Volume/Issue: 2002/189
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Arvind Subramanian
,
Francesco Trebbi
, and
Dani Rodrik
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
November
2002
ISBN: 9781451859621
We estimate the respective contributions of institutions, geography, and trade in determining cross-country income levels using recently developed instruments for institutions and trade. Our results indicate that t...
Volume/Issue: 2006/284
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Carl-Johan Dalgaard
, and
Lennart Erickson
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
December
2006
ISBN: 9781451865448
The First Millennium Development Goal (MDG#1) is to cut the fraction of global population living on less than one dollar per day in half, by 2015. Foreign aid financed investments may contribute to the attainment o...
Volume/Issue: 2005/118
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Juan Zalduendo
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
June
2005
ISBN: 9781451861372
This paper examines the design of economic policies using factor analysis, which has several advantages; in particular, it limits the problems that typically arise from the high correlation of economic policy indic...
Volume/Issue: 2012/106
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Antonio Spilimbergo
, and
Natasha Che
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
April
2012
ISBN: 9781475503272
Which structural reforms affect the speed the regional convergence within a country? We found that domestic financial development, trade/current account openness, better institutional infrastructure, and selected l...
Volume/Issue: 2001/15
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Paul Wade
, and
Era Dabla-Norris
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
February
2001
ISBN: 9781451843262
This paper studies the relationship between wealth inequality and occupational choice between rent-seeking and production. With imperfect credit markets and a fixed cost to rent-seeking, only wealthy agents choose...
Volume/Issue: 2005/43
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Shankha Chakraborty
, and
Era Dabla-Norris
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
March
2005
ISBN: 9781451860627
This paper examines the relationship between rent seeking and economic performance when governments cannot enforce property rights. With imperfect credit markets and a fixed cost of rent seeking, only wealthy agent...
Volume/Issue: 2011/248
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Andrew Swiston
, and
Luis Barrot
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
October
2011
ISBN: 9781463923273
Central America experienced moderate growth during the last decade, including in the years leading up to the global financial crisis, but the rate of convergence toward advanced country income levels has still been...
Volume/Issue: 2002/189
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Arvind Subramanian
,
Francesco Trebbi
, and
Dani Rodrik
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
November
2002
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781451859621.001
ISBN: 9781451859621
We estimate the respective contributions of institutions, geography, and trade in determining cross-country income levels using recently developed instruments for institutions and trade. Our results indicate that t...
Volume/Issue: 2006/284
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Carl-Johan Dalgaard
, and
Lennart Erickson
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
December
2006
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781451865448.001
ISBN: 9781451865448
The First Millennium Development Goal (MDG#1) is to cut the fraction of global population living on less than one dollar per day in half, by 2015. Foreign aid financed investments may contribute to the attainment o...
Volume/Issue: 2005/118
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Juan Zalduendo
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
June
2005
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781451861372.001
ISBN: 9781451861372
This paper examines the design of economic policies using factor analysis, which has several advantages; in particular, it limits the problems that typically arise from the high correlation of economic policy indic...