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Exchange Rate Volatility and World Trade

International Monetary Fund - 1984

In View of the continuation of substantial movements in exchange rate relationships among major currencies, the recent increase in protectionist pressures, and the disappointing performance of world trade, renewed concern has been expressed about the possible adverse effects of exchange rate...

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Exchange Rate Volatility and Trade Flows : Some New Evidence

International Monetary Fund - 2004

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Addressing Corruption Openly

International Monetary Fund - 2016

This paper outlines the IMF's perspective on the economic impact of corrup-tion and experience in helping countries … design and implement strategies to address it. Corruption has a broader corrosive impact on society. It undermines trust in … influence and political interference. Corruption afflicts countries at all stages of development. Indeed, some developing …

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Economic Structure, the Exchange Rate and Adjustment in the Federal Republic of Germany : A General Equilibrium Approach

International Monetary Fund - 1988

This paper traces the effects of an appreciation of the deutsche mark with the help of a computable general equilibrium model under alternative structural policy scenarios. In the first scenario, characterized by severe structural rigidities, the contractionary effects of exchange rate...

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Western Europe in transition : the impact of the opening up of Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union ; [main paper ; panel discussion]

DeFontenay, Patrick; Gomel, Giorgio; Hochreiter, Eduard; … - 1995

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Making Trade an Engine of Growth for All : The Case for Trade and for Policies to Facilitate Adjustment

International Monetary Fund - 2017

The role of trade in the global economy is at a critical juncture. Increased trade integration helped to drive economic growth in advanced and developing economies in the latter part of the 20th century. Since the early 2000's, however, a slowdown in the pace of trade reform, a post-crisis...

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Integrating Poor Countries into the World Trading System

International Monetary Fund - 2006

Efforts to liberalize world trade are increasingly focusing on strengthening the links between low-income countries’ trade policies and their development strategies. However, although greater trade openness promises faster growth for poor countries, it also presents risks to those with small...

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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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Exchange Arrangements and Foreign Exchange Markets : Developments and Issues

International Monetary Fund - 2003

This paper reviews developments and issues in the exchange arrangements and currency convertibility of IMF members. Against the backdrop of continuing financial globalization and a series of emerging market crises since 1997, there have been important changes in the evolution of exchange rate...

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Australia; Selected Issues

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2004

This Selected Issues paper for Australia highlights the dynamics of the Australian real exchange rate and its impact on Australiaâ€™s trade. The main findings are that the Australian real exchange rate is largely driven by world commodity prices and that it adjusts relatively rapidly to...

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