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Corporate Vulnerabilities in India and Banks' Loan Performance
Lindner, Peter; Jung, Sung Eun - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2014
The financial performance of India's corporate sector has been under pressure since the Global Financial Crisis … improved credit appraisals and stricter impairment standards on the bank side, will be critical to help India's banks resume …
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Growing (Un)equal: Fiscal Policy and Income Inequality in China and BRIC+
Cevik, Serhan; Correa-Caro, Carolina - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2015
This paper investigates the empirical characteristics of income inequality in China and a panel of BRIC+ countries over …€”an inverted Ushaped relationship between income inequality and economic development—in China and the panel of BRIC+ countries …. In the case of China, the empirical results indicate that government spending and taxation have opposing effects on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011242236
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Potential Growth in Emerging Asia
Anand, Rahul; Cheng, Kevin C.; Rehman, Sidra; Zhang, Longmei - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2014
estimates potential growth for China, India, and five ASEAN countries (Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, and … Vietnam) during 1993–2013. The main findings include: (i) both China and India have recently exhibited a slowdown in …;(iii) over the longer term, demographic factors will be much more supportive in India and some ASEAN economies than in China …
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Rising BRICs and Changes in Sub-Saharan Africa’s Business Cycle Patterns
Diallo, Oumar; Tapsoba, Sampawende J.-A. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2014
This paper assesses the extent to which Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)’s business cycle is synchronized with that of the rest of the world (RoW). Findings suggest that SSA’s business cycle has not only moved in the same direction as that of the RoW, but has also gradually drifted away...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011142171
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Financial Crises in DSGE Models: A Prototype Model
Benes, Jaromir; Kumhof, Michael; Laxton, Douglas - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2014
This paper presents the theoretical structure of MAPMOD, a new IMF model designed to study vulnerabilities associated with excessive credit expansions, and to support macroprudential policy analysis. In MAPMOD, bank loans create purchasing power that facilitates adjustments in the real economy....
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Financial Crises in DSGE Models: Selected Applications of MAPMOD
Benes, Jaromir; Kumhof, Michael; Laxton, Douglas - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2014
This paper, together with a technical companion paper, presents MAPMOD, a new IMF model designed to study vulnerabilities associated with excessive credit expansions, and to support macroprudential policy analysis. In MAPMOD, bank loans create purchasing power that facilitates adjustments in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010790408
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Information Rigidities in Economic Growth Forecasts; Evidence from a Large International Panel
Dovern, Jonas; Fritsche, Ulrich; Loungani, Prakash; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2013
We examine the behavior of forecasts for real GDP growth using a large panel of individual forecasts from 30 advanced and emerging economies during 1989–2010. Our main findings are as follows. First, our evidence does not support the validity of the sticky information model (Mankiw and...
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Effectiveness of Capital Outflow Restrictions
Saborowski, Christian; Sanya, Sarah; Weisfeld, Hans; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2014
This paper examines the effectiveness of capital outflow restrictions in a sample of 37 emerging market economies during the period 1995-2010, using a panel vector autoregression approach with interaction terms. Specifically, it examines whether a tightening of outflow restrictions helps reduce...
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What is Behind Latin America’s Declining Income Inequality?
Tsounta, Evridiki; Osueke, Anayochukwu - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2014
Income inequality in Latin America has declined during the last decade, in contrast to the experience in many other emerging and developed regions. However, Latin America remains the most unequal region in the world. This study documents the declining trend in income inequality in Latin America...
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The Transmission of Financial Stress From Advanced to Emerging Economies
Danninger, Stephan; Tytell, Irina; Balakrishnan, Ravi; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2009
This paper studies how financial stress is transmitted from advanced to emerging economies, using a new financial stress index for emerging economies. An episode of financial stress is defined as a period when the financial system's ability to intermediate may be impaired. Previous financial...
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