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This paper extends recent work by Feldstein and Horioka (1980) and Bayoumi (1990), and examines saving-investment correlations for industrial countries in the post-war period. The focus of the enquiry is on differences observed between EMS and non-EMS countries. It is seen that the EMS countries...
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This paper analyzes reasons for the high post-war correlations of saving and investment, both across countries and over time. It is concluded that the main reason for the observed high correlations over the recent period is probably government policy
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Using data for a sample of developing and transition countries, this paper estimates the relationship between government spending on health care and education, and social indicators. Unlike previous studies, where social indicators are used as proxies for the unobservable health and education...
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The correlation bias refers to the fact that claim subordination in the capital structure of the firm influences claim … holders’ preferred degree of asset correlation in portfolios held by the firm. Using the copula capital structure model, it is … shown that the correlation bias shifts shareholder preferences towards highly correlated assets, making financial …
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establish the Government of Australia Subaccount for Selected Fund Activities (the 'Subaccount') under the terms of the SFA …
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This Selected Issues paper reviews how Australia’s economy has adapted to a flexible Australian Dollar. The paper … proposal, and estimates how much Australia and other countries in the Asia-Pacific region would gain from greater financial …
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This paper analyzes likely effectiveness of the fiscal policy in supporting aggregate demand in Australia. The …
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The impact of the global crisis was milder in Australia than in other advanced economies owing to strong demand from …
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sound macroeconomic framework should permit Australia to weather the global downturn and contain inflationary pressures …
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