Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 385
Cover Image
Fiscal Decentralization and Governance : A Cross-Country Analysis
International Monetary Fund - 2001
Based on cross-country data for up to 78 countries, this paper shows that fiscal decentralization-the assignment of … governance, such as corruption, rule of law, and government effectiveness. Unlike previous studies in the decentralization …/governance literature, which focus primarily on expenditure-based measures of decentralization, the results reported in this paper show that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014401240
Cover Image
Measuring Fiscal Decentralization : Exploring the IMF’s Databases
International Monetary Fund - 2011
empirical evidence about actual country practices. This paper presents data on fiscal decentralization for about 80 countries … for transition economies, the levels of decentralization are relatively stable over the time period. The findings are … factors identified in the literature as determining the extent of fiscal decentralization …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014399352
Cover Image
Can Fiscal Decentralization Strengthen Social Capital?
International Monetary Fund - 2000
-country evidence, based on a sample of developing and developed countries, that fiscal decentralization—the assignment of expenditure …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014399798
Cover Image
Risk Instability and the Pattern of Foreign Direct Investment in the Middle East and North Africa Region
International Monetary Fund - 2004
This paper demonstrates that instability associated with investment risk is critical in explaining the level of foreign direct investment for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries, which generally have higher investment risk than developed countries. The empirical results support...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014401431
Cover Image
Debt-Equity Composition of International Investment
International Monetary Fund - 1988
Capital flows to the nonindustrial countries share three striking characteristics. First, the bulk, of these flows was in the form of debt, not equity; second, the loans were mostly to, or guaranteed by, debtor governments; and third, these debts were largely bank loans, not bonds. This paper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014396446
Cover Image
Spillovers in International Corporate Taxation
International Monetary Fund - 2014
This paper explores the nature, significance and policy implications of spillovers in international corporate taxation-the effects of one country's rules and practices on others. It complements current initiatives focused on tax avoidance by multinationals, notably the G20-OECD project on Base...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014410572
Cover Image
Foreign Direct Investment
International Monetary Fund - 1990
This paper summarizes the theory and empirical evidence on the determinants of foreign direct investment. These determinants include expected relative rates of return, risk diversification, market size, technological advantage, market failure, oligopolistic rivalry, liquidity, currency strength,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014396385
Cover Image
Austria; Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2008
Austria’s federal system comprises the federal government and nine provinces (Länder). The federal system is rather centralized by international standards, with the federal government (including social security funds) accounting for about 70 percent of general government spending, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244961
Cover Image
Fiscal Decentralization and Governance; A Cross-Country Analysis
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2001
Based on cross-country data for up to 78 countries, this paper shows that fiscal decentralization-the assignment of … governance, such as corruption, rule of law, and government effectiveness. Unlike previous studies in the decentralization …/governance literature, which focus primarily on expenditure-based measures of decentralization, the results reported in this paper show that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005769179
Cover Image
FDI from BRICs to LICs : emerging growth driver?
Mlachila, Montfort - 2011
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009424879