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Colonial Origins, Institutions and Economic Performance in the Caribbean; Guyana and Barbados
DaCosta, Michael - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007
The countries that were once British colonies in the Caribbean share a common language and a colonial history of slavery, dominance of a plantation-based sugar industry, and broadly similar government and administrative traditions. Following independence in the late-1960s economic strategies and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005263739
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Votingon the "Optimal" Size of Government
Olters, Jan-Peter - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2000
Viewing fiscal policies as the outcome of democratically resolved conflicts of households over public goods and taxes, the “economic model of politics” proposes a public choice approach, which does not rely on social welfare functions. With it, a country’s overall budget can be derived...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005264039
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Modeling Politics with Economics tools; A Critical Survey of the Literature
Olters, Jan-Peter - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2001
Whereas the economics discipline possesses a highly refined theoretical apparatus to analyze the effects of government behaviour on the economy, it has not (yet) managed to fully develop a positively formulated "economic theory of politics" that would permit the integration of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005605269
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United States; Publication of Financial Sector Assessment Program Documentation: Detailed Assessment of Implementation of the IOSCO Objectives and Principles of Securities Regulati...
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2010
This paper presents Detailed Assessment of the United States’s implementation of the International Organization of Securities Commissions’ Objectives and Principles of Securities Regulation. The general preconditions for effective securities regulation in the United States are...
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Peru: Selected Issues Paper
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2014
This Selected Issues paper examines application of fiscal framework alternatives to the case of Peru. Although growth … has been at historical highs over the last decade, Peru still has an important infrastructure gap and a quarter of its … case of Peru. It takes stock of analytical considerations to resource management, and analyzes Peru’s natural resource …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244249
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Peru: Staff Report for the 2013 Article IV Consultation
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2014
This 2013 Article IV Consultation highlights that Peru’s economy continues to be a leader in high growth and low inflation in the region, which has been achieved through a prudent macroeconomic policy implementation, a far-reaching structural reform agenda and taking advantage of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245344
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Output Gap Uncertainty and Real-Time Monetary Policy
Grigoli, Francesco; Herman, Alexander; Swiston, Andrew; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2015
Output gap estimates are subject to a wide range of uncertainty owing to data revisions and the difficulty in distinguishing between cycle and trend in real time. This is important given the central role in monetary policy of assessments of economic activity relative to capacity. We show that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011163120
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Drivers of Peru's Equilibrium Real Exchange Rate: Is the Nuevo Sol a Commodity Currency?
Tashu, Melesse - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2015
This paper tests the hypothesis of ‘commodity currency’ on the nuevo sol and, more generally, identifies the drivers of Peru’s equilibrium real exchange rate using a cointegration analysis. The results show that export commodity prices do not have a statistically significant...
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Nonfinancial Firms in Latin America; A Source of Vulnerability?
Gonzalez, Maria - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2012
We examine corporate sector vulnerabilities in Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru. First, we identify stylized …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011242251
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Peru; 2012 Article IV Consultation
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2013
This paper discusses Peru’s economic performance in 2012. The impressive growth is owed to its strong fundamentals and sound policy management. However, the economy is vulnerable to short-term shocks. A low growth in China or in the United States could hamper Peru’s macroeconomic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011242761