The IMF Research Bulletin, a quarterly publication, selectively summarizes research and analytical work done by various departments at the IMF, and also provides a listing of research documents and other research-related activities, including conferences and seminars. The Bulletin is intended to serve as a summary guide to research done at the IMF on various topics, and to provide a better perspective on the analytical underpinnings of the IMF’s operational work.

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The IMF Research Bulletin, a quarterly publication, selectively summarizes research and analytical work done by various departments at the IMF, and also provides a listing of research documents and other research-related activities, including conferences and seminars. The Bulletin is intended to serve as a summary guide to research done at the IMF on various topics, and to provide a better perspective on the analytical underpinnings of the IMF’s operational work.

Working Paper No. 00/106

A Game-Theoretic Analysis of Corruption in Bureaucracies

Dabla-Norris, Era

http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/cat/longres.cfm?sk=3634.0

Working Paper No. 00/107

Managing Financial Crises: The Experience in East Asia

Boorman, Jack; Lane, Timothy; Schulze-Ghattas, Marianne; Bulir, Ales; Ghosh, Atish R.; Hamann, Javier; Mourmouras, Alexandros; Phillips, Steven

http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/cat/longres.cfm?sk=3635.0

Working Paper No. 00/108

Real Exchange Rate Response to Capital Flows in Mexico: An Empirical Analysis

Dabos, Marcelo; Juan-Ramon, V. Hugo

http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/cat/longres.cfm?sk=3636.0

Working Paper No. 00/109

Budgetary Convergence in the WAEMU: Adjustment Through Revenue or Expenditure?

Dore, Ousmane; Nachega, Jean-Claude

http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/cat/longres.cfm?sk=3637.0

Working Paper No. 00/110

Threshold Effects in the Relationship Between Inflation and Growth

Khan, Mohsin S.; Senhadji, Abdelhak S.

http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/cat/longres.cfm?sk=3646.0

Working Paper No. 00/111

Bidding Behavior in Treasury Bill Auctions: Evidence from Pakistan

Hardy, Daniel C.

http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/cat/longres.cfm?sk=3647.0

Working Paper No. 00/112

Review of the Experience with Oil Stabilization and Savings Funds in Selected Countries

Fasano, Ugo

http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/cat/longres.cfm?sk=3648.0

Working Paper No. 00/113

Fiscal Reform Over Ten Years of Transition

Tanzi, Vito; Tsibouris, George C.

http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/cat/longres.cfm?sk=3649.0

Working Paper No. 00/114

The Corporate Sector Dynamics of Systemic Financial Crises

Stone, Mark

http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/cat/longres.cfm?sk=3650.0

Working Paper No. 00/115

Demographic Change in Asia: The Impact on Optimal National Saving, Investment, and the Current Account

Besanger, Serge; Guest, Ross S.; McDonald, Ian

http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/cat/longres.cfm?sk=3651.0

Working Paper No. 00/116

Corruption and the Provision of Health Care and Education Services

Gupta, Sanjeev; Davoodi, Hamid; Tiongson, Erwin

http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/cat/longres.cfm?sk=3652.0

Working Paper No. 00/117

Inequality, Transfers and Growth: New Evidence from the Economic Transition in Poland

Keane, Michael; Prasad, Eswar

http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/cat/longres.cfm?sk=3653.0

Working Paper No. 00/118

Optimal Fiscal Strategy for Oil Exporting Countries

Valdes, Rodrigo O.; Engel, Eduardo

http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/cat/longres.cfm?sk=3654.0

Working Paper No. 00/119

Money Demand in Guyana

Egoume-Bossogo, Philippe

http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/cat/longres.cfm?sk=3667.0

Working Paper No. 00/120

External Sector Reform and Public Enterprise Restructuring

Bhattacharya, Rina

http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/cat/longres.cfm?sk=3669.0

Working Paper No. 00/121

Convergence of Per Capita Output Levels Across Regions of Bangladesh, 198297

Hossain, Akhtar

http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/cat/longres.cfm?sk=3670.0

Working Paper No. 00/122

Exchange-Rate-Based Stabilization: A Model of Financial Fragility

Sobolev, Yuri Vladimirovich

http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/cat/longres.cfm?sk=3668.0

Working Paper No. 00/123

The Transfer Problem Revisited: Net Foreign Assets and Real Exchange Rates

Lane, Philip; Milesi-Ferretti, Gian Maria

http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/cat/longres.cfm?sk=3671.0

Working Paper No. 00/124

Cost of Living Adjustment and Business Cycles: Disaggregated Evidence

Kandil, Magda

http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/cat/longres.cfm?sk=3672.0

Working Paper No. 00/125

Costly Collateral and the Public Supply of Liquidity

Schellekens, Philip

http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/cat/longres.cfm?sk=3675.0

Working Paper No. 00/126

Life-Cycles, Dynasties, Savings: Implications for Closed and Small, Open Economies

Faruqee, Hamid; Laxton, Douglas

http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/cat/longres.cfm?sk=3683.0

Working Paper No. 00/127

Determinants of Inflation in The Islamic Republic of Iran: A Macroeconomic Analysis

