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Measuring External Risks for Peru: Insights from a Macroeconomic Model for a Small Open and Partially Dollarized Economy
Han, Fei - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2014
This paper quantifies the effects of external risks for Peru, with particular attention to two major external risks, China’s investment slowdown and the U.S. monetary policy tightening. In particular, a macroeconomic model for a small open and partially dollarized economy is developed and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011142105
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Assessing Well-being Using Hierarchical Needs
Clarke, Matthew - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2005
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005001281
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ASEAN Financial Integration
Almekinders, Geert; Mourmouras, Alex; Zhou, Jian-Ping; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2015
The establishment of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) at end-2015 has brought into sharp focus the issue of financial and economic integration in the region. This paper takes stock of ASEAN’s financial integration and prospects. ASEAN integration could accelerate in the years ahead; it...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011242386
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Yen Bloc or Yuan Bloc; An Analysis of Currency Arrangements in East Asia
Shirono, Kazuko - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2009
This paper examines the role of Japan against that of China in the exchange rate regime in East Asia in light of … growing interest in forming a currency union in the region. The analysis suggests that currency unions with China tend to … if China's relative presence continues to rise in the regional trade. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005826046
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Real Effects of Common Currencies in East Asia
Shirono, Kazuko - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007
Since the 1997 Asian currency crisis, new interest has emerged in the formation of a common currency area in East Asia. This paper provides estimates of trade and welfare effects of East Asian currency unions, using a micro-founded gravity model. Counter-factual experiments to assess the effects...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005769256
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The Challenges Posed by Globalization for Economic Liberalization in Two Asian Transitional Countries: Laos and Vietnam
Freeman, Nick J. - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2001
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005001226
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The Pattern and Valuation Effects of Corporate Diversification: A Comparison of the United States, Japan, and other East Asian Economies
Claessens, Stijn; Djankov, Simeon; Fan, Joseph P.H.; … - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2001
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005031733
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The Rule of Law, Legal Traditions, and Economic Growth in East Asia
Woo-Cumings, Meredith - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2006
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005033169
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The Poverty Macroeconomic Policy Nexus: Some Short-run Analytics
Mavrotas, George; Murshed, S. Mansoob - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2005
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005033287
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Growth Slowdowns and the Middle-Income Trap
Aiyar, Shekhar; Duval, Romain A; Puy, Damien; Wu, Yiqun; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2013
The “middle-income trap” is the phenomenon of hitherto rapidly growing economies stagnating at middle-income levels and failing to graduate into the ranks of high-income countries. In this study we examine the middle-income trap as a special case of growth slowdowns, which are identified as...
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