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Neglected Heterogeneity and Dynamics in Cross-Country Savings Regressions

International Monetary Fund - 1999

for the possible heterogeneity of savings behavior across countries and the inclusion of dynamics. It shows that … neglecting heterogeneity and dynamics can lead to misleading inferences about the key determinants of savings behavior. The … rates in the industrial countries in the post-World War II period …

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Estimating Potential Output with a Multivariate Filter

International Monetary Fund - 2010

This paper develops a simple model for measuring potential output that uses data on inflation, unemployment, and capacity utilization. We apply the model to 10 countries, in addition to the United States and the euro area. While there is a substantial amount of uncertainty around our estimates,...

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Does the Exchange Regime Matter for inflation and Growth?

International Monetary Fund - 1996

Although the theoretical relationships are ambiguous, evidence suggestsa strong link between the choice of the exchange rate regime and economicperformance. The paper argues that adopting a pegged exchange rate canlead to lower inflation, but also to slower growth in productivity. Itfinds that...

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Corruption and Military Spending

International Monetary Fund - 2000

the period 1985–98. The association between military spending and corruption is ascertained by using panel regression …

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Spillovers Through Banking Centers : A Panel Data Analysis

International Monetary Fund - 2000

To test the role of bank lending in transmitting currency crisis we examine a panel of BIS data on bank flows to 30 …

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MULTIMOD : A Multi-Region Econometric Model

International Monetary Fund - 1988

World Economic Outlook, consists of aggregate demand and supply relationships, with endogenous determination of interest …

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Growth in East Asia : What We Can and What We Cannot infer

International Monetary Fund - 1996

The spectacular growth of many economies in East Asia over the past 30years has impressed the economics profession, which often refers to thesuccess of the so-called Four Tigers of the region (Hong Kong, Korea, Singapore, and Taiwan Province of China) as ""miraculous."" This papercritically...

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A Model of Adjustment and Growth : An Empirical Analysis

International Monetary Fund - 1989

This paper develops a model merging the monetary approach to the balance of payments and a neoclassical growth model into a unified framework in which inflation, growth, and the balance of payments are simultaneously determined. The empirical part of the paper presents estimates of the key...

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Theoretical Aspects of Growth in Developing Countries : External Debt Dynamics and the Role of Human Capital

International Monetary Fund - 1988

This paper formulates a simple aggregate growth model that is capable of assessing the impact of macroeconomic policies on the long-term performance of a developing country. The model emphasizes expenditures on human capital and the dynamics of external debt, and yields empirically testable...

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Human Capital Flight : Impact of Migrationon Income and Growth

International Monetary Fund - 1994

This paper analyses the impact of government tax and subsidy policy on immigration of human capital and the effect of such immigration on growth and incomes. In the context of a two-country endogenous growth model with heterogeneous agents and human capital accumulation, we argue that human...

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