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Externalities. Incentives, and Economic Reforms

International Monetary Fund - 1990

The paper emphasizes the role of institutions and incentives in the presence of externalities. An economy with multiple … effective institutions exist for overcoming coordination failure. External financing may weaken incentives for adjustment over … that strengthen incentives to provide effort. Uncertainty regarding future taxes reduces present effort and the …

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External Review of the Quota Formulas : Statistical Appendix (Part A)

International Monetary Fund - 2000

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The Relative Impact of Income and Consumption Taxes

International Monetary Fund - 1988

This paper examines the possibility of ascertaining the welfare changes that occur when a consumption tax replaces an equal-yield income tax. It finds that those with saving/income ratios greater than the social saving/income ratio under the income tax will surely benefit and those with ratios...

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Options for Low Income Countries' Effective and Efficient Use of Tax Incentives for Investment : Tools for the Assessment of Tax Incentives

International Monetary Fund - 2015

This background paper describes five different tools that can be used for the assessment of tax incentives by … framework for assessment. Evaluations of the various costs and benefits of tax incentives are vital for informed decision making … light on the implications of tax parameters - including targeted tax incentives - on investment returns and help understand …

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Debt Relief and Adjustment Incentives : A Theoretical Exploration

International Monetary Fund - 1988

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the argument that debt relief would increase the incentive of a debtor country to make an adjustment effort (to invest) and that for this reason creditors may benefit by granting relief. It is shown that there are actually opposing incentive effects of...

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Impact of EMU on selected non-European Union countries

Feldman, Robert A. (contributor); … - International Monetary Fund - 1998

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Resource windfalls, macroeconomic stability and growth : the role of political institutions

Arezki, Rabah - 2011

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Economic policies and FDI inflows to emerging market economies

Arbatli, Elif - 2011

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Negative Interest Rate Policies-Initial Experiences and Assessments

International Monetary Fund - 2017

The depth of the crisis and the weakness of the ensuing recovery led to new ways to implement monetary policy. At the onset of the crisis, central banks in several advanced economies quickly moved policy rates to zero and initiated large-scale asset purchases. In more recent years, with...

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Increasing Resilience to Large and Volatile Capital Flows : The Role of Macroprudential Policies

International Monetary Fund - 2017

Capital flows can deliver substantial benefits for countries, but also have the potential to contribute to a buildup of systemic financial risk. Benefits, such as enhanced investment and consumption smoothing, tend to be greater for countries whose financial and institutional development enables...

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