Volume/Issue: 2019/51
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
David Coady
,
Devin D'Angelo
, and
Brooks Evans
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
08
March
2019
ISBN: 9781484398081
Fiscal policy is a key tool for achieving distributional objectives in advanced economies. This
paper embeds the discussion of fiscal redistribution within the standard social welfare
framework, which lends itself...
Volume/Issue: 2019/51
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
David Coady
,
Devin D'Angelo
, and
Brooks Evans
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
08
March
2019
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781484398081.001
ISBN: 9781484398081
Fiscal policy is a key tool for achieving distributional objectives in advanced economies. This
paper embeds the discussion of fiscal redistribution within the standard social welfare
framework, which lends itself...
Volume/Issue: 2019/37
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Constance de Soyres
,
Anna Rogantini Picco
, and
Randa Sab
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
22
February
2019
ISBN: 9781484396247
This paper focuses on the debt build-up that frontier low-income developing countries
(LIDCs) have faced since 2012. First, it documents a 20-percentage point increase in the external and government debt-to-GDP ra...
Volume/Issue: 2019/37
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Constance de Soyres
,
Anna Rogantini Picco
, and
Randa Sab
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
22
February
2019
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781484396247.001
ISBN: 9781484396247
This paper focuses on the debt build-up that frontier low-income developing countries
(LIDCs) have faced since 2012. First, it documents a 20-percentage point increase in the external and government debt-to-GDP ra...
Volume/Issue: 2019/32
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Johannes Wiegand
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
15
February
2019
ISBN: 9781484394724
In 1871-73, newly unified Germany adopted the gold standard, replacing the silver-based currencies that had been prevalent in most German states until then. The reform sparked a series of steps in other countries t...
Volume/Issue: 2019/32
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Johannes Wiegand
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
15
February
2019
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781484394724.001
ISBN: 9781484394724
In 1871-73, newly unified Germany adopted the gold standard, replacing the silver-based currencies that had been prevalent in most German states until then. The reform sparked a series of steps in other countries t...
Volume/Issue: 2019/34
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Shekhar Aiyar
, and
Christian Ebeke
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
15
February
2019
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781484396988.001
ISBN: 9781484396988
We posit that the relationship between income inequality and economic growth is
mediated by the level of equality of opportunity, which we identify with intergenerational
mobility. In economies characterized by int...
Volume/Issue: 2019/34
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Shekhar Aiyar
, and
Christian Ebeke
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
15
February
2019
ISBN: 9781484396988
We posit that the relationship between income inequality and economic growth is
mediated by the level of equality of opportunity, which we identify with intergenerational
mobility. In economies characterized by int...
Series: Balance of Payments Statistics
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Statistics Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
08
February
2019
ISBN: 9781484398289
4. A considerable number of economies submit ESS to the IMF. Annual balance of payments and IIP statistics for the period 2011–17 are published in the 2018 Balance of Payments Statistics Yearboo...
Volume/Issue: 2019/20
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Burcu Hacibedel
,
Pierre Mandon
,
Priscilla Muthoora
, and
Nathalie Pouokam
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
22
January
2019
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781484392911.001
ISBN: 9781484392911
This paper provides evidence of a strong relationship between the short-term dynamics of growth and inequality in developing economies. We find that reductions in inequality during growth upswings are largely rever...
