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The IMF Working Papers series is designed to make IMF staff research available to a wide audience. Almost 300 Working Papers are released each year, covering a wide range of theoretical and analytical topics, including balance of payments, monetary and fiscal issues, global liquidity, and...
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This paper discusses the unique aspects of Singapore’s financial, exchange rate, and wage policies during the period 1979-86, and attempts to quantify the impact of alternative policies on major macroeconomic variables. For this purpose, a simple short-term model is formulated and estimated,...
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The paper provides an overview of the main elements of pay systems that are typically used to remunerate government employees and, with reference to the experience of developed and developing countries, discusses structural issues frequently arising in the formulation of government pay policies:...
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This paper examines the potential contribution of unemployment hysteresis theories to the understanding of the Belgian labor market. It estimates models of wage determination using aggregate and firm-level panel data. Two main conclusions emerge: (i) the long-term unemployed do not exert a...
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This 2006 Article IV Consultation highlights that a broad-based economic upturn is under way in Sweden, spurred by …
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In Sweden, the authorities have indicated that their medium-term fiscal strategy is based on restraining expenditures …
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This Selected Issues paper on Sweden analyzes possible adjustments to the fiscal framework that the authorities may … wish to consider. The paper starts with a brief description of Sweden’s fiscal framework, followed by an assessment of the … framework’s strengths and weaknesses. The scope for stabilization policy in Sweden is analyzed. The paper describes the …
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weakness led to slower growth of Sweden in 2001. Private consumption stagnated despite rising disposable income, owing to …
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This Selected Issues paper on Sweden reviews economic developments in Sweden during 1994–98. In 1994, the general …
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This paper discusses key findings of the Detailed Assessment of Observance of Standards and Codes in Sweden. The … assessment reveals that the laws and regulations on banking activities and their supervision are in place in Sweden. The …
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