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IMF research summary on how globalization affects developing countries (by Prachi Mishra and Petia Topalova); country study on Croatia (by Athanasios Vamvakidis); listing of visiting scholars at the IMF during June 2007-January 2008; listing of contents of Vol. 54, Issue No. 3 of IMF Staff Papers; listing of recent IMF Working Papers; and listing of recent external publications by IMF staff members.
2006
No. 06/298
“Tax, Welfare, and Pension Reforms in Slovenia: Implications for Work Incentives and Labor Participation”
Egoumé-Bossogo, Philippe; Tuladhar, Anita
No. 06/299
“Recent Dynamics of Crude Oil Prices”
Krichene, Noureddine
No. 06/300
“A VAR Analysis of Kenya’s Monetary Policy Transmission Mechanism: How Does the Central Bank’s REPO Rate Affect the Economy?”
Cheng, Kevin C.
No. 06/301
“The Shortcomings of a Partial Release of Employment Protection Laws: The Case of the 2005 French Reform”
Cahuc, Pierre; Carcillo, Stéphane
No. 06/302
“On Myopic Equilibria in Dynamic Games with Endogenous Discounting”
Bolt, Wilko; Tieman, Alexander F.
No. 06/303
“Assessing Competitiveness After Conflict: The Case of the Central African Republic”
Bakhache, Said; Lewis, Mark; Kalonji, Kadima D.; Nachega, Jean-Claude
No. 06/304
“Trade Liberalization, Macroeconomic Adjustment, and Welfare: Unifying Trade and Macro Models”
Choudhri, Ehsan U.; Faruqee, Hamid; Tokarick, Stephen
2007
No. 07/1
“Policy Credibility and Sovereign Credit: The Case of New EU Member States”
Hauner, David; Jonáš, Jirí; Kumar, Manmohan S.
No. 07/2
“Cooperative Banks and Financial Stability”
Hesse, Heiko; Čihák, Martin
No. 07/3
“Banking Sector Integration and Competition in CEMAC”
Saab, Samer Y.; Vacher, Jerome
No. 07/4
“Debt Dynamics and Global Imbalances: Some Conventional Views Reconsidered”
Meredith, Guy
No. 07/5
“Yemen: Exchange Rate Policy in the Face of Dwindling Oil Exports”
Chami, Saade; Ahmed, Faisal; Ben Ltaifa, Nabil; Schneider, Todd
IMF Staff Papers
Volume 54, Number 3
(Forthcoming)
“The Political Economy of Nominal Macroeconomic Pathologies”
Shanker Satyanath and Arvind Subramanian
“Deficit Limits and Fiscal Rules for Dummies”
Paolo Manasse
“Work Absence in Europe”
Lusine Lusinyan and Leo Bonato
“Is Housing Wealth an ‘ATM’? The Relationship between Household Wealth, Home Equity Withdrawal, and Saving Rates”
Vladimir Klyuev and Paul Mills
“Spending Seigniorage: Do Central Banks Have a Governance Problem?”
Alain Ize
“The Employment Effects of Labor and Product Market Deregulation and Their Implications for Structural Reform”
Helge Berger and Stephan Danninger
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No. 07/6
“Can a Rule-Based Monetary Policy Framework Work in a Developing Country? The Case of Yemen”
Chami, Saade; Elekdag, Selim; Schneider, Todd; Ben Ltaifa, Nabil
No. 07/7
“Monetary Policy Implementation: Results from a Survey”
Buzeneca, Inese; Maino, Rodolfo
No. 07/8
“Collateral Damage: Exchange Controls and International Trade”
Wei, Shang-Jin; Zhang, Zhiwei
No. 07/9
“Das (Wasted) Kapital: Firm Ownership and Investment Efficiency in China”
Dollar, David; Wei, Shang-Jin
No. 07/10
“Quasi-Fiscal Deficit in Non-Financial Enterprises”
Tchaidze, Robert
No. 07/11
“Role of Debt Maturity Structure on Firm Fixed Assets During Sudden Stop Episodes: Evidence from Thailand”
Iannariello, Maria Pia; Morsy, Hanan; Terada-Hagiwara, Akiko
No. 07/12
“Public Debt and Fiscal Vulnerability in the Middle East”
Fouad, Manal; Maliszewski, Wojciech; Hommes, Martin; Morsy, Hanan; Petri, Martin; Söderling, Ludvig
No. 07/13
“What Should Macroeconomists Know About Health Care Policy?”
Heller, Peter S.
No. 07/14
“China: Strengthening Monetary Policy Implementation”
Laurens, Bernard; Maino, Rodolfo
No. 07/15
“Mortality and Lifetime Income: Evidence from U.S. Social Security Records”
Duggan, James E.; Gillingham, Robert; Greenlees, John S.
