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...
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
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...
Volume/Issue: 2019/18
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Faezeh Raei
,
Anna Ignatenko
, and
Borislava Mircheva
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
18
January
2019
ISBN: 9781484392928
Over the last two decades, world trade and production have become increasingly organized around global value chains (GVC). Recent theoretical work has shown that countries can benefit from participation in GVCs thr...
Volume/Issue: 2019/18
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Faezeh Raei
,
Anna Ignatenko
, and
Borislava Mircheva
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
18
January
2019
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781484392928.001
ISBN: 9781484392928
Over the last two decades, world trade and production have become increasingly organized around global value chains (GVC). Recent theoretical work has shown that countries can benefit from participation in GVCs thr...
Volume/Issue: 2019/17
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Konrad Adler
,
JaeBin Ahn
, and
Mai Chi Dao
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
18
January
2019
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781484392164.001
ISBN: 9781484392164
We document a broad-based trend in rising cash holdings of firms across major industrialized countries over the last two decades, a trend that is most pronounced for firms engaged strongly in R&D activities. Our co...
Volume/Issue: 2019/17
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Konrad Adler
,
JaeBin Ahn
, and
Mai Chi Dao
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
18
January
2019
ISBN: 9781484392164
We document a broad-based trend in rising cash holdings of firms across major industrialized countries over the last two decades, a trend that is most pronounced for firms engaged strongly in R&D activities. Our co...
Volume/Issue: 2019/9
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Davide Furceri
,
Swarnali Ahmed Hannan
,
Jonathan Ostry
, and
Andrew Rose
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
15
January
2019
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781484390061.001
ISBN: 9781484390061
We study the macroeconomic consequences of tariffs. We estimate impulse response functions from local projections using a panel of annual data that spans 151 countries over 1963-2014. We find that tariff increases...
Volume/Issue: 2019/9
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Davide Furceri
,
Swarnali Ahmed Hannan
,
Jonathan Ostry
, and
Andrew Rose
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
15
January
2019
ISBN: 9781484390061
We study the macroeconomic consequences of tariffs. We estimate impulse response functions from local projections using a panel of annual data that spans 151 countries over 1963-2014. We find that tariff increases...
Volume/Issue: 2018/253
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Eugenio Cerutti
, and
Maurice Obstfeld
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
07
December
2018
ISBN: 9781484377475
A cross-country comparative analysis shows that there is substantial room for further integration
of China into global financial markets, especially in the case of the international bond market. A
further successfu...
Volume/Issue: 2018/256
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Azanaw Mengistu
, and
Hector Perez Saiz
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
07
December
2018
ISBN: 9781484386163
In this paper we study how competition and financial soundness affect financial inclusion in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). We use detailed individual-level survey data, combined with key country-level indicators of ban...
