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Elasticity Optimism
International Monetary Fund - 2009
In most macroeconomic models, the substitutability between domestic and foreign goods is calibrated using aggregated data. This imposes homogeneous elasticities across goods, and the calibration is only valid under this assumption. If elasticities are heterogeneous, the aggregate...
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Reinvigorating Trade and Inclusive Growth
International Monetary Fund - 2018
Trade integration can play a much larger role in boosting shared prosperity. The current focus on trade tensions threatens to obscure the great untapped benefits possible from further trade reform. The opportunities provided by information technology and other fundamental changes in the global...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014408459
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The Recent Behavior of U.S. Trade Prices
International Monetary Fund - 1989
There is a widespread view that the adjustment of U.S. trade prices--and hence merchandise trade flows--in the face of the substantial dollar depreciation since early 1985 has been slower than might have been expected. This paper examines the recent behavior of U.S. trade prices, and concludes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014396298
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Russian Federation
Odling-Smee, John C. (contributor);  … - International Monetary Fund - 1992
Am 3. Januar 1992 stellte der Präsident der russischen Föderation den offiziellen Antrag auf Aufnahme in den IMF und die Weltbankgruppe. Bereits seit November 1991 besuchten IMF-Experten Moskau, um mit den russischen Behörden die Wirtschaftspolitik zu besprechen, eine fundierte...
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Financial Sector Assessment : Russian Federation
World Bank - 2016
A joint IMF-World Bank mission visited the Russian Federation from March 15 to 31, 2016, to conduct an assessment under the Financial Sector Assessment Program (FSAP). The mission assessed financial sector risks and vulnerabilities, assessed the quality of financial sector supervision, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012644832
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Russian Federation Financial Sector Assessment Program : Insurance Core Principles Assessment
World Bank - 2016
industry also faced with the consequences of the Western economic sanctions which effectively closed access to the high quality … the sanctions list. In the past, the Western reinsurers provided over 80 percent of reinsurance capacity for such risks …. In the case of Russia, the main objective of insurance supervision is to ensure that insurers fully comply with core …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012644833
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Russian Federation Financial Sector Assessment Program : Financial Inclusion
World Bank - 2016
The overall state of financial inclusion in Russia is relatively advanced along certain basic metrics. The number of … increases experienced across all segments of the population, including for the poorest 40 percent and for women.1 Russia also …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012644834
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Russian Federation Financial Sector Assessment Program : Insurance Sector Technical Note
World Bank - 2016
well as responses to a questionnaire sent out in advance were provided by the Central Bank of Russia (CBR) before and … consequences of the Western economic sanctions which effectively closed access to the high quality Western reinsurance capacity for … the Russian insurers that provide coverage for 1500 large Russian companies that were put on the sanctions list. In the …
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Russian Federation Financial Sector Assessment Program : Role of State in Financial Services
World Bank - 2016
-lends or directly lends to firms, but does not collect retail deposits.1 There are also several smaller state-owned banks that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012644837
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Russian Federation Financial Sector Assessment Program : Basel Core Principles for Effective Banking Supervision
International Monetary Fund - 2016
Basel Core Principles (BCP) reflects the transitional nature of the supervisory practices in Russia at the time of the …
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