IMF Staff Papers

IMF Staff Papers, Volume 53, No. 1

April 3, 2006

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International Monetary Fund. Research Dept. "IMF Staff Papers, Volume 53, No. 1", IMF Staff Papers 2006, 001 (2006), accessed 12/21/2025, https://doi.org/10.5089/9781589065093.024

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Summary

This first issue for 2006 is anchored by two papers on Russia. The opening paper discusses Russia and the World Trade Organization, and the concluding paper, by John Odling-Smee (former Director of the IMF's European II Department), presents a comprehensive and authoritative history of the IMF's relations with Russia during the 1990s. Other articles in this issue cover rent-seeking behavior, estimations of government net capital stocks, and three papers cover different aspects of exchange rates.

Subject: Exchange rate arrangements, Exchange rates, Financial institutions, Foreign exchange, Purchasing power parity, Real exchange rates, Stocks

Keywords: Baltics, capital stock estimate, Eastern Europe, economic policy, Exchange rate arrangements, exchange rate shock, Exchange rates, Global, Middle East, net exporter, Purchasing power parity, Real exchange rates, rent seeker, rent seeking, SP, Stocks, Western Hemisphere

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Issues from 1998 onward are available for free online