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Public Financial Institutions in Developed Countries; Organization and Oversight
Ratnovski, Lev; Narain, Aditya - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007
While public financial institutions (such as public development banks) are commonly associated with developing countries, in fact they are prevalent in the developed world as well. We study a sample of public financial institutions in industrialized countries and identify dominant trends in...
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Algeria; Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2008
Algeria’s local corporate bond market provides a good basis for further diversifying the economy’s financing channels. This study analyzes the nexus of bank financing of public enterprises in the ongoing national investment program (NIP) and also sets Algeria’s local...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011242931
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Republic of Korea; Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2010
This paper analyzes the implications of global rebalancing in the post-crisis period for Korea and how high leverage in the household and SMEs sectors could affect this process. The first section of the paper discusses implications of global rebalancing for Korea using simulations from the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011243587
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Japan; Financial Sector Assessment Program—Technical Note on Credit Intermediation
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2012
This paper is an analysis of Japan’s credit channel. The economic condition has no hindrance, but credit demand showed an inert performance. The state’s policies have helped the flow of finance and prevent bankruptcy, but several other aspects act as an impediment to credit...
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Tackling Small and Medium Enterprise Problem Loans in Europe
Bergthaler, Wolfgang; Kang, Kenneth; Liu, Yan; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2015
, addressing the SME loan problem in Europe will be critical for strengthening bank and corporate balance sheets and supporting a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245900
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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 finance by Canadian households (particularly non-prime borrowers) against the background of a fairly concentrated and protected banking industry. It finds access broadly adequate...
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Discrepancies in Bilateral Trade Statistics: The Case of China
Arora, Vivek B.; Kochhar, Kalpana - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 1995
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005826702
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Effects of Capital Flow Liberalization; What is the Evidence from Recent Experiences of Emerging Market Economies?
Sedik, Tahsin Saadi; Sun, Tao - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2012
application of these findings, the paper explores the possible effects of liberalization on China by applying the coefficients of … explanatory variables to the corresponding variables of China in 2012–16. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011242176
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Chronicle of a Decline Foretold; Has China Reached the Lewis Turning Point?
Das, Mitali; N'Diaye, Papa M - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2013
China is on the eve of a demographic shift that will have profound consequences on its economic and social landscape …, along with anecdotes of rapidly rising migrant wages and episodic labor shortages, has raised questions about whether China … labor shortage economy. Crossing this threshold will have far-reaching implications for both China and the rest of the world …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011242230
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Growing (Un)equal: Fiscal Policy and Income Inequality in China and BRIC+
Cevik, Serhan; Correa-Caro, Carolina - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2015
This paper investigates the empirical characteristics of income inequality in China and a panel of BRIC+ countries over …€”an inverted Ushaped relationship between income inequality and economic development—in China and the panel of BRIC+ countries …. In the case of China, the empirical results indicate that government spending and taxation have opposing effects on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011242236