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World Saving
Grigoli, Francesco; Herman, Alexander; Schmidt-Hebbel, Klaus - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2014
This paper presents new evidence on the behavior of saving in the world, by extending previous empirical research in five dimensions. First, it is based on a very large and recent database, covering 165 countries from 1981 to 2012. Second, it conducts a robustness analysis across different...
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Saudi Arabia; 2013 Article IV Consultation
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2013
This staff report on Saudi Arabia’s 2013 Article IV Consultation discusses economic policies and development. As the largest crude oil exporter, and the only producer with significant spare capacity, Saudi Arabia plays a systemic and stabilizing role in the global oil market. In 2011,...
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The Role of Structural Reforms in Raising Economic Growth in Central America
Swiston, Andrew; Barrot, Luis-Diego - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2011
Central America experienced moderate growth during the last decade, including in the years leading up to the global financial crisis, but the rate of convergence toward advanced country income levels has still been slow. Moreover, forecasts imply that these trends will continue. What can be done...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009369454
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Riding the Roller Coaster; Fiscal Policies of Nonrenewable Resource Exporters in Latin America and the Caribbean
Murphy, Pablo Lopez; Villafuerte, Mauricio; Ossowski, … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2010
This paper analyzes recent fiscal policies of nonrenewable resource exporting countries in Latin America and the Caribbean in the context of sharp swings in resource prices. Fiscal policies were predominantly procyclical during the boom period 2003-08 but to significantly differing degrees...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008727790
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Structural Breaks in Fiscal Performance; Did Fiscal Responsibility Laws Have Anything to Do with them?
Medina, Leandro; Caceres, Carlos; Corbacho, Ana - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2010
In recent years, many countries have adopted Fiscal Responsibility Laws to strengthen fiscal institutions and promote fiscal discipline in a credible, predictable and transparent manner. Still, results on the effectiveness of these laws remain tentative. In this paper, we test empirically...
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Is Fiscal Policy Procyclical in Developing Oil-Producing Countries?
Erbil, Nese - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2011
-2009. After testing five fiscal measures - government expenditure, consumption, investment, non-oil revenue, and non-oil primary …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009203530
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International Risk Sharing During the Globalization Era
Matsumoto, Akito; Flood, Robert P.; Marion, Nancy P. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2009
sharing comes mostly from the convergence in rates of consumption growth among countries rather than from synchronization of … consumption at the business cycle frequency. Our finding explains why many existing measures fail to detect improved risk sharing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008559272
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After the Crisis; Lower Consumption Growth But Narrower Global Imbalances?
Ohnsorge, Franziska; Mody, Ashoka - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2010
We estimate consumption dynamics in the G-7 economies, paying particular attention to the possibility of precautionary … consumption growth. As such, consumption in the G-7 economies is unlikely to be the engine that revives global growth. Differences … in the pace and timing of consumption moderation have implications for the evolution of global imbalances. With the U …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008561067
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Explaining Russia's Output Collapse; Aggregate Sources and Regional Evidence
Dolinskaya, Irina; Tytell, Irina - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2001
This paper explores sources of the output collapse in Russia during transition. A modified growth accounting framework is developed that takes into account changes in factor utilization typical of the transition process. The results indicate that declines in factor inputs and productivity were...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005826009
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Wage Moderation in France
Estevão, Marcello M.; Nargis, Nigar - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2002
Using household level data for France from 1990 to 2000, we estimate a relationship between wages and unemployment taking into account compositional, time and regional effects. We show that this relationship shifted outward during the 1990s most likely because of a structural change in workers'...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005768837