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Export Pricing Behavior of Manufactuting : U.S.-Japan Comparison

International Monetary Fund - 1988

Using domestic and export price data and a framework of markup over cost, pricing behavior of U.S. and Japanese manufacturers is compared. Major export industries in Japan have higher productivity growth and lower pass-through coefficients than American exporters, who tend to price to domestic...

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Taxation and the Cost of Capital in Hungary and Poland : A Comparison with Selected European Countries

International Monetary Fund - 1990

This paper compares the effective rates of taxation faced by a representative investor located in a major capital-exporting country for investments in machinery and buildings in nine capital-importing European countries. Poland and Hungary are found to have relatively high effective tax rates on...

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Bank Consolidation and Performance : The Argentine Experience

International Monetary Fund - 2004

We examine a large panel of more than 100 banks from Argentina to study the effects of bank consolidation on performance between December 1995 and December 2000, a period of heavy bank consolidation and relative calm. Overall, we find a positive and significant effect of bank consolidation on...

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India Financial Sector Assessment Program : Basel Core Principles for Effective Banking Supervision

International Monetary Fund - 2018

This assessment of the implementation of the BCP in India has been completed as part of the Financial Sector Assessment …

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India Financial Sector Assessment Program Update : Securities Regulation

World Bank Group - 2017

This Technical Note examines India's securities market and the regulatory system overseeing the securities market and … market participants. It is based upon a mission to Mumbai, India from March 14 - 31, 2017, conducted as one component of a … occurred in India's securities markets since the last assessment and the changes that have occurred in the regulation of this …

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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 sector reforms in 1992. Using annual data on scheduled commercial banks for the period 1996-2004, the paper evaluates the validity of this claim in the Indian context. The...

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Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon : What Are the Consequences of China's WTO Entry for India'S Trade

International Monetary Fund - 2005

Organization (WTO). This paper examines the implications of China''s WTO accession for India''s trade, using both econometrics and … computable general equilibrium (CGE) models. The paper analyzes how India stands to lose or gain from China''s WTO entry in terms …

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India : Report on Observance of Standards and Codes—FATF Recommendations for Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism

International Monetary Fund - 2011

India faces a range of money laundering and terrorist financing risks. India continues to be a target for terrorist … groups and has been the victim of numerous attacks. Based on a threat assessment, it was found that India's major sources for … terrorist financing (FT) were funds/resources from organizations outside India, counterfeiting of currency, and criminal …

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Export Versus FDI in Services

International Monetary Fund - 2010

In the literature on exports and investment, most productive firms are seen to invest abroad. In the Helpman et al. (2004) model, costs of transportation play a critical role in the decision about whether to serve foreign customers by exporting, or by producing abroad. We consider the case of...

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Interest Rate Volatility and Risk in Indian Banking

International Monetary Fund - 2004

The easing of controls on interest rates has led to higher interest rate volatility in India. Hence, there is a need to …

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