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Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Supply for the G-7 Countries, with Emphasison Germany

Strand, Jon - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007

This paper discusses structure, impact, costs, and efficiency of renewable energy supply in the eight largest advanced economies (the G-7 plus Spain), with focus on Germany. Renewables production costs are compared to benefits, defined as reductions in net carbon emissions; technological...

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The Too-Important-to-Fail Conundrum; Impossible to Ignore and Difficult to Resolve

Ötker, Inci; Narain, Aditya; Ilyina, Anna; Surti, Jay - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2011

DISCLAIMER: This Staff Discussion Note represents the views of the authors and does not necessarily represent IMF views or IMF policy. The views expressed herein should be attributed to the authors and not to the IMF, its Executive Board, or its management. Staff Discussion Notes are published...

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Crisis Management and Resolution; Early Lessons from the Financial Crisis

Pazarbasioglu, Ceyla; Laeven, Luc; Nedelescu, Oana M.; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2011

Staff Discussion Notes showcase the latest policy-related analysis and research being developed by individual IMF staff and are published to elicit comment and to further debate. These papers are generally brief and written in nontechnical language, and so are aimed at a broad audience...

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Capital Markets and Financial Intermediation in The Baltics

Sheridan, Niamh; Schipke, Alfred; George, Susan Mary; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2004

In just over a decade after independence, the three Baltic countries, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, have transformed themselves into fully functioning, small open-market economies that will be joining the European Union. Capital Markets and Financial Intermediation in The Baltics analyzes the...

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Financial Development and Poverty Reduction; Can there Be a Benefit without a Cost?

Jeanneney, Sylviane Guillaumont; Kpodar, Kangni - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008

This article investigates how financial development helps to reduce poverty directly through the McKinnon conduit effect and indirectly through economic growth. The results obtained with data for a sample of developing countries from 1966 through 2000 suggest that the poor benefit from the...

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Financial Market Risk and U.S. Money Demand

Cook, David; Choi, Woon Gyu - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007

This paper examines empirically U.S. broad money demand emphasizing the role of financial market risk. We find that … money demand rises with the liquidity risk of stock markets or the credit risk of corporate bond markets. After controlling … for the effect of financial market risk, money demand becomes relatively stable over the last 35 years. At the sectoral …

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Financial Sector Evolution in the Central European Economies; Challenges in Supporting Macroeconomic Stability and Sustainable Growth

Wagner, Nancy L.; Iakova, Dora M. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2001

This paper takes stock of the current state of development of the financial systems in five Central European transition economies (the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, the Slovak Republic, and Slovenia) that are also leading EU accession candidates. It presents both a progress report and an...

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Dynamic Depositor Discipline in U.S. Banks

McDill, Kathleen; Maechler, Andrea M. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2003

uninsured deposits, we also account for the possibility that banks may be forced to pay a risk premium in the form of higher …

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Pension Reform and Macroeconomic Stability in Latin America

Roldos, Jorge - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007

This paper reviews macroeconomic aspects of pension reforms in Latin America, focusing on financial market stability and fiscal sustainability. Concentration of pension fund portfolios in government bonds remains high, and the lack of new investment alternatives has distorted asset prices....

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Estimating Spillover Risk Among Large EU Banks

Ong, Li L.; Cihák, Martin - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007

The paper examines the scope for cross-border spillovers among major EU banks using information contained in the stock prices and financial statements of these banks. The results suggest that spillovers within domestic banking systems generally remain more likely, but the number of significant...

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