No. 07/16
“Does Trade and Technology Transmission Facilitate Inequality Convergence? An Inquiry into the Role of Technology in Reducing the Poverty of Nations”
Das, Gouranga Gopal
No. 07/17
“Lucas vs. Lucas: On Inequality and Growth”
Cordoba, Juan Carlos; Verdier, Genevieve
No. 07/18
“Building Supervisory Structures in Sub-Saharan Africa: An Analytical Framework”
Quintyn, Marc; Taylor, Michael
No. 07/19
“The CFA Arrangements—More Than Just an Aid Substitute?”
Yehoue, Etienne B.
No. 07/20
“The Use of Mortgage Covered Bonds”
Avesani, Renzo G.; Garcia Pascual, Antonio; Ribakova, Elina
No. 07/21
“Public Expenditure in Latin America: Trends and Key Policy Issues”
Clements, Benedict J.; Faircloth, Christopher; Verhoeven, Marijn
No. 07/22
“Are Workers’ Remittances a Hedge Against Macroeconomic Shocks? The Case of Sri Lanka”
Lueth, Erik; Ruiz-Arranz, Marta
No. 07/23
“SAFTA: Living in a World of Regional Trade Agreements”
Rodríguez-Delgado, Jose Daniel
No. 07/24
“What Explains Germany’s Rebounding Export Market Share?”
Danninger, Stephan; Joutz, Frederick L.
No. 07/25
“The Fear of Freedom: Politicians and the Independence and Accountability of Financial Sector Supervisors”
Quintyn, Marc; Ramirez, Silvia; Taylor, Michael
No. 07/26
“Italy—Assessing Competition and Efficiency in the Banking System”
Drummond, Paulo Flavio Nacif; Maechler, Andrea M.; Marcelino, Sandra
No. 07/27
“Fiscal Policy and the Exchange Rate-Current Account Nexus”
Kim, Jun Il
No. 07/28
“Public Pension Reform: A Primer”
Jousten, Alain
No. 07/29
“Aging, Asset Allocation, and Costs: Evidence for the Pension Fund Industry in Switzerland”
Gerber, David S.; Weber, René
No. 07/30
“Precautionary Monetary and Fiscal Policies”
Berkmen, Pelin
No. 07/31
“VAT Fraud and Evasion: What Do We Know, and What Can Be Done?”
Keen, Michael; Smith, Stephen C.
No. 07/32
“Sources of Inflation in Sub-Saharan Africa”
Barnichon, Regis; Peiris, Shanaka J.
No. 07/33
“Exchange Rate Policy and Liability Dollarization: An Empirical Study”
Berkmen, Pelin; Cavallo, Eduardo E.
No. 07/34
“Fixed Exchange Rates and the Autonomy of Monetary Policy: The Franc Zone Case”
Veyrune, Romain
No. 07/35
“Remittances in the Pacific Region”
Browne, Christopher; Mineshima, Aiko
No. 07/36
“Danish for All? Balancing Flexibility with Security: The Flexicurity Model “
Zhou, Jian-Ping
No. 07/37
“Strategies for Fiscal Consolidation in Japan”
Botman, Dennis P. J.; Edison, Hali J.; N’Diaye, Papa M’B. P.
No. 07/38
“Impact of Remittances on Poverty and Financial Development in Sub-Saharan Africa”
Gupta, Sanjeev; Pattillo, Catherine A.; Wagh, Smita
No. 07/39
“Capital Structure and International Debt Shifting”
Huizinga, Harry; Laeven, Luc; Nicodeme, Gaetan
No. 07/40
“Do South-South Trade Agreements Increase Trade? Commodity-Level Evidence from COMESA”
Mayda, Anna Maria; Steinberg, Chad
No. 07/41
“Inflation in Poland: How Much Can Globalization Explain?”
Allard, Céline
No. 07/42
“Give Trust a Chance: A Model of Trust in the Context of an IMF-Supported Program”
Sembene, Daouda
No. 07/43
“Colonial Origins, Institutions, and Economic Performance in the Caribbean: Guyana and Barbados”
DaCosta, Michael
No. 07/44
“External Linkages and Contagion Risk in Irish Banks”
Duggar, Elena; Mitra, Srobona
No. 07/45
“Pricing Fund Liquidity Provision”
Rossi, Marco
No. 07/46
“Tax Reform and Debt Sustainability in Germany: An Assessment Using the Global Fiscal Model”
Botman, Dennis P. J.; Danninger, Stephan
No. 07/47
“Financial Globalization and the Governance of Domestic Financial Intermediaries”
Tressel, Thierry; Verdier, Thierry
No. 07/48
“The Lending Channel in Emerging Economies: Are Foreign Banks Different?”
