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Trade and Industrial Location with Heterogeneous Labor

International Monetary Fund - 2004

We show in the context of a new economic geography model that when labor is heterogenous trade liberalization may lead to industrial agglomeration and interregional trade. Labor heterogeneity gives local monopoly power to firms but also introduces variations in the quality of the job match....

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Equilibrium Wage Dispersion : An Example

International Monetary Fund - 2006

Search models with posting and match-specific heterogeneity generate wage dispersion. Given K values for the match-specific variable, it is known that there are K reservation wages that could be posted, but generically never more than two actually are posted in equilibrium. What is unknown is...

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Solomon Islands : Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix

International Monetary Fund - 2004

This Selected Issues paper examines prospects for increasing growth and reducing poverty in the Solomon Islands. The paper highlights that agriculture constitutes the largest sector of the Solomon Islands economy, averaging about 20 percent of GDP throughout the 1990s. The Solomon Islands also...

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Solomon Islands : Selected Issues

International Monetary Fund - 2011

the medium term. Enforcing the tax agreement with, a Gold Ridge company, and implementing the new resource taxation regime …

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Solomon Islands : Tax Summary and Statistical Appendix

International Monetary Fund - 2007

This paper presents the Tax Summary for the Solomon Islands. The paper discusses that normal business expenses are …

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Iceland : Improving the Equity and Revenue Productivity of the Icelandic Tax System

International Monetary Fund - 2010

The Icelandic government has launched a review of the tax system, with a view to improving its income redistribution … detrimental effects on employment and growth, and at removing inconsistencies with international practices. The tax measures will …. The Icelandic Corporate Index Tax would benefit from adopting financial accounting as the basis to determine taxable …

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Papua New Guinea : Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix

International Monetary Fund - 2003

This Selected Issues paper and Statistical Appendix surveys the main reasons for Papua New Guinea’s disappointing economic performance, highlighting the key impediments to growth in each of the main sectors of the economy. The paper outlines the structural reforms that could help reduce these...

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Papua New Guinea : Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix

International Monetary Fund - 2004

This Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix paper reviews the path of Papua New Guinea’s external debt over the last decade. It explains the underlying macroeconomic framework to better understand the dynamics behind the external debt profile, and assesses the relative scale of the public...

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Solomon Islands : Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix

International Monetary Fund - 2005

This Selected Issues paper for the Solomon Islands reviews budget trends in the past decade and assesses medium-term budget prospects. Aid flows and revenue from import tariffs and logging are projected to decline. Spending pressures are likely to pick up considerably, owing to the need to...

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Republic of the Marshall Islands : Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix

International Monetary Fund - 2006

This Selected Issues paper outlines economic developments in the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) since independence in 1986, focusing on the challenges posed by dependence on foreign grants, and progress toward achieving budgetary self-reliance. Like most other Pacific islands, the RMI...

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