Abstract
The research summaries in the September 2012 issue of the IMF Research Bulletin are "Surges in Capital Flows: Why History Repeats Itself" (by Mahvash S. Qureshi) and "The LIC-BRIC Linkage: Growth Spillovers" (by Issouf Samake, Yongzheng Yang, and Catherine Pattillo). The Q&A covers "Seven Questions on Monetary Transmission in Low-Income Countries" (by Prachi Mishra and Peter Montiel). "Conversations with a Visiting Scholar" features an interview with IMF Fellow Olivier Coibion. Also included in this issue are details on the IMF Fellowship Program, visiting scholars at the IMF, a listing of recently published IMF Working Papers and Staff Discussion Notes, and an announcement on IMF Economic Review's first Impact Factor.
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No. 12/04
Fiscal Frameworks for Resource Rich Developing Countries Thomas Baunsgaard, Mauricio Villafuerte, Marcos Poplawski-Ribeiro, and Christine Richmond
No. 12/05
Externalities and Macroprudential Policy Gianni De Nicolò, Giovanni Favara, and Lev Ratnovski
No. 12/06
Policies for Macrofinancial Stability: How to Deal with Credit Booms Giovanni Dell’Ariccia, Deniz Igan, Luc Laeven, and Hui Tong, with Bas Bakker and Jérôme Vandenbussche
No. 12/07
Fostering Growth in Europe Now Bergljot Barkbu, Jesmin Rahman, Rodrigo Valdés, and a staff team
No. 12/08
Income Inequality and Fiscal Policy Francesca Bastagli, David Coady, and Sanjeev Gupta
No. 12/09
What Lies Beneath: The Statistical Definition of Public Sector Debt An Overview of the Coverage of Public Sector Debt for 61 Countries Robert Dippelsman, Claudia Dziobek, and Carlos A. Gutiérrez Mangas