Arena, Marco; Reinhart, Carmen; Vázquez, Francisco F.
No. 07/49
“On the Welfare Benefits of an International Currency”
Kannan, Prakash
No. 07/50
“External Debt and Economic Reform: Does a Pain Reliever Delay the Necessary Treatment?”
Vamvakidis, Athanasios
No. 07/51
“Democracy and Foreign Education”
Spilimbergo, Antonio
No. 07/52
“The Prospects for Sustained Growth in Africa: Benchmarking the Constraints”
Johnson, Simon; Ostry, Jonathan David; Subramanian, Arvind
No. 07/53
“Are Regional Trade Agreements in Asia Stumbling or Building Blocks? Some Implications for the Mekong-3 Countries”
Tumbarello, Patrizia
No. 07/54
“The Quest for Price Stability in Central America and the Dominican Republic”
Jácome, Luis Ignacio; Parrado, Eric
No. 07/55
“Can the Natural Resource Curse Be Turned into a Blessing? The Role of Trade Policies and Institutions”
Arezki, Rabah; van der Ploeg, Frederik
No. 07/56
“International Evidence on Fiscal Solvency: Is Fiscal Policy ‘Responsible’?”
Mendoza, Enrique G.; Ostry, Jonathan David
No. 07/57
“Egypt: Searching for Binding Constraints on Growth”
Enders, Klaus
No. 07/58
“A Primer on Sovereign Debt Buybacks and Swaps”
Medeiros, Carlos I.; Polan, Magdalena; Ramlogan, Parmeshwar
No. 07/59
“Introduction to Applied Stress Testing”
Čihák, Martin
No. 07/60
“Policies, Enforcement, and Customs Evasion: Evidence from India”
Mishra, Prachi; Subramanian, Arvind; Topalova, Petia
No. 07/61
“The Macroeconomic Effects of Migration from the New European Union Member States to the United Kingdom”
Iakova, Dora M.
No. 07/62
“Is the Quantity of Government Debt a Constraint for Monetary Policy?”
Mitra, Srobona
No. 07/63
“Growth in the Dominican Republic and Haiti: Why Has the Grass Been Greener on One Side of Hispaniola?”
Jaramillo, Laura; Sancak, Cemile
No. 07/64
“International Finance and Income Convergence: Europe Is Different”
Abiad, Abdul; Leigh, Daniel; Mody, Ashoka
No. 07/65
“Do Economists’ and Financial Markets’ Perspectives on the New Members of the EU Differ?”
Luengnaruemitchai, Pipat; Schadler, Susan
No. 07/66
“Can Regional Integration Accelerate Development in Africa? CGE Model Simulations of the Impact of the SADC FTA on the Republic of Madagascar”
Hallaert, Jean-Jacques
No. 07/67
“Public Infrastructures, Public Consumption, and Welfare in a New-Open-Economy-Macro Model”
Ganelli, Giovanni; Tervala, Juha
No. 07/68
“Politically Optimal Fiscal Policy”
Kumhof, Michael; Yakadina, Irina
No. 07/69
“Will a Regional Bloc Enlarge?”
Albertin, Giorgia
No. 07/70
“Modeling Aggregate Use of Fund Resources: Analytical Approaches and Medium-Term Projections”
Ghosh, Atish R.; Goretti, Manuela; Joshi, Bikas; Thomas, Alun H.; Zalduendo, Juan
No. 07/71
“Domestic Petroleum Product Prices and Subsidies: Recent Developments and Reform Strategies”
Baig, Taimur; Mati, Amine; Coady, David; Ntamatungiro, Joseph
No. 07/72
“Monetary Policy in an Equilibrium Portfolio Balance Model”
Kumhof, Michael; van Nieuwerburgh, Stijn
No. 07/73
“Audit Committees in Central Banks”
Camilleri Gilson, Marie-Thérèse; Lybek, Tonny; Sullivan, Kenneth
No. 07/74
“Contagion Risk in the International Banking System and Implications for London as a Global Financial Center”
Chan-Lau, Jorge A.; Mitra, Srobona; Ong, Li L.
No. 07/75
“Sovereign Ceilings ‘Lite’? The Impact of Sovereign Ratings on Corporate Ratings in Emerging Market Economies”
Borensztein, Eduardo; Cowan, Kevin; Valenzuela, Patricio
No. 07/76
“Flattening of the Phillips Curve: Implications for Monetary Policy”
Iakova, Dora M.
No. 07/77
“Interpreting EU Funds Data for Macroeconomic Analysis in the New Member States”
Rosenberg, Christoph B.; Sierhej, Robert
No. 07/78
“British Influence on Commonwealth Budget Systems: The Case of the United Republic of Tanzania”
Lienert, Ian
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