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From "Hindu Growth" to Productivity Surge; The Mystery of the Indian Growth Transition
Rodrik, Dani; Subramanian, Arvind - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2004
This paper explores the causes of India's productivity surge around 1980, more than a decade before serious economic … response, because India was far away from its income-possibility frontier. Registered manufacturing, which had been built up in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005825610
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The Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya; Statistical Appendix
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2007
In recent years, the IMF has released a growing number of reports and other documents covering economic and financial developments and trends in member countries. Each report, prepared by a staff team after discussions with government officials, is published at the option of the member country.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245028
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Macro Effects of Corporate Restructuring in Japan
Kim, Se-Jik - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2003
This paper presents a framework for quantitatively evaluating the macroeconomic effects of corporate restructuring and applies it to Japan. Using firm-level financial statement data, it estimates total factor productivity (TFP) of individual Japanese firms. Given the estimated distribution of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005248188
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United States; Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2005
This Selected Issues paper on the United States examines the effect of the structure of the mortgage market on real housing activity and housing prices. The market-based financial structure has reduced the volatility of mortgage lending. Changes in the structure of the mortgage market have...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005252961
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Business Cycle Accounting for Chile
Söderling, Ludvig; Simonovska, Ina - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008
neoclassical growth model with time-varying frictions (wedges). We analyze the relative importance of efficiency, labor, investment … the efficiency and labor wedges have had the greatest impact. We also compare our results with existing studies on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005263664
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Obtstacles to Faster Growth in Transition Economies; The Mongolian Case
Black, Stabley W. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2001
The obstacles to economic growth in Mongolia are modeled with a supply-side growth model calibrated to represent inefficient use of resources and intermediation. Progressive removal of inefficiencies over time by means of privatization of banks and industrial enterprises potentially leads to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005263703
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Banks and Labor As Stakeholders; Impacton Economic Performance
Ueda, Kenichi; Claessens, Stijn - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008
Traditionally, the impacts of the rights of financial institutions and workers on corporate performance have been analyzed independently. Yet, theory clearly indicates that the combination of relative powers of different stakeholders affects a firm overall performance. Using U.S. state level and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005825652
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Trade Patterns Among Industrial Countries; Their Relationship to Technology Differences and Capital Mobility
Saito, Mika - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2004
measures differences in labor productivity (the Ricardian measure), and the other differences in total factor productivity (the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005825862
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Regional Labor Market Disparities in Belgium
Estevão, Marcello M. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2002
Regional labor market discrepancies have been widening in Belgium in the last two decades and are more evident within …-unemployment provinces. Using a structural VAR, it is also shown that labor market dynamics in Belgium produce a strong attenuating effect on … employment growth, in contrast to the United States where initial labor demand shocks are expanded in the long run. After the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005826565
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Do Technology Shocks Lead to Productivity Slowdowns? Evidence From Patent Data
Christiansen, Lone Engbo - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008
This paper provides empirical evidence on the response of labor productivity to the arrival of new inventions. The … analysis shows that labor productivity may temporarily fall below trend after technological progress. However, the effects on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005768749