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On the Role and Eects of IMF Seniority
Saravia, Diego - Econometric Society - 2004
The paper presents a three period model that studies the eects of IMF loans on borrowers’ and lenders’ welfare … highlighting the fact that the IMF has both de jure and de facto seniority rights over private creditors. It is shown that an IMF … IMF intervention always makes the borrower country better off. The eects on non-senior lenders depend on the size of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005699628
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The Effects of Infrastructure Development on Growth and income
Serven, Luis; Calderon, César - Econometric Society - 2004
This paper provides an empirical evaluation of the impact of infrastructure development on economic growth and income distribution using a large panel data set encompassing over 100 countries and spanning the years 1960-2000. The empirical strategy involves the estimation of simple equations for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005063542
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Currency attack/defense with two-sided private information
CHENG, Yuk-shing; CHAN, Chi-shing; SIN, Chor-yiu - Econometric Society - 2004
A currency attack fails on its own when the speculator suffers from her financial problem. This paper extends the existing models and argues that the monetary authority?s willingness to peg and the speculator?s cost of attack are private information. Our model thus accounts for the duration of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005702738