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Enhancing PV modules efficiency and power output using multi-concept cooling technique

Idoko, Linus; Anaya-Lara, Olimpo; McDonald, Alasdair - In: Energy Reports 4 (2018), pp. 357-369

The efficiency and power output of a PV module decrease at the peak of sunlight due to energy loss as heat energyand … this reduces the module power output. Multi-concept cooling technique, a concept that involves three types of passive … surface temperature to 2̊0 C. The rear of the same module attached to an aluminium, Al heat sink. The other module also …

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Fiscal Transparency, Borrowing Costs, and Foreign Holdings of Sovereign Debt

Kemoe, Laurent - 2018

This paper explores the effects of fiscal transparency on the borrowing costs of 33 emerging and developing economies (EMs), and on foreign demand for their sovereign debt. Using multiple indicators, including a constructed one based on the published data in the IMF's Government Finance...

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The Political Economy of Fiscal Transparency and Independent Fiscal Councils

Beetsma, Roel M. W. J. - 2018

The global surge in independent fiscal councils (IFCs) raises three related questions: How can IFCs improve the conduct of fiscal policy? Are they simultaneously desirable for voters and elected policymakers? And are they resilient to changes in political conditions? We build a model in which...

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Disagreement About Future Inflation : Understanding the Benefits of Inflation Targeting and Transparency

Brito, Steve - 2018

We estimate the determinants of disagreement about future inflation in a large and diversesample of countries, focusing on the role of monetary policy frameworks. We offer novelinsights that allow us to reconcile mixed findings in the literature on the benefits of inflationtargeting regimes and...

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openess and transparency of fiscal reporting in Poland : assessment and recommendation

Jastrzębska, Maria - In: E-Finanse : finansowy kwartalnik internetowy 14 (2018) 3, pp. 1-7

The aim of the paper is to answer the question of whether fiscal reporting (more precisely, financial reporting of public finance sector entities (PFSE)) earnestly expressed the results of activities (information included is reliable, understandable and complete), and provide suggestions on how...

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Disagreement about future inflation : understanding the benefits of inflation targeting and transparency

Brito, Steve; Carrière-Swallow, Yan; Gruss, Bertrand - 2018

We estimate the determinants of disagreement about future inflation in a large and diverse sample of countries, focusing on the role of monetary policy frameworks. We offer novel insights that allow us to reconcile mixed findings in the literature on the benefits of inflation targeting regimes...

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Fiscal transparency, borrowing costs, and foreign holdings of sovereign debt

Kemoe, Laurent; Zhan, Zaijin - 2018

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Austria : fiscal transparency evaluation

Internationaler Währungsfonds - 2018

This paper evaluates the state of fiscal transparency in Austria. Austria has built strong fiscal institutions over the past decade, notably through the budget reforms introduced in 2009 and 2013, which have significantly improved fiscal transparency. Many elements of sound fiscal transparency...

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Colombia : fiscal transparency evaluation

Internationaler Währungsfonds - 2018

This fiscal transparency evaluation (FTE) report assesses fiscal transparency practices in Colombia against the first three pillars of the IMF's Fiscal Transparency Code. Fiscal forecasting and budgeting-Pillar II-is the strongest area in Colombia's FTE. Half of the related indicators are...

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Malta : technical assistance report : fiscal transparency evaluation

Internationaler Währungsfonds - 2018

Malta meets a large number of the principles of the Fiscal Transparency Code at good or advanced level. Based on the assessment made in this report, Malta meets the good or advanced practice on 21 out of 35 principles in the Code. One principle, related to natural resources, was not relevant to...

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