Volume/Issue: 2016/11
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Yuko Hashimoto
, and
Noriaki Kinoshita
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
26
January
2016
ISBN: 9781484395073
This paper analyzes the nonfinancial corporation (NFC) sector’s financial balance sheets using data available from the OECD. In our sample of 20 advanced economies, corporate debt in percent of GDP—a frequently use...
Volume/Issue: 2016/11
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Yuko Hashimoto
, and
Noriaki Kinoshita
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
26
January
2016
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781484395073.001
ISBN: 9781484395073
This paper analyzes the nonfinancial corporation (NFC) sector’s financial balance sheets using data available from the OECD. In our sample of 20 advanced economies, corporate debt in percent of GDP—a frequently use...
Volume/Issue: 2014/89
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Jean-Louis Combes
,
Xavier Debrun
,
Alexandru Minea
, and
Rene Tapsoba
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
28
May
2014
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781498322379.001
ISBN: 9781498322379
The paper examines the joint impact of inflation targeting (IT) and fiscal rules (FR) on fiscal behavior and inflation in a broad panel of advanced and developing economies over the period 1990-2009. The main contr...
Volume/Issue: 2014/89
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Jean-Louis Combes
,
Xavier Debrun
,
Alexandru Minea
, and
Rene Tapsoba
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
28
May
2014
ISBN: 9781498322379
The paper examines the joint impact of inflation targeting (IT) and fiscal rules (FR) on fiscal behavior and inflation in a broad panel of advanced and developing economies over the period 1990-2009. The main contr...
Volume/Issue: 2014/34
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Andrea Pescatori
,
Damiano Sandri
, and
John Simon
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
13
February
2014
ISBN: 9781484306444
Using a novel empirical approach and an extensive dataset developed by the Fiscal Affairs Department of the IMF, we find no evidence of any particular debt threshold above which medium-term growth prospects are dra...
Volume/Issue: 2014/34
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Andrea Pescatori
,
Damiano Sandri
, and
John Simon
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
13
February
2014
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781484306444.001
ISBN: 9781484306444
Using a novel empirical approach and an extensive dataset developed by the Fiscal Affairs Department of the IMF, we find no evidence of any particular debt threshold above which medium-term growth prospects are dra...
Series: Occasional Papers
Author(s):
Benedict Clements
,
David Coady
,
Frank Eich
,
Sanjeev Gupta
,
Alvar Kangur
,
Baoping Shang
, and
Mauricio Soto
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
25
January
2013
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781616354138.084
ISBN: 9781616354138
Pension reform is high on the policy agenda of many advanced and emerging market economies. In advanced economies the challenge is generally to contain future increases in public pension spending as the population...
Series: Occasional Papers
Author(s):
Benedict Clements
,
David Coady
,
Frank Eich
,
Sanjeev Gupta
,
Alvar Kangur
,
Baoping Shang
, and
Mauricio Soto
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
25
January
2013
ISBN: 9781616354138
Pension reforms should (1) contribute to fiscal consolidation efforts, (2) address equity issues, and (3) support economic growth. The objective of public pensions is to provide retirement income security wi...
Series: Occasional Papers
Author(s):
Benedict Clements
,
David Coady
,
Frank Eich
,
Sanjeev Gupta
,
Alvar Kangur
,
Baoping Shang
, and
Mauricio Soto
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
25
January
2013
ISBN: 9781616354138
This chapter analyzes historical trends in public pension spending in advanced and emerging market economies. These trends must be observed against the backdrop of gradual population aging. During 1970–2010...
Series: Occasional Papers
Author(s):
Benedict Clements
,
David Coady
,
Frank Eich
,
Sanjeev Gupta
,
Alvar Kangur
,
Baoping Shang
, and
Mauricio Soto
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
25
January
2013
ISBN: 9781616354138
Population aging will accelerate markedly in advanced and emerging market economies over the coming decades and will put additional pressure on age-related spending for years to come. This chapter presents p...