The IMF Research Bulletin surveys recent key studies by IMF staff.

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The IMF Research Bulletin surveys recent key studies by IMF staff.

IMF Economic Review is the official research journal of the International Monetary Fund. The journal is dedicated to publishing peer-reviewed, high quality, context related academic research that addresses important policy questions.

Following is a listing of articles featured in the latest issue of the journal:

Macroeconomic Effects of Capital Account Regulations

Bilge Erten and José Antonio Ocampo

Fiscal Devaluation in a Monetary Union

Philipp Engler, Giovanni Ganelli, Juha Tervala, and Simon Voigts

Distributional Consequences of Fiscal Adjustments: What Do the Data Say?

Jaejoon Woo, Elva Bova, Tidiane Kinda, and Y. Sophia Zhang

Shifting Motives: Explaining the Buildup in Official Reserves in Emerging Markets Since the 1980s

Atish R. Ghosh, Jonathan D. Ostry, and Charalambos G. Tsangarides

Do Borders Really Slash Trade? A Meta-Analysis

Tomas Havranek and Zuzana Irsova

Virtuous Circles and the Case for Aid

Patrick Carter and Jonathan R. W. Temple

Non-FDI Capital Inflows in Low-Income Countries: Catching the Wave?

Juliana D. Araujo, Antonio C. David, Carlos van Hombeeck, and Chris Papageorgiou

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