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Show Me the Money; Access to Finance for Small Borrowers in Canada
Klyuev, Vladimir - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008
This paper examines access to business finance by Canadian small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and to housing … SMEs. The paper also finds the market for housing finance to be highly advanced and sophisticated. However, non …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005769089
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And Schumpeter Said, "This is How Thou Shalt Grow"; Further Quest for Economic Growth in Poor Countries
Beaugrand, Philippe - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2004
The paper reviews the “stylized facts” on economic growth gathered by Easterly and Levine in their 2001 joint paper and illustrates some of the points made on the basis of data from the IMF’s World Economic Outlook on real growth and per capita GDP since 1970. The data show that the growth...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005825901
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Growth and Capital Flows with Risky Entrepreneurship
Sandri, Damiano - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2010
This paper shows that the behavior of entrepreneurs facing incomplete financial markets and risky investment can explain why growth accelerations in developing countries tend to be associated with current account improvements. The uninsurable risk of losing invested capital forces entrepreneurs...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008519499
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Sudden Stops, Output Drops, and Credit Collapses
Dagher, Jihad - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2010
This paper proposes a tractable Sudden Stop model to explain the main patterns in firm level data in a sample of Southeast Asian firms during the Asian crisis. The model, which features trend shocks and financial frictions, is able to generate the main patterns observed in the sample during and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008646413
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Republic of Korea; Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2010
the household and SMEs sectors could affect this process. The first section of the paper discusses implications of global … households and SMEs for the rebalancing process. The last section concludes with policy recommendations. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011243587
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Inclusive Growth and the Incidence of Fiscal Policy in Mauritius; Much Progress, But More Could be Done
David, Antonio; Petri, Martin - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2013
Using data from three household surveys, we review whether growth in Mauritius was inclusive and discuss the incidence … of public expenditures and taxes. Generally, Mauritius enjoys an even income distribution and low rates of poverty … is the main contributor to inequality in Mauritius. Social protection expenditures reduce poverty and inequality, but …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011242301
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Mauritius The Drivers of Growth—Can the Past be Extended?
Svirydzenka, Katsiaryna; Petri, Martin - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2014
productivity. With policies capable of generating 5 percent growth, Mauritius could reach high-income status in 2021, 4 years …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011142138
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Uncertainty and the Employment Dynamics of Small and Large Businesses
Ghosal, Vivek; Ye, Yang - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2015
We examine the impact of uncertainty on employment dynamics. Alternative measures of uncertainty are constructed based on the survey of professional forecasters, and regressionbased forecasting models for GDP growth, inflation, S&P500 stock price index, and fuel prices. Our results indicate that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011123865
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On the use of Monetary and Macroprudential Policies for Small Open Economies
Ozkan, F. Gulcin; Unsal, D. Filiz - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2014
We explore optimal monetary and macroprudential policy rules for a small open economy. Delegating 'lean against the wind' squarely to macroprudential policy provides a more robust policy mix to shock uncertainty—(i) if macroprudential measures exist, there are no significant welfare gains...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011123819
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Japan; Financial Sector Assessment Program—Technical Note on Credit Intermediation
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2012
aspects act as an impediment to credit control. The Executive Board expects restructuring of financial policies in government …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244991