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Alternative Models of Wage Dispersion
International Monetary Fund - 2005
We analyze labor market models where the law of one price does not hold-that is, models with equilibrium wage dispersion. We begin by assuming workers are ex ante heterogeneous, and highlight a flaw with this approach: if search is costly, the market shuts down. We then assume workers are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014400958
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A Noteon Terms of Trade Shocks and the Wage Gap
International Monetary Fund - 2010
Using Chilean data, we document that for resource-rich small open economies the effects of terms of trade shocks on the wage gap (between skilled and unskilled workers) depend on factor intensities in the non-tradable sector, following the model in Galiani, Heymann, and Magud (2010). For a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014403224
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Interpreting Real Exchange Rate Movements in Transition Countries
International Monetary Fund - 2001
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 productivity-driven exchange rate movements in the central and eastern European … expect to experience further productivity-driven real exchange rate appreciations. Evidence from a large cross-section of non …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014403602
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International Spillovers of Taxiation
International Monetary Fund - 1989
This paper highlights key issues pertinent for the understanding of international effects of domestic tax policies and of international tax harmonization. The analytical framework adopts the saving-investment balance approach to the analysis of international economic interdependence focusing on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014396181
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Equilibrium Wage Dispersion : An Example
International Monetary Fund - 2006
productivity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014402407
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Austria : 2010 Article IV Consultation: Staff Report; Staff Statement; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Aust...
International Monetary Fund - 2010
Austria’s recession had limited effects on unemployment. Investment declined sharply but consumption helped cushion the … recession, supported by tax cuts and various labor market measures together with large increases in real wages. Austria’s fiscal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014405917
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Austria : Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund - 2005
This Selected Issues paper estimates a dynamic model of foreign currency loans to households in Austria to analyze … developments in Austria’s economic linkages with Germany and the Central and Eastern European countries (CEECs). It finds that … become stronger. The paper also discusses the dynamics of Austria’s economic linkages with Germany, and examines these …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014406061
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Austria : 2009 Article IV Consultation-Staff Report; Staff Statement; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Austr...
International Monetary Fund - 2009
outside Austria. This has brought substantial benefits, but also increased risks and vulnerabilities. Maintaining financial … having important spillovers to regional financial stability. Austria traditionally benefits from a low unemployment rate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014410964
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Austria : Financial System Stability Assessment: Update
International Monetary Fund - 2008
The Austrian authorities have been making great efforts since 2003 to enhance the quality of banking supervision and keep up-to-date with banking sector developments. Banks face a reputation risk arising from exposure to money laundering/financing of terrorism risk in both domestic and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014403480
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Austria : Financial Sector Assessment Program Technical Note: Stress Testing and Short-Term Vulnerabilities
International Monetary Fund - 2008
This technical note focuses on the Austrian banking system that exhibits considerable resilience against shocks determined by stress tests. The main sources of risk lie in the credit risk arising from exposures to Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe (CESE) and the Commonwealth of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014403572