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Rising Income Inequality; Technology, o+L3904r Trade and Financial Globalization?
Papageorgiou, Chris; Lall, Subir; Jaumotte, Florence - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008
We examine the relationship between trade and financial globalization and the rise in inequality in most countries in recent decades. We find technological progress as having a greater impact than globalization on inequality. The limited overall impact of globalization reflects two offsetting...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005263792
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Rethinking the Governance of the International Monetary Fund
Mirakhor, Abbas; Zaidi, Iqbal Mehdi - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2006
This paper attempts to set out the principal issues that need to be resolved in formulating a proposal for quotas and voice reform in the IMF that could command broad support. Following John Rawls, we argue that "justice is the first virtue of social institutions," and we use his theory of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005825790
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Out of the Box Thoughts About the International Financial Architecture
Eichengreen, Barry J. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2009
The Global Credit Crisis of 2008-09 has underscored the urgency of reforming the international financial architecture. While a number of short-term reforms are already in train, this paper contemplates more ambitious reforms of the international financial architecture that might be implemented...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008528699
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Reaping the Benefits of Financial Globalization
Dell'Ariccia, Giovanni; Mauro, Paolo; Faria, André; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008
Financial globalization has increased dramatically over the past three decades, particularly for advanced economies, while emerging market and developing countries experienced more moderate increases. Divergences across countries stem from different capital control regimes, and factors such as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010790496
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Japan; 2013 Article IV Consultation
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2013
This 2013 Article IV Consultation highlights that on the back of new policy framework, growth in Japan accelerated …
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Japan: 2014 Article IV Consultation-Staff Report; and Press Release
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2014
materialize, the Bank of Japan (BoJ) should act swiftly through further and/or longer- dated asset purchases. Communication should … coming years with uncertain net effects—higher exports and capital outflows—in the short term. As long as Japan continues …
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Japan; Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2013
This Selected Issues paper examines implications for long-term bond yields in case of Japan. The analysis finds that so …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245208
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Raising the Consumption Tax in Japan; Why, When, How?
Kang, Kenneth; Keen, Michael; Pradhan, Mahmood; Mooij, … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2011
Staff Discussion Notes showcase the latest policy-related analysis and research being developed by individual IMF staff and are published to elicit comment and to further debate. These papers are generally brief and written in nontechnical language, and so are aimed at a broad audience...
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The United States-Japan Current Account Imbalance: A Review
Golub, Stephen S. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 1994
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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 … generate higher average welfare gains for East Asian countries than currency unions with Japan or the United States. Overall …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005826046