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Jamaica; Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2008
Economic outcomes in Jamaica have fallen short of the authorities’ objectives in recent years. As the government looks to reinvigorate its growth and debt reduction strategy, it is instructive to examine how exogenous shocks and other unanticipated developments can affect economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245592
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Why is Micro Evidenceon the Effects of Uncertainty Not Replicated in Macro Data?
Lombardi, Domenico; Bond, Stephen - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2005
This study investigates the relationship between uncertainty and investment using U.K. data at different levels of aggregation. Motivated by a comparative econometric analysis using a firm-level panel and aggregate time-series data, we analyze the implications of aggregating nonlinear...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005264173
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The Efficiency of the Japanese Equity Market
Nagayasu, Jun - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2003
Using the ARFIMA-FIGARCH model, this paper studies the efficiency of the Japanese equity market by examining the … statistical properties of the return and volatility of the Nikkei 225. It shows that both follow a long range dependence, which … equity market reform has not produced major efficiency gains. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005825859
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Characterizing Global Investors' Risk Appetite for Emerging Market Debt During Financial Crises
González-Hermosillo, Brenda; Martin, Vance; Dungey, Mardi - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2003
global risk are volatility, credit, and liquidity risks. Country and contagion risks are also studied individually. A …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005768985
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The Role of Financial Variables in Predicting Economic Activity in the Euro Area
Lombardi, Marco; Espinoza, Raphael A.; Fornari, Fabio - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2009
The U.S. business cycle typically leads the European cycle by a few quarters and this can be used to forecast euro area GDP. We investigate whether financial variables carry additional information. We use vector autoregressions (VARs) which include the U.S. and the euro area GDPs as a minimal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008540921
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Public Capital and Output Growth in Portugal; An Empirical Analysis
Ligthart, Johanna Elisabeth - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2000
The paper investigates the growth effects of public capital in Portugal using annual data for the period 1965-95. Both a production function and a vector autoregressive model are estimated. Public capital is shown to be a significant long-term determinant of output growth. The size of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005826148
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Japan; 2007 Article IV Consultation: Staff Report; and Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion.
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2007
This 2007 Article IV Consultation highlights that Japan’s external position remains strong. Boosted by investment income, the current account surplus widened in 2006 to nearly 4 percent of Japan’s GDP, despite a shrinking trade balance. Financial outflows also picked up, reflecting...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244973
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Retarding Short-Term Capital Inflows Through withholding Tax
Zee, Howell H. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2000
This paper proposes a price-based measure to mitigate the destabilizing impact of the volatility of global capital …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005263778
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An Anatomy of Corporate Bond Markets; Growing Pains and Knowledge Gains
Luengnaruemitchai, Pipat; Ong, Li L. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2005
The objective of this paper is to discuss the key issues relating to the development of local corporate bond markets. We examine the requirements for local corporate bond market development, and compare and contrast experiences across both mature and emerging markets. We suggest that core...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005264116
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International Capital Crunches; The Time-Varying Role of Informational Asymmetries
Mody, Ashoka; Taylor, Mark P. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2002
We examine the determinants of capital flows to four developing countries during the 1990s using an explicitly disequilibrium econometric framework in which the supply and demand for capital are not necessarily equal and the actual amount of the flow is determined by the ‘short side’ of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005825608