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The Impact of the European Community's internal Market on the EFTA
International Monetary Fund - 1990
This paper provides an overview of the likely impact of the creation of the European Community (EC) internal market on the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) members. The focus is on the four freedoms and the institutional and legal changes required for increased economic cooperation between...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014397158
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EMU and the international monetary system : proceedings of a conference held in Washington DC on March 17-18, 1997, cosponsored by the Fondation Camille Gutt and the IMF
Masson, Paul R. (ed.); Krueger, Thomas H. (contributor);  … - International Monetary Fund - 1997
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000630405
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A Window of Opportunity : The Managing Director's Global Policy Agenda
International Monetary Fund - 2017
The global recovery continues. Although it is not yet complete, the more favorable conjuncture offers an opportunity to tackle key policy challenges to stave off medium-term downside risks, rebuild buffers, and raise potential output. Countries should undertake well-sequenced reforms to increase...
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Developments in the DOHA Round and Selected Activities of Interest to the Fund
International Monetary Fund - 2003
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014409934
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External Sector Report, July 2018 : Tackling Global Imbalances amid Rising Trade Tensions
International Monetary Fund - 2018
, reserves, capital flows, and external balance sheets of the world's largest economies. The 2018 edition includes an analytical …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014408937
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Changing Patterns of Global Trade
International Monetary Fund - 2011
The past few decades have seen important shifts that have reshaped the global trade landscape. As a share of global output, trade is now at almost three times the level in the early 1950s, in large part driven by the integration of rapidly growing emerging market economies (EMEs). The expansion...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014410225
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Integrating Poor Countries into the World Trading System
International Monetary Fund - 2006
Efforts to liberalize world trade are increasingly focusing on strengthening the links between low-income countries … developing countries to choose fuller participation in the world trading system …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014411036
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Making the Global Economy Work for All (Revised)
International Monetary Fund - 2004
set up by treaty in 1945 to help promote the health of the world economy. Through its work, the IMF helps to keep the … world economy running as smoothly as possible. Its work is aimed partly at the prevention of economic and financial crises … countries' economic size, determine countries' voting power in the IMF and the limits to what they can borrow. The IMF and World …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014397381
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014396105
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Elasticity Optimism
International Monetary Fund - 2009
In most macroeconomic models, the substitutability between domestic and foreign goods is calibrated using aggregated data. This imposes homogeneous elasticities across goods, and the calibration is only valid under this assumption. If elasticities are heterogeneous, the aggregate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014402215