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A Study of the Soviet Economy. 3-volume set : 3-Volume Set »
Series: Books
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 15 December 1991
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9789264134683.071
ISBN: 9789264134683
Keywords: prices, payments, credit, interest, wage
This three-volume study of the Soviet economy presents the detailed information, analysis, and recommendations for the summary report presented to the Group of Seven industrial countries in December 1990. The study...
Price Liberalization in Russia »
Source: Price Liberalization in Russia : The Early Record
Volume/Issue: 1992/92
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Vincent Koen , and Steven Phillips
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 November 1992
ISBN: 9781451851564
Keywords: wage, inflation, minimum wage, price level
Prices in Russia have been decontrolled in several steps since early 1991, after decades of near-fixity. Their behavior before and after the January 1992 price liberalization is analyzed here, as are the associated...
Market Liberalization Policies in a Reforming Socialist Economy »
Source: Market Liberalization Policies in a Reforming Socialist Economy
Volume/Issue: 1991/119
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Elias Dinopoulos , and Timothy Lane
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 December 1991
ISBN: 9781451940091
Keywords: wage, wages, worker, administered price
The IMF Working Papers series is designed to make IMF staff research available to a wide audience. Almost 300 Working Papers are released each year, covering a wide range of theoretical and analytical topics, inclu...
Economic Crisis in a Shortage Economy1/ »
Source: Economic Crisis in a Shortage Economy
Volume/Issue: 1991/38
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Kent Osband
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 April 1991
ISBN: 9781451845617
Keywords: Capital markets, Investment, wage, wages, worker, price level, wage increases
It is not unusual for reforming socialist economies to relax wage controls without hardening budget constraints on enterprises or freeing consumer goods prices. This policy can be dangerously destabilizing. While h...
Republic of Mozambique »
Source: Republic of Mozambique : Statistical Appendix
Volume/Issue: 2004/51
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 05 March 2004
ISBN: 9781451827132
Keywords: worker, wage, foreign trade, import prices, salaries
In this paper, the following statistical data are presented in detail: gross domestic product, savings and investment, production of major marketed crops, marketed livestock, industrial production by sector, prices...
Kyrgyz Republic »
Source: Kyrgyz Republic : Recent Economic Developments
Volume/Issue: 1995/38
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 16 May 1995
ISBN: 9781451821284
Keywords: credit, prices, wages, payments, wage, Kyrgyzstan,
This paper reviews economic developments in the Kyrgyz Republic during 1990-95. From October 1993 onward, the authorities vigorously pursued restrictive credit policies, which led to monthly inflation rates falling...
The Wage-Price Spiral »
Source: The Wage-Price Spiral : Industrial Country Evidence and Implications
Volume/Issue: 2003/164
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Magda Kandil
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 August 2003
ISBN: 9781451858013
Keywords: Wage-Price Spiral, Asymmetric Fluctuations, Output Effect, Standard of Living, wage, aggregate demand, inflation, wage-price, Output-Effect,
Using quarterly time-series data for a sample of twelve industrial countries, the paper investigates the dynamics of nominal wage and price adjustments in the face of aggregate demand shocks. The evidence illustrat...
Wage Flexibility and Economic Performance »
Source: Wage Flexibility and Economic Performance : Evidence Across Industrial Countries
Volume/Issue: 2000/137
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Magda Kandil
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 August 2000
ISBN: 9781451855906
Keywords: Wage Flexibility, demand shocks, energy price shocks, productivity shocks, wage, inflation, aggregate demand, wage inflation, real output
This paper provides new empirical evidence on the degree of nominal wage flexibility in a sample of nineteen industrial countries. Across countries, aggregate uncertainty increases the degree of wage flexibility in...
Chapter II.2 Economic Developments And Reform Since 1985 »
Source: A Study of the Soviet Economy. 3-volume set : 3-Volume Set
Series: Books
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 15 December 1991
ISBN: 9789264134683
Keywords: prices, payments, credit, interest, wage
Numerous steps had been taken by the authorities in the early 1980s to raise productivity, including measures to strengthen labor discipline, tighten surveillance of output quality, improve enterprise reward...
Chapter III.1 Structural Fiscal Issues »
Source: A Study of the Soviet Economy. 3-volume set : 3-Volume Set
Series: Books
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 15 December 1991
ISBN: 9789264134683
Keywords: prices, payments, credit, interest, wage
1. INTRODUCTION The evolution of the public finances in the USSR has been dominated for decades by allocative and distributional concerns, with little weight attached to macroeconomi...