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Why is China Growing So Fast?
International Monetary Fund - 1997
Since 1978 the Chinese economy has grown on average more than 9 percenta year. Per capita income has nearly quadrupled in the past 15 years andsome analysts predict that within 20 years the Chinese economy will belarger than that of the United States. This pamphlet analyzes the reasonsfor the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014403126
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Commodity Price Volatility and the Sources of Growth
International Monetary Fund - 2012
as on the three main growth channels: total factor productivity, physical capital accumulation, and human capital …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014396933
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Exchange Rate Forecasting Techniques, Survey Data, and Implications for the Foreign Exchange Market
International Monetary Fund - 1990
This paper seeks to advance the discussion of monetary policy strategies in several ways. One involves a comparison of targets for nominal GNP and the price level, with emphasis on specificational robustness and implications for output variability. A second pertains to various “indicator”...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014396173
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Exchange Rate Forecasting Techniques, Survey Data, and Implications for the Foreign Exchange Market
International Monetary Fund - 1990
This paper examines the dynamics of the foreign exchange market. The first half addresses a number of key questions regarding the forecasts of future exchange rates made by market participants, by means of updated estimates using survey data. Here we follow most of the theoretical and empirical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014396182
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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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Growth in East Asia : What We Can and What We Cannot infer
International Monetary Fund - 1996
The spectacular growth of many economies in East Asia over the past 30years has impressed the economics profession, which often refers to thesuccess of the so-called Four Tigers of the region (Hong Kong, Korea, Singapore, and Taiwan Province of China) as ""miraculous."" This papercritically...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014402766
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A Model of Adjustment and Growth : An Empirical Analysis
International Monetary Fund - 1989
This paper develops a model merging the monetary approach to the balance of payments and a neoclassical growth model into a unified framework in which inflation, growth, and the balance of payments are simultaneously determined. The empirical part of the paper presents estimates of the key...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014396167
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Theoretical Aspects of Growth in Developing Countries : External Debt Dynamics and the Role of Human Capital
International Monetary Fund - 1988
This paper formulates a simple aggregate growth model that is capable of assessing the impact of macroeconomic policies on the long-term performance of a developing country. The model emphasizes expenditures on human capital and the dynamics of external debt, and yields empirically testable...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014396208
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Does the Exchange Regime Matter for inflation and Growth?
International Monetary Fund - 1996
also to slower growth in productivity. Itfinds that on average per capita GDP growth was slightly faster underfloating …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014399171