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What Would a Development-Friendly WTO Architecture Really Look Like?
Subramanian, Arvind; Mattoo, Aaditya - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2003
This paper elaborates on a number of key principles that need to underpin a coherent and development-friendly architecture for the WTO. The key principles include enlarging the scope of WTO bargaining to include labor flows as well as capital flows; creating a structure that would provide a...
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Regional Labor Market Adjustments in the United States and Europe
Dao, Mai; Furceri, Davide; Loungani, Prakash - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2014
We examine patterns of regional adjustments to shocks in the US during the past 40 years. Using state-level data, we estimate the dynamic response of regional employment, unemployment, participation rates and net migration to state-relative labor demand shocks. We find that (i) the long-run...
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Regional Labor Market Adjustments in the United States
Dao, Mai; Furceri, Davide; Loungani, Prakash - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2014
We examine patterns of regional adjustments to shocks in the US during the past four decades. We find that the response of interstate migration to relative labor market conditions has decreased, while the role of the unemployment rate as absorber of regional shocks has increased. However, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011105396
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A Primeron Mineral Taxation
Baunsgaard, Thomas - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2001
The paper discusses options available to tax mineral extraction projects particularly in developing countries. A desirable government share of the economic rent generated from mineral extraction can be achieved through different tax and non-tax instruments. This gives some room to design a...
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Globalization and Corporate Taxation
Kumar, Manmohan S.; Quinn, Dennis P. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2012
This paper analyzes the extent to which the degree of international economic integration, both financial and trade, affects corporate tax rates. It explores this issue in the context of strategic behavior by countries, taking into account other global and domestic political economy factors. Tax...
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Denmark; Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2008
This Selected Issues paper for Denmark shows that a demographic shift will have several impacts on the economy. The decline in the relative size of the labor force will result in relatively fewer goods produced. This effect will be particularly strong, because a large portion of the current...
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Sweden; 2006 Article IV Consultation: Staff Report; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Sweden
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2007
This 2006 Article IV Consultation highlights that a broad-based economic upturn is under way in Sweden, spurred by strong global growth and supportive fiscal and monetary policies. Private consumption has served as the engine of expansion, supported by resurgence in investment and buoyant...
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Russian Federation; Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2006
Russia’s large oil and gas reserves play a key role in its economic development. As with many other large oil exporters, Russia’s energy wealth is also posing numerous challenges to macroeconomic management. Although fiscal policy has saved a large part of the oil windfall in the...
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Lifting Euro Area Growth; Priorities for Structural Reforms and Governance
Everaert, Luc; Allard, Céline - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2010
To live up to its growth potential and secure its inclusive social model, the euro area must make better use of its available labor. In the aftermath of the crisis, boosting growth is essential to prevent unemployment from becoming a long-term problem and to facilitate the return to fiscal...
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Emigration and Brain Drain; Evidence From the Caribbean
Mishra, Prachi - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2006
force with more than 12 years of completed schooling-among the highest emigration rates in the world. The region is also the … world's largest recipient of remittances as a percent of GDP. Remittances constituted about 13 percent of the region's GDP … official remittances to the Caribbean region. The results suggest that there is indeed some evidence for brain drain from the …
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