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Economic Diversification in the GCC: Past, Present, and Future
Callen, Tim; Cherif, Reda; Hasanov, Fuad; Hegazy, Amgad; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2014
economic diversification would reduce their exposure to volatility and uncertainty in the global oil market, help create jobs … limited. This paper argues that increased diversification will require realigning incentives for firms and workers in the … economies—fixing these incentives is the “missing link†in the GCC countries’ diversification strategies. At present …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245892
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Factor Endowment, Structural Coherence, and Economic Growth
Che, Natasha Xingyuan - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2012
This paper studies the linkage between structural coherence and economic growth. Structural coherence is defined as the degree that a country's industrial structure optimally reflects its factor endowment fundamentals. The paper found that at least for the overall capital, the shares of capital...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010878416
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Israel; Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2006
This Selected Issues paper analyzes the empirical relationship between corporate leverage—and other indicators of financial health—and investment in Israel, using dynamic panel data techniques. The results suggest that weak balance sheets may well have contributed to the investment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245486
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Contingent Capital; Economic Rationale and Design Features
Pazarbasioglu, Ceyla; Zhou, Jian-Ping; Leslé, Vanessa Le; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2011
The causes of the global financial crisis were multi-faceted but revealed still unresolved weaknesses in national and international financial oversight and resolution frameworks. In particular, many governments in the crisis-hit countries had to provide unprecedented levels of support to contain...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245888
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Tax Biases to Debt Finance; Assessing the Problem, Finding Solutions
Mooij, Ruud A. de - 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245898
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Malaysian Capital Controls; Macroeconomics and Institutions
Tamirisa, Natalia T.; Johnson, Simon; Kochhar, Kalpana; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2006
We analyze the capital controls imposed in Malaysia in September 1998. In macroeconomic terms, these controls neither yielded major benefits nor were costly. At the same time, the stock market interpreted the capital controls (and associated events) as favoring firms with stronger political...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005263746
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An Investigation of Some Macro-Financial Linkages of Securitization
Long, Xin; Goswami, Mangal; Jobst, Andreas - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2009
Policy-makers have attributed the scale of the credit crisis and its profound impact on money markets (as well as financial sector stability) to the fast rise of securitization and the way it has arguably complicated both the conduct of monetary policy and the effect of interest rate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005263753
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A Quest for Revenue and Tax Incidence in Uganda
Matovu, John; Chen, Duanjie; Reinikka-Soininen, Ritva - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2001
This paper examines tax policy and tax reforms in Uganda. Using household survey evidence, the paper identifies which taxes are progressive and investigates whether tax reforms have made the poor better or worse off. Household survey analysis reveals that some of the tax reforms implemented in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005263814
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Financial Globalization; A Reappraisal
Kose, M. Ayhan; Prasad, Eswar; Rogoff, Kenneth; Wei, … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2006
The literature on the benefits and costs of financial globalization for developing countries has exploded in recent years, but along many disparate channels and with a variety of apparently conflicting results. For instance, there is still little robust evidence of the growth benefits of broad...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005263828
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Optimal Capital Structure of Public-Private Partnerships
Gasiorowski, Pawel; Moszoro, Marian - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008
This paper presents a model to assess the efficiency of the capital structure in public-private partnerships (PPP). A main argument supporting the PPP approach for investment projects is the transfer of know-how from the private partner to the public entity. The paper shows how different...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005263883