IMF Staff Papers, Volume 51, No. 2

IMF Staff Papers, July 29, 2004

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Bibliographic details

• Published: July 29, 2004
• Series: IMF Staff Papers
• Volume: 51
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781589063235.024

Issue overview

• Publication date: July 29, 2004
• This second issue for 2004 contains 8 new papers.
• Notable contributions and paper themes:
  • Nancy Brune, Geoffrey Garrett, and Bruce Kogut on the global spread of privatization.
  • Mark P. Taylor and Elena T. Branson on asymmetric arbitrage and default premiums in the U.S. and Russian markets.
  • Papers examining German wage structures.
  • Papers examining contagion in equity markets (bear market contagion, bull market contagion).
  • Papers on export orientation and productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa.
  • Papers on the role of higher vs. basic education in economic development.
  • Papers on issues related to capital account liberalization.

Subjects and keywords covered in the issue

• Subjects:
  • Balance of payments
  • Capital account
  • Capital account liberalization
  • Education
  • Financial markets
  • Production
  • Productivity
  • Stock markets
  • Wages
• Keywords:
  • Africa
  • Asia and Pacific
  • bear market contagion
  • bull market contagion
  • Capital account
  • Capital account liberalization
  • capital account openness
  • East Asia
  • Europe
  • Global
  • no-arbitrage band
  • Productivity
  • productivity premium
  • SP
  • Stock markets
  • Sub-Saharan Africa