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Italy : Assessing Competition and Efficiency in the Banking System
International Monetary Fund - 2007
The paper assesses the degree of banking competition and efficiency in Italy?over time as well as compared to that in … other countries, such as France, Germany, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The paper finds competition in …. The degree of competition falls within the range of estimates for a set of comparator countries. Greater contestability …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014400137
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Welfare Effects of Uzbekistan's Foreign Exchange Regime
International Monetary Fund - 2000
In addition to transferring about 16 percent of GDP from exporters to importers, Uzbekistan’s quasi-fiscal multiple exchange rate regime generates identifiable welfare losses of 2-8 percent of GDP on import markets and up to 15 percent on export markets. These excess burdens have increased...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014399812
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Terms of Trade Disturbances, Real Exchange Rates, and Welfare : The Role of Capital Controls and Labor Market Distortions
International Monetary Fund - 1989
Many arguments that have been advanced in favor of maintaining capital controls within the EC have not paid sufficient attention to the welfare consequences of this type of market intervention. Our paper provides a simple, optimizing framework in which the welfare consequences of capital...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014396039
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The Welfare Effects of Public Expenditure Programs Reconsidered
International Monetary Fund - 1989
The paper proposes a new welfare-based measure to evaluate the distributive effects of public programs. The proposed measure differs from traditional approaches in two important ways: first, it is based on life-cycle considerations, since most public expenditure programs have an intertemporal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014396379
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Borrowing Agreement with Banca d'Italia
International Monetary Fund - 2011
In light of the multilateral effort to ensure the adequacy of the financial resources available to the International Monetary Fund (the "Fund"), and with a view to supporting the Fund's ability to provide timely and effective balance of payments assistance to its members, Banca d'Italia agrees...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014410438
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The Per Jacobsson Lecture 2006 : Competition Policy and Monetary Policy: A Comparative Perspective
International Monetary Fund - 2006
This chapter provides a comparative perspective of competition policy and monetary policy. Monetary policy and … competition policy are two key components of public policies needed for a market economy to function well, and indeed to exist … competition policy compared is that they both serve in different ways the same objective, or at least they have one objective in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014397223
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Mexico; Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2006
This Selected Issues paper is a wide-ranging survey of the conditions for, and obstacles to, the growth in Mexico. It frames the issue of Mexico’s growth record, and presents the paper’s prior assumptions and approach. It highlights the main observations and conclusions emerging...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245707
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Denmark; Financial Sector Assessment Program-Technical Note-Competition in the Banking Sector
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2007
This technical note analyzes the competition in the banking sector in Denmark. It reveals that Denmark has a fairly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244565
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Italy; Assessing Competition and Efficiency in the Banking System
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2007
The paper assesses the degree of banking competition and efficiency in Italy?over time as well as compared to that in … other countries, such as France, Germany, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The paper finds competition in …. The degree of competition falls within the range of estimates for a set of comparator countries. Greater contestability …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005769248
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Competition in Indian Banking
International Monetary Fund - 2005
It is widely perceived that competition in the Indian banking sector has increased since the inception of the financial … competitive conditions and earns revenues as if under monopolistic competition …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014400691