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Private Investment in Developing Countries : An Empirical Analysis
International Monetary Fund - 1990
This paper analyzes the effects of several policy and other macro-economic variables on the ratio of private investment … econometric evidence indicates that the rate of private investment is positively related to the real growth rate of GDP, public … sector investment, and to a lesser extent the level of per capita GDP, while it is negatively related to domestic inflation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014395767
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Tax Policy and Business Investment in the United States : Evidence from the 1980's
International Monetary Fund - 1988
This paper examines the behavior of business fixed investment in the United States in the 1980s. A background … discussion of the long-term behavior of the components of business fixed investment is provided, setting the context for the … empirical analysis. A standard neoclassical model of business fixed investment is specified and estimated, with output and the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014396320
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Approaches to exchange rate policy : choices for developing and transition economies ; papers presented at the seminar on Exchange Rate Policies in Developing and Transition Econom...
Barth, Richard C. (contributor);  … - International Monetary Fund - 1994
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000412854
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Western Europe in transition : the impact of the opening up of Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union ; [main paper ; panel discussion]
DeFontenay, Patrick; Gomel, Giorgio; Hochreiter, Eduard; … - 1995
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000563647
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Wage Flexibility in Turbulent Times : A Practitioner's Guide
International Monetary Fund - 2005
This paper reviews several methods to measure wage flexibility, and their suitability for evaluating the extent of such flexibility during times of structural change, when wage distributions and wage curves can be particularly volatile. The paper uses nonparametric estimation to capture possible...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014400692
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Growth Experience in Transition Countries, 1990-1998
International Monetary Fund - 2000
This study, another in the series focusing on special issues in transition, reviews the experience of output decline and recovery in the 25 countries of eastern and central Europe and the Baltics, Russia, and other countries of the former Soviet Union. Although these countries began the process...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014406386
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Western Europe in Transition : Impact of Opening Up Eastern Europe
International Monetary Fund - 1997
This paper examines the impact of the opening up of Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union on Western Europe. The analysis suggests that given reasonable (yet necessarily imprecise) assumptions on the likely developments in the previously centrally planned economies (PCPEs) over the next ten...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014397277
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Transformations to Open Market Operations : Developing Countries and Emerging Markets
International Monetary Fund - 1997
Open market operations are the major instruments of monetary control in industrial countries and are becoming important in developing countriesand countries in transition. This paper shows how open market operationsare related to other monetary instruments, discusses the role of the market and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014402763
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Interpreting Real Exchange Rate Movements in Transition Countries
International Monetary Fund - 2001
Several transition countries have experienced strong real exchange rate appreciations. This paper tests the hypothesis that these appreciations reflect underlying productivity gains in the tradable sector. Using panel data over the period 1993-98, the results show clear evidence of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014403602
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Transition Economies : How Appropriate is the Size and Scope of Government?
International Monetary Fund - 2001
This paper assesses changes in the size and scope of government in 24 transition economies. Whereas these governments have retrenched in terms of public expenditures in relation to GDP, as well as public employment as a share of population, some indicators suggest that size remains high (e.g.,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014403626