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Financial Globalization : The Impact on Trade, Policy, Labor, and Capital Flows

International Monetary Fund - 2007

. Articles also look at the expansion of world trade, explore the impact of globalization on jobs, taxation, and the poor, and …Assiduously tracking the trends and consequences of globalization, the IMF's quarterly magazine Finance & Development … focuses on financial globalization, including the policy implications of the huge growth in cross-border capital flows …

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Income Inequality and Redistributive Government Spending

International Monetary Fund - 2003

The paper examines empirically the question of whether more unequal societies spend more on income redistribution than their more egalitarian counterparts. Theoretical arguments on this issue are inconclusive. The political economy literature suggests that redistributive spending is higher in...

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International Coordination of Economic Policies : Scope, Methods, and Effects

International Monetary Fund - 1988

This paper discusses the scope, methods, and effects of international coordination of economic policies. In analyzing the scope for and of coordination, the paper addresses the rationale for coordination, barriers to coordination, the range and specificivity of policies to be coordinated, and...

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Debt Reduction and Economic Activity

International Monetary Fund - 1990

This paper focuses on principles and various aspects of debt reduction and economic activity. The paper analyzes the effect of debt and debt-service reduction on the contractual and market values of a country's debt and also describes the IMF staff's preliminary attempts to describe and quantify...

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Making Debt Work For Development and Macroeconomic Stability

International Monetary Fund - 2022

The coronavirus crisis has stiffened debt and development-related headwinds that had become strong even before 2020. Sustaining development while maintaining debt sustainability has been made harder by the protracted effects of the pandemic on public finances, earnings and employment, and human...

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Trade Policy and Market Structure Interactions in Developing Countries

International Monetary Fund - 1989

This paper shows that the presence of quotas on imported inputs that are based on installed capacity can lead to capacity underutilization in manufacturing industries of developing countries. A replacement of such quotas, by tariffs leads to full capacity utilization under assumptions of both...

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Fiscal Implications of the Global Economic and Financial Crisis

International Monetary Fund - 2009

This note reflects macroeconomic and fiscal forecasts presented with the April 2009 World Economic Outlook, as well as …

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Fiscal Implications of the Global Economic and Financial Crisis

International Monetary Fund - 2009

in commodity and asset prices, are leading to sharp increases in deficits and debt stocks around the world. Expansionary … on the April 2009 World Economic Outlook to quantify the fiscal implications of the crisis for a cross-section of …

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Trade Policy and Macroeconomic Balance in the World Economy

International Monetary Fund - 1988

The paper explores the relationship between trade policy and current accounts. The effect on the current account of a change in protection at home and then abroad is analyzed, assuming that the exchange rate floats. The “savings-and-investment approach” is used. It shows that there is no...

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Trade Reform Under Partial Currency Convertibility : Some Suggestive Results

International Monetary Fund - 1988

This paper discusses the macroeconomic implications of trade reform in the presence of capital account restrictions. The latter is modelled by recognizing prior constraints on free currency convertibility that are imposed via the use of a multiple exchange rate system. The results of the...

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