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IMF Statistics Department: Regional seminars support launch of Coordinated Portfolio Investment Survey »
Source: IMF Survey, Volume 30, Issue 07
Volume/Issue: 30/7
Series: IMF Survey
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 January 2001
ISBN: 9781451933659
Keywords: poverty reduction, imf-supported programs, low-income countries, structural reforms, institutional changes
The Web edition of the IMF Survey is updated several times a week, and contains a wealth of articles about topical policy and economic issues in the news. Access the latest IMF research, read interviews, and listen...
Country representation and votes on IMF Executive Board »
Source: IMF inFocus, Supplement to the IMF Survey, Volume 34
Volume/Issue: 34/5
Series: IMF Survey
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 04 January 2006
ISBN: 9781451951424
Keywords: financial systems, international community, public spending, policy advice
The Web edition of the IMF Survey is updated several times a week, and contains a wealth of articles about topical policy and economic issues in the news. Access the latest IMF research, read interviews, and listen...
Institutional Reform in Transition Economies »
Source: Institutional Reform in Transition Economies : How Far Have they Come
Volume/Issue: 2001/114
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Beatrice Weder
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 August 2001
ISBN: 9781451853797
Keywords: Institutions, transition economies, institutional quality, institutional conditions, accession countries, Comparative Studies of Countries, Transition Countries,
This paper examines how institutional conditions in transition economies compare with those in the rest of the world using various indicators of governance. The focus is on the countries in Central and Eastern Euro...
The Impact of Economic Securityon Bank Deposits and Investment1 »
Source: The Impact of Economic Securityon Bank Deposits and Investment
Volume/Issue: 1998/98
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Michael Fabricius
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 July 1998
ISBN: 9781451852110
Keywords: Economic Security, Institutions, Bank Deposits, institutional variables, correlation, explanatory power, institutional quality, standard deviation
This paper highlights the importance of institutions in explaining the variation of investment rates and of two measures of bank deposits across countries. A general index of economic security is created for 130 co...
Institutional Quality and International Trade »
Source: Institutional Quality and International Trade
Volume/Issue: 2004/231
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Andrei Levchenko
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 December 2004
ISBN: 9781451875560
Keywords: institutions, incomplete contracts, institutional quality, factor endowments, factor price, trade opening, Neoclassical Models of Trade, Country and Industry Studies of Trade, Trade and Labor Market Interactions,
The quality of institutions-meaning the quality of contract enforcement, property rights, shareholder protection, and the like-has received a great deal of attention in recent years. The purposes of this paper are...
Institutions and the External Capital Structure of Countries »
Source: Institutions and the External Capital Structure of Countries
Volume/Issue: 2004/236
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Paolo Mauro , and Andre Faria
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 December 2004
ISBN: 9781451875713
Keywords: portfolio equity, external liabilities, fdi, institutional quality, direct investment, international investment, International Lending and Debt Problems, Financial Aspects of Economic Integration, porfolio equity,
A widespread view holds that countries that finance themselves through foreign direct investment (FDI) and portfolio equity, rather than bonds and loans, are less prone to crises. But what determines countries' ext...
In Finance, Size Matters: The “Systemic Scale Economies” Hypothesis »
Source: IMF Staff Papers, Volume 51, No. 1
Volume: 51
Series: IMF Staff Papers
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Research Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 20 April 2004
ISBN: 9781589063228
Keywords: expenditure, bribe, government expenditure, bribes, Banks and banking, Special Drawing Rights (SDR), Capital Stock, Cointegration, Demand (economic Theory), Empirical Methods
This first issue of Volume 51 for 2004 includes a new paper by Peter B. Clark and Jacques J. Polak, along with a tribute from the Editor to Mr. Polak in honor of his 90th birthday. This issue also launches a new fe...