and Endogenous Income Inequality
Author/Editor: Dabla-Norris, Era ; Wade, Paul
Series: Working Paper No. 01/15
Date: February 1, 2001
Subject(s): Income distribution | Economic models
Author's keyword(s):
Income inequality | rent seeking | lotteries
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Title:
The Macroeconomic Effects of Higher Oil Prices
Author/Editor: Hunt, Ben ; Isard, Peter ; Laxton, Douglas
Series: Working Paper No. 01/14
Date: February 1, 2001
Subject(s): Oil prices | Monetary policy | Economic models
Author's keyword(s):
oil price shocks | MULTIMOD | monetary policy
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January 2001
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Title:
Mortgage Market Development, Savings, and Growth
Author/Editor: Li, Xiaowei
Series: Working Paper No. 01/36
Date: January 1, 2001
Subject(s): Middle East | Capital | Savings | Economic growth | Economic models
Author's keyword(s):
Middle East | Mortgage | Savings | Growth
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Title:
Africa's Trade Revisted
Author/Editor: Subramanian, Arvind ; Tamirisa, Natalia T.
Series: Working Paper No. 01/33
Date: January 1, 2001
Subject(s): Trade | Africa | Globalization
Author's keyword(s):
Africa trade | globalization | gravity model | regional integration
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Title:
Electoral System and Public Spending
Author/Editor: Milesi-Ferretti, Gian Maria ; Perotti, Roberto ; Rostagno, Massimo V.
Series: Working Paper No. 01/22
Date: January 1, 2001
Subject(s): Government expenditures | Economic models
Author's keyword(s):
Electoral rules | proportionality | public spending | transfers
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Title:
Bank Competition and Firm Creation
Author/Editor: Dell'Ariccia, Giovanni
Series: Working Paper No. 01/21
Date: January 1, 2001
Subject(s): Competition | Banking | Economic growth | Economic models
Author's keyword(s):
Bank competition | Asymmetric Information | Growth
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Title:
Counterfeit Goods and Income Inequality
Author/Editor: Scandizzo, Stefania
Series: Working Paper No. 01/13
Date: January 1, 2001
Subject(s): Consumer goods | Income distribution | Economic models
Author's keyword(s):
Counterfeit goods | vertical product differentiation | income distribution | inequality
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Title:
Different Strokes? Common and Uncommon Responses to Financial Crises
Author/Editor: Boughton, James M.
Series: Working Paper No. 01/12
Date: January 1, 2001
Subject(s): Financial crisis | Economic models
Author's keyword(s):
Financial crises | macroeconomic models
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Title:
The Role of Medium-Term Fiscal Frameworks for Transition Countries: The Case of Bulgaria
Author/Editor: Horváth, Balázs ; Székely, István P.
Series: Working Paper No. 01/11
Date: January 1, 2001
Subject(s): Fiscal management | Bulgaria
Author's keyword(s):
Fiscal management | dedium-term fiscal framework
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Title:
Modeling Politics with Economics Tools: A Critical Survey of the Literature
Author/Editor: Olters, Jan-Peter
Series: Working Paper No. 01/10
Date: January 1, 2001
Subject(s): Economic policy | Public sector | Business cycles | Economic models
Author's keyword(s):
Endogenous politics | political business cycles | optimal government behavior
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Title:
Time-to-Build and Convex Adjustment Costs
Author/Editor: Koeva Brooks, Petya
Series: Working Paper No. 01/9
Date: January 1, 2001
Subject(s): Investment | Economic models | United States
Author's keyword(s):
Time-to-build | investment
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Title:
Budgetary Transparency for Public Expenditure Control
Author/Editor: Reviglio, Franco
Series: Working Paper No. 01/8
Date: January 1, 2001
Subject(s): Budgets | Italy | Government expenditures | Taxation | China, People's Republic of
Author's keyword(s):
Public expenditure control; political systems and public expenditure reforms; taxation and unemployment;
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Title:
Inflation Targeting with NAIRU Uncertainty and Endogenous Policy Credibility
Author/Editor: Isard, Peter ; Laxton, Douglas ; Eliasson, Ann-Charlotte
Series: Working Paper No. 01/7
Date: January 1, 2001
Subject(s): Inflation targeting | Monetary policy | Economic models
Author's keyword(s):
Inflation targeting | monetary policy rules | credibility | NAIRU uncertainty
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Title:
Growth Slowdown in Bureaucratic Economic Systems: An Issue Revisited
Author/Editor: Brixiova, Zuzana ; Bulir, Ales
Series: Working Paper No. 01/6
Date: January 1, 2001
Subject(s): Economic growth | Economic models
Author's keyword(s):
Bureacracy | planning | growth
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Title:
Recursive Utility, Endogenous Growth, and the Welfare Cost of Volatility
Author/Editor: Epaulard, Anne ; Pommeret, Aude
Series: Working Paper No. 01/5
Date: January 1, 2001
Subject(s): Economic growth | Consumption | Economic models
Author's keyword(s):
Welfare cost of fluctuations | recursive utility | endogenous growth | risk
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Title:
Are African Current Account Deficits Different? Stylized Facts, Transitory Shocks, and Decomposition Analysis
Author/Editor: Zanforlin, L. ; Chong, Alberto ; Calderón, César
Series: Working Paper No. 01/4
Date: January 1, 2001
Subject(s): Current account deficits | Africa | Economic models | China, People's Republic of
Author's keyword(s):
Current account | Dynamic panel data models | decomposition analysis
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Title:
China's Provincial Growth Dynamics
Author/Editor: Aziz, Jahangir ; Duenwald, Christoph
Series: Working Paper No. 01/3
Date: January 1, 2001
Subject(s): Economic growth | China | Economic policy | Income distribution | China, People's Republic of
Author's keyword(s):
Provincial growth | convergence | twin peaks
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Title:
Crises and Liquidity - Evidence and Interpretation
Author/Editor: Detragiache, Enrica ; Spilimbergo, Antonio
Series: Working Paper No. 01/2
Date: January 1, 2001
Subject(s): Financial crisis | Liquidity | External debt
Author's keyword(s):
Debt crises | default | creditor runs
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Title:
Monetary Independence in Emerging Markets: Does the Exchange Rate Regime Make a Difference?
Author/Editor: Borensztein, Eduardo ; Zettelmeyer, Jeromin ; Philippon, Thomas
Series: Working Paper No. 01/1
Date: January 1, 2001
Subject(s): Emerging markets | Exchange rate regimes | Monetary policy | Interest rates | Singapore | Chile | Australia | China, People's Republic of | United States | Argentina | New Zealand | Canada | Mexico
Author's keyword(s):
Monetary policy | exchange rate regime | interest rates | risk premium
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