Liu, Olin; Adedeji, Olumuyiwa S.

http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/cat/longres.cfm?sk=3684.0

Working Paper No. 00/128

Real Effective Exchange Rate and the Constant Elasticity of Substitution Assumption

Spilimbergo, Antonio; Vamvakidis, Athanasios

http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/cat/longres.cfm?sk=3682.0

Working Paper No. 00/129

Can Fiscal Decentralization Strengthen Social Capital?

de Mello, Luiz

http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/cat/longres.cfm?sk=3681.0

Working Paper No. 00/130

Evidence on the Fiscal and Macroeconomic Impact of Privatization

Barnett, Steven

http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/cat/longres.cfm?sk=3692.0

Working Paper No. 00/131

The Currency Composition of Foreign Exchange Reserves: Retrospect and Prospect

Eichengreen, Barry J.; Mathieson, Donald J.

http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/cat/longres.cfm?sk=3693.0

Working Paper No. 00/132

Corruption, Structural Reforms, and Economic Performance in the Transition Economies

Abed, George T.; Davoodi, Hamid

http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/cat/longres.cfm?sk=3697.0

Working Paper No. 00/133

Fiscal Policy and Growth in the Context of European Integration

Masson, Paul R.

http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/cat/longres.cfm?sk=3700.0

Working Paper No. 00/134

Exchange Rate Regime Transitions

Masson, Paul R.

http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/cat/longres.cfm?sk=3698.0

Working Paper No. 00/135

The Breakdown of Credit Relations Under Conditions of a Banking Crisis: A Switching Regime Approach

Munoz, Sonia

http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/cat/longres.cfm?sk=3702.0

Working Paper No. 00/136

What Should Macroeconomists Know About Health Care Policy: A Primer

Hsiao, William

http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/cat/longres.cfm?sk=3701.0

Working Paper No. 00/137

Wage Flexibility and Economic Performance: Evidence Across Industrial Countries

Kandil, Magda

http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/cat/longres.cfm?sk=3704.0

Working Paper No. 00/138

The Facts About Time-to-Build

Koeva, Petya

http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/cat/longres.cfm?sk=3703.0

Working Paper No. 00/139

Reforming Pensions: Myths, Truths, and Policy Choices

Barr, Nicholas

http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/cat/longres.cfm?sk=3710.0

Working Paper No. 00/140

Selected Issues Concerning Monetary Policy and Institutional Design for Central Banks: A Review of Theories

Beddies, Christian

http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/cat/longres.cfm?sk=3717.0

Working Paper No. 00/141

The Impact of Monetary Policy on the Exchange Rate: Evidence from Three Small Open Economies

Zettelmeyer, Jeromin

http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/cat/longres.cfm?sk=3718.0

Working Paper No. 00/142

Domestic Competition, Cyclical Fluctuations, and Long-Run Growth in Hong Kong SAR

Zitzewitz, Eric

http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/cat/longres.cfm?sk=3723.0

Working Paper No. 00/143

Predictable Movements in Yen/DM Exchange Rates

Cottarelli, Carlo

http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/cat/longres.cfm?sk=3719.0

Working Paper No. 00/144

Filtering the BEER: A Permanent and Transitory Decomposition

Clark, Peter B.; MacDonald, Ronald

http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/cat/longres.cfm?sk=3720.0

Working Paper No. 00/145

Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Banking Soundness and Recent Lessons

Drummond, Paulo

http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/cat/longres.cfm?sk=3722.0

Working Paper No. 00/146

Determinants of Dollarization: The Banking Side

Terrones, Marco; Catao, Luis

http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/cat/longres.cfm?sk=3721.0

Working Paper No. 00/147

The Benefits and Costs of Intervening in Banking Crises

Frydl, Edward; Quintyn, Marc

http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/cat/longres.cfm?sk=3725.0

Working Paper No. 00/148

How Does U.S. Monetary Policy Influence Economic Conditions in Emerging Markets?

Arora, Vivek B.; Cerisola, Martin

http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/cat/longres.cfm?sk=3726.0

Working Paper No. 00/149

The Case Against Harry Dexter White: Still Not Proven

Boughton, James M.

http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/cat/longres.cfm?sk=3727.0

Working Paper No. 00/150

Should Subsidized Private Transfers Replace Government Social Insurance?

Chami, Ralph; Fullenkamp, Connel

http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/cat/longres.cfm?sk=3730.0

Working Paper No. 00/151

Population Aging and Global Capital Flows in a Parallel Universe

Brooks, Robin

http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/cat/longres.cfm?sk=3772.0

Working Paper No. 00/152

External Capital Structure: Theory and Evidence

Lane, Philip; Milesi-Ferretti, Gian Maria

http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/cat/longres.cfm?sk=3788.0

Working Paper No. 00/153

Chile’s Rapid Growth in the 1990s: Good Policies, Good Luck, or Political Change?

Jadresic, Esteban; Zahler, Roberto

http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/cat/longres.cfm?sk=3789.0

Working Paper No. 00/154

Capital Markets and External Current Accounts: What to Expect from the Euro

Decressin, Jörg; Disyatat, Piti

http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/cat/longres.cfm?sk=3838.0

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