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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, growth orientation, and efficiency features, as well as increasing its revenue mobilization potential. It aims at minimizing detrimental effects on employment and growth, and at...
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International Effects of Tax Reforms
International Monetary Fund - 1988
This paper highlights the significance of open-economy considerations in the analysis of tax reforms. It focuses on domestic and international consequences of revenue-neutral conversion between income and value-added tax systems. The principal result is that the direction of changes in key...
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Can Regional Cross-Listings Accelerate Stock Market Development? Empirical Evidence From Sub-Saharan Africa
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2008
This study analyzes the impact of regional cross-listing of stocks on the depth of the stock markets in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). It analyzes data from 1990 to 2007 for a panel of 13 stock markets in SSA countries, only some of which have regional cross-listings. Using event study methodology,...
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Morocco; Financial System Stability Assessment: Update
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2008
This paper presents an update to the Financial System Stability Assessment on Morocco. Major reforms have been achieved since the 2002 Financial Sector Assessment Program (FSAP) within a policy of actively promoting economic and financial sector opening. The 2002 FSAP recommendations have been...
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Can Regional Cross-Listings Accelerate Stock Market Development? : Empirical Evidence From Sub-Saharan Africa
International Monetary Fund - 2008
This study analyzes the impact of regional cross-listing of stocks on the depth of the stock markets in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). It analyzes data from 1990 to 2007 for a panel of 13 stock markets in SSA countries, only some of which have regional cross-listings. Using event study methodology,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014401983
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Exchange Rate Movements and International Interdependence of Stock Markets
International Monetary Fund - 1989
This paper investigates linkages between stock markets in seven industrialized countries since 1974. Empirical evidence shows that both nominal and real stock prices (and returns) are strongly positively correlated across countries, and that nominal exchange rate changes do not have systematic...
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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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