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Economic and Environmental Benefits of Eliminating Log Export Bans; The Case of Costa Rica

Kishor, Nalin M.; Mani, Muthukumara; Constantino, Luis F. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2001

An increasing number of tropical timber producing nations have enacted bans on export of logs. Proponents argue that a log export ban is a second-best policy tool for addressing environmental externalities; it also creates more jobs and improves scale efficiencies domestically. Theoretical...

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What Drives the Global Land Rush?

Selod, Harris; Deininger, Klaus W.; Arezki, Rabah - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2011

This paper studies the determinants of foreign land acquisition for large-scale agriculture. To do so, gravity models are estimated using data on bilateral investment relationships, together with newly constructed indicators of agro-ecological suitability in areas with low population density as...

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The Complier Pays Principle; The Limits of Fiscal Approaches toward Sustainable Forest Management

Leruth, Luc E.; Paris, R.; Ruzicka, I. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2000

This paper examines the role and impact of taxation on sustainable forest management. It is shown that fiscal instruments neither reinforce nor substitute for traditional regulatory approaches. Far from encouraging more sustainable forest management, fiscal instruments such as an inappropriate...

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Forestry Taxation in Africa; The Case of Liberia

Thomas, Saji; Schwidrowski, Arnim - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2005

Countries generally tax the forestry sector to achieve the twin objectives of revenue maximization and sustainability of logging levels. In an ideal world of perfect markets and information, auctions would be the best instrument to determine the price of extraction rights. However, a number of...

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Optimal Taxation in the Forestry Sector in the Congo Basin; The Case of Gabon

Melhado, Oscar E. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007

Congo basin countries is to manage their forests in a sustainable manner. It presents the current situation of forestry …

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How Different is the Cyclical Behavior of Home Production Across Countries?

Kose, M. Ayhan; Blankenau, William - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2006

This paper studies stylized business cycle properties of household production in four industrialized countries (Canada … household production sector. We use the model to generate data on home output, hours worked in the home sector, and hours spent … variables are generally less persistent than market variables, and cross-country correlations related to home production tend to …

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Convergence of Per Capita Output Levels Across Regions of Bangladesh, 1982-97

Hossain, Md. Akhtar - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2000

This paper has examined the phenomenon of convergence of per capita output levels across regions of Bangladesh during 1982–97. The main finding is that most of the regions of Bangladesh experienced strong convergence of per capita output levels during 1982–91. There are two other findings...

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Measuring a Roller Coaster; Evidenceon the Finnish Output Gap

Billmeier, Andreas - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2004

The output gap-which measures the deviation of actual output from its potential-is frequently used as an indicator of slack in an economy. This paper estimates the Finnish output gap using various empirical methods. It evaluates these methods against economic history and each other by a...

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Economic Integration, Sectoral Diversification, and Exchange Rate Policy in a Developing Economy

Srour, Gabriel - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2004

The paper develops a simple three-sector model of a developing country with nominal wage rigidity, in which one sector is thought of as the primary sector and the other two are sectors in which the country can diversify. The paper then analyzes the relationship between the market structure of...

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An Investigation of Output Variance Before and During Inflation Targeting

Simone, Francisco Nadal-De - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2001

Since Taylor estimated a trade-off between inflation and output variance, it has been widely accepted that efforts to keep the inflation rate “too low and stable” will likely result in relatively larger output fluctuations. Following the generalized reduction in inflation variance in the...

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