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An Approach to the Estimation of Inequality in Reserve Distribution »
Source: IMF Staff papers : Volume 21 No. 3
Volume: XXI
Series: IMF Staff Papers
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Research Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 January 1974
ISBN: 9781451969344
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Central Bank Autonomy: Lessons from Global Trends »
Source: IMF Staff Papers, Volume 56, No. 2
Volume: 56
Series: IMF Staff Papers
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Research Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 03 June 2009
ISBN: 9781589067950
Keywords: labor productivity growth, employment, labor productivity, labor shares
China’s growth performance since the start of economic reforms in 1978 has been impressive, but the gains have not been distributed equally across provinces. We use a nonparametric approach to analyze the va...

Consumption and Income Inequality During the Transition to a Market Economy: Poland, 1985–1992 »
Source: IMF Staff Papers, Volume 47, Special Issue, IMF Annual Research Conference,
Volume: 47
Series: IMF Staff Papers
Author(s): Robert Flood , and Eduardo Borensztein
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 28 November 2001
ISBN: 9781451963090
Keywords: exchange rate, exchange rates, real exchange rates, real exchange rate, balance of payments
This paper presents a broad overview of postwar analytical thinking on international macroeconomics, culminating in a more detailed discussion of recent progress. The paper reviews important empirical evidence that...

Credit and Fiscal Policies in a “Global Monetarist” Model of the Balance of Payments »
Source: IMF Staff papers : Volume 31 No. 4
Volume: 31
Series: IMF Staff Papers
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Research Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 January 1984
ISBN: 9781451930641
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Do Labor Market Policies and Growth Fundamentals Matter for Income Inequality in OECD Countries? »
Source: IMF Staff papers, Volume 44 No. 3
Volume: 44
Series: IMF Staff Papers
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Research Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 January 1997
ISBN: 9781451973464
Keywords: banking sector, nonperforming loans, banking system, individual banks, bank failure, IMF Staff Papers,
This paper studies the case of Mexico to examine determinants of banking system fragility. The paper tests empirically the proposition that bank fragility is determined by bank-specific factors, macroeconomic condi...

Financial Globalization: A Reappraisal »
Source: IMF Staff Papers, Volume 56, No. 1
Volume: 56
Series: IMF Staff Papers
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Research Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 June 2009
ISBN: 9781589067943
Keywords: financial globalization, globalization, financial integration, financial sector, financial sector development
This special issue brings together world-renowned experts to provide a systematic and critical analysis of the costs and benefits of financial globalization. Contributors include Kenneth Rogoff, Maurice Obstfeld, D...

Financial Globalization and Monetary Policy Discipline: A Survey with New Evidence from Financial Remoteness »
Source: IMF Staff Papers, Volume 56, No. 1
Volume: 56
Series: IMF Staff Papers
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Research Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 June 2009
ISBN: 9781589067943
Keywords: financial globalization, globalization, financial integration, financial sector, financial sector development
This special issue brings together world-renowned experts to provide a systematic and critical analysis of the costs and benefits of financial globalization. Contributors include Kenneth Rogoff, Maurice Obstfeld, D...

Foreign Aid Policy and Sources of Poverty: A Quantitative Framework »
Source: IMF Staff Papers, Volume 54, No. 1
Volume: 54
Series: IMF Staff Papers
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Research Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 26 September 2007
ISBN: 9781589066052
Keywords: forecast errors, forecast error, serial correlation, test statistics, output growth
This is the first issue of IMF Staff Papers published under a special partnership between the IMF and Palgrave Macmillan. Very little will change with regard to the journal's visual appearance, though significant s...

Getting to Know the Global Economy Model and Its Philosophy »
Source: IMF Staff Papers, Volume 55, No. 2
Volume: 55
Series: IMF Staff Papers
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Research Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 18 June 2008
ISBN: 9781589067233
Keywords: equations, inflation, equation, monetary policy, calibration
This special issue is devoted to the Global Economy Model (GEM), a dynamic stochastic general equilibrium models widely used by the IMF and central banks worldwide to study issues that cannot be adequately addresse...

Global Dispersion of Current Accounts: Is the Universe Expanding? »
Source: IMF Staff Papers, Volume 56, No. 3
Volume: 56
Series: IMF Staff Papers
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Research Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 31 July 2009
ISBN: 9781589068209
Keywords: trade openness, trade liberalization, import duties, transition economies, trade barriers
Studies of the impact of trade openness on growth are based either on crosscountry analysis—which lacks transparency—or case studies—which lack statistical rigor. This paper applies a transpare...