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Tax Policy and Business Investment in the United States : Evidence from the 1980's
International Monetary Fund - 1988
This paper examines the behavior of business fixed investment in the United States in the 1980s. A background … discussion of the long-term behavior of the components of business fixed investment is provided, setting the context for the … empirical analysis. A standard neoclassical model of business fixed investment is specified and estimated, with output and the …
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Portugal : Financial Sector Assessment Program: Technical Note: Investor Protection, Disclosure, and Financial Literacy
International Monetary Fund - 2007
securities and money in relation to client investment operations with a limit of Euro 25.00 per investor …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014406877
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Australia : Financial Sector Assessment Program: Technical Note: Investor Protection, Disclosure, and Financial Literacy
International Monetary Fund - 2006
This study reviews selected issues on investor protection and corporate governance in Australia, and concludes that the corporate governance framework for Australian-listed companies is largely healthy and dynamic. Shareholder activism is an important element of corporate governance because it...
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Indonesia: selected issues
Heenan, Geoffrey; Benedek, Dora; Zhou, Sarah; Chivakul, Mali - 2011
This study estimated Indonesia's potential growth rate and examined its underlying determinants. Implementing a comprehensive program to address key influencing issues can improve the effectiveness of monetary policy, increase financial stability, and support capital market development. This...
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People's Republic of China : Spillover Report for the 2011 Article IV Consultation and Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund - 2011
impact of competition from Brazil and Mexico, China’s closed capital account and capital flows to emerging markets, the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014398327
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Euro Area Policies : Spillover Report for the 2011 Article IV Consultation and Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund - 2011
The euro area (EA) plays a major role in the global economy. Market perceptions of events in the EA program countries illustrate the possibility of large spillovers from the area in times of stress. The prospect of large spillovers underscores the urgent need for actions to contain, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014398514
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The United States : Spillover Report: 2011 Article IV Consultation
International Monetary Fund - 2011
The size of the U.S. economy and, in particular, the global dominance of its financial markets creates uniquely large policy spillovers. Concerns that the end of QE2 could lead to a rapid reversal of emerging market capital flows appear overblown. A credible plan for a gradual U.S. fiscal...
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Spillovers Through Banking Centers : A Panel Data Analysis
International Monetary Fund - 2000
To test the role of bank lending in transmitting currency crisis we examine a panel of BIS data on bank flows to 30 emerging markets disaggregated by 11 banking centers. We find that bank exposures to a crisis country help predict bank flows in third countries after the Mexican and Asian crisis,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014399830
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Sources of Contagion : Finance or Trade?
International Monetary Fund - 1999
characteristics, can help explain contagion. We construct a measure of competition for bank funds and find evidence in favor of a … robust to the inclusion of trade competition, reflecting the high correlation between competition for funds and trade …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014401017
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Decoupling From the East toward the West? : Analyses of Spillovers to the Baltic Countries
International Monetary Fund - 2009
This paper uses VAR models to examine the magnitude and sources of growth spillovers to the Baltics from key trading partners, as well asfrom the real effective exchange rate (REER). Our results show there are significant cross-country spillovers to the Baltics with those from the EU outweighing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014402484