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Remittances and Vulnerability in Developing Countries

Bettin, Giulia; Presbitero, Andrea; Spatafora, Nicola - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2014

This paper examines how international remittances are affected by structural characteristics, macroeconomic conditions, and adverse shocks in both source and recipient economies. We exploit a novel, rich panel data set, covering bilateral remittances from 103 Italian provinces to 107 developing...

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Constraints on Trade in the MENA region

Wolde, Hirut; Bhattacharya, Rina - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2010

In this paper we estimate gravity models to see whether trade volumes of countries in the MENA region are significantly lower than what would be expected given their economic, cultural and geographical characteristics. Our empirical results show that the variables used in standard gravity models...

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Determinants of International Tourism

Culiuc, Alexander - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2014

The paper estimates the impact of macroeconomic supply- and demand-side determinants of tourism, one of the largest components of services exports globally, and the backbone of many smaller economies. It applies the gravity model to a large dataset comprising the full universe of bilateral...

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Export Spillovers from Global Shocks for the Middle East and Central Asia

Behar, Alberto; Espinosa-Bowen, Jaime - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2014

This paper quantifies the effect of realized and potential global growth disappointments on export volumes from the Middle East, North Africa, the Caucasus, and Central Asia. Estimates of export elasticities with respect to trading partner GDP indicate non-oil export volumes are relatively...

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Chile; 2013 Article IV Consultation

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2013

The staff reports for the 2013 Article IV Consultation on the Chile discuss the strong and inclusive growth over the …

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Chile: Selected Issues

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2014

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Business Cycle Accounting for Chile

Söderling, Ludvig; Simonovska, Ina - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008

We investigate sources of economic fluctuations in Chile during 1998-2007 within the framework of a standard …, and government/trade wedges for business cycles in Chile. The purpose of this exercise is twofold: (i) focus the policy …

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Monetary Transmission and Financial Indexation - Evidence from the Chilean Economy

Mendoza, Enrique G.; Delgado-Fernández, Fernando-Luciano - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 1994

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International Fuel Tax Assessment; An Application to Chile

Parry, Ian W.H.; Strand, Jon - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2011

extrapolations from U.S.evidence. The analysis is illustrated for the case of Chile, though it could be applied to other countries. …

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Investment-Specific Productivity Growth; Chile in a Global Perspective

Bella, Gabriel Di; Cerisola, Martin - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2009

By the end of 2007, Chile's total factor productivity was lower than ten years earlier, a performance that contrasted … in Chile, by decomposing productivity into investment-specific technological change (associated with improvements in the … investment-specific technological improvements have contributed significantly to long-term growth in Chile, in line with trends …

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