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.

Abstract

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. 01/80

The Macroeconomic Impact of HIV/AIDS in Bostswana

Macfarlan, Maitland; Sgherri, Silvia

Working Paper No. 01/81

Intellectual Property Rights and International R&D Competition

Scandizzo, Stefania

Working Paper No. 01/82

Modeling and Forecasting Inflation in Japan

Sekine, Toshitaka

Working Paper No. 01/83

Post-Resolution Treatment of Depositors at Failed Banks: Implications for the Severity of Banking Crises, Systemic Risk, and Too-Big-To-Fail

Kaufman, George G.; Seelig, Steven A.

Working Paper No. 01/84

The Impact of the EMU on the Structure of European Equity Returns: An Empirical Analysis of the First 21 Months

Kraus, Thomas

Working Paper No. 01/85

Beyond Balanced Growth

Kongsamut, Piyabha; Xie, Danyang; Rebelo, Sergio

Working Paper No. 01/86

Resources and Incentives to Reform: A Model and Some Evidence on Sub-Saharan African Countries

De Blasio, Guido

Working Paper No. 01/87

The Size and Sustainability of the Nigerian Current Account Deficits

Adedeji, Olumuyiwa S.

Working Paper No. 01/88

Stress Testing of Financial Systems: An Overview of Issues, Methodologies, and FSAP Experiences

Blaschke, Winfrid J.; Jones, Matthew T.; Majnoni, Giovanni; Peria, Maria Soledad Martinez

Working Paper No. 01/89

Productivity in the OECD Countries: A Critical Appraisal of the Evidence

Calderon, Cesar

Working Paper No. 01/90

Investment Banking and Security Market Development: Does Finance Follow Industry?

Anand, Bharat N.; Galetovic, Alexander

Working Paper No. 01/91

An Assessment of Fiscal Rules in the United Kingdom

Kell, Michael S.

Working Paper No. 01/92

Bond Restructuring and Moral Hazard: Are Collective Action Clauses Costly?

Becker, Torbjörn I.; Richards, Anthony J.; Thaicharoen, Yungyong

Working Paper No. 01/93

Consumption-Based Interest Rate and the Present-Value Model of the Current Account:Evidence from Nigeria

Adedeji, Olumuyiwa S.

Working Paper No. 01/94

The Gender Gap in Education in Eritrea in 1991–98: A Missed Opportunity?

Brixiova, Zuzana; Bulir, Ales; Comenetz, Joshua

Working Paper No. 01/95

Globalization and Firms’ Financing Choices: Evidence from Emerging Economies

Schmukler, Sergio; Vesperoni, Esteban

Working Paper No. 01/96

Districting and Government Overspending

Baqir, Reza

Working Paper No. 01/97

Can Inheritances Alleviate the Fiscal Burden of an Aging Population?

Lueth, Erik

Working Paper No. 01/98

“Big Bang” Versus Gradualism in Economic Reforms: An Intertemporal Analysis with an Application to China

Feltenstein, Andrew; Nsouli, Saleh M.

Working Paper No. 01/99

Philippines: Preparations for Inflation Targeting

Kongsamut, Piyabha

Working Paper No. 01/100

The Two Monetary Approaches to the Balance of Payments: Keynesian and Johnsonian

Polak, Jacques J.

Working Paper No. 01/101

The IMF and the Ruble Area, 1991–93

Odling-Smee, John; Pastor, Gonzalo C.

IMF Working Papers and other IMF publications can be downloaded in full-text format from the Research at the IMF Website at http://www.imf.org/research.

IMF Research Bulletin, December 2001
Author: International Monetary Fund. Research Dept.