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.

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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.

Journal Articles

Chamon, Marcos; Mauro, Paolo

“Pricing Growth-Indexed Bonds”

Journal of Banking and Finance

Kandil, Magda; Dincer, Nergiz; Berument, Hakan

“The Effects of Exchange Rate Fluctuations on Economic Activity in Turkey”

Journal of Asian Economics

Kose, M. Ayhan; Blankenau, Bill

“How Different Is the Cyclical Behavior of Home Production Across Countries?”

Macroeconomic Dynamics

Kose, M. Ayhan; Hirata, Hideaki; Kim, Henry

“Sources of Fluctuations: The Case of MENA”

Emerging Markets Finance and Trade

Milesi-Ferretti, Gian Maria; Lane, Philip

“Capital Flows to Central and Eastern Europe”

Emerging Markets Review

Mishra, Prachi

“Emigration and Wages in Source Countries: Evidence from Mexico”

Journal of Development Economics

Papageorgiou, Chris

“Is the Asymptotic Speed of Convergence a Good Proxy for the Transitional Growth Path?”

Journal of Money, Credit and Banking

Strand, Jon

“Public-Good Valuation and Intrafamily Allocation”

Environmental and Resource Economics

Other External Publications (Books, Conference Volumes, etc.)

Kandil, Magda; Ersel, Hasan

“Markets and Growth for MENA Countries: Financial Markets”

Explaining Growth in the Middle East

Keen, Michael; Strand, Jon

“Indirect Taxes on International Aviation”

Fiscal Studies

Kose, Ayhan; Prasad, Eswar; Rogoff, Kenneth; Wei, Shang-Jin

“Financial Globalization, Growth and Volatility in Developing Countries”

National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) volume, Globalization and Poverty, ed. by Ann Harrison

Prati, Alessandro; Tressel, Thierry

“What Is the Most Effective Monetary Policy for Aid-Receiving Countries?”

Policy Matters: Economic and Social Policies to Sustain Equitable Development

A full and updated listing of external publications of IMF staff (from 1997 onward), including forthcoming publications, can be found in a searchable database on the “Research at the IMF” website at http://www.imf.org/research.

IMF Research Bulletin, September 2007
Author: Mr. Antonio Spilimbergo