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Information Rigidities in Economic Growth Forecasts; Evidence from a Large International Panel

Dovern, Jonas; Fritsche, Ulrich; Loungani, Prakash; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2013

We examine the behavior of forecasts for real GDP growth using a large panel of individual forecasts from 30 advanced and emerging economies during 1989â€“2010. Our main findings are as follows. First, our evidence does not support the validity of the sticky information model (Mankiw and...

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Macroprudential Policy; What Instruments and How to Use them? Lessons From Country Experiences

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2011

This paper provides the most comprehensive empirical study of the effectiveness of macroprudential instruments to date. Using data from 49 countries, the paper evaluates the effectiveness of macroprudential instruments in reducing systemic risk over time and across institutions and markets. The...

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The Impact of the Great Recessionon Emerging Markets

Salman, Ferhan; Chivakul, Mali; Llaudes, Ricardo - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2010

This paper examines the impact of the recent global crisis on emerging market economies (EMs). Our cross-country analysis shows that the impact of the crisis was more pronounced in those EMs that had initial weaker fundamentals and greater financial and trade linkages. This effect is observed...

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The Level and Composition of Public Sector Debt in Emerging Market Crises

Rother, Bjoern; Hakobyan, Ivetta; Bolle, Monica … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2006

The paper examines the evolution of public sector debt levels and structures in 12 emerging market countries around the time of financial crises. In particular, it focuses on whether the debt situation of sovereign borrowers became more vulnerable in the aftermath of crises. The principal...

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Corporate Financial Structure and Financial Stability

Stone, Mark R.; Davis, E. P. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2004

This paper uses flow-of-funds and balance sheet data to analyze the impact of financial crises on corporate financing and GDP in a range of countries. Post-crisis GDP contractions are mainly accounted for by declines in investment and inventory and are more severe for emerging market countries....

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The Transmission of Financial Stress From Advanced to Emerging Economies

Danninger, Stephan; Tytell, Irina; Balakrishnan, Ravi; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2009

This paper studies how financial stress is transmitted from advanced to emerging economies, using a new financial stress index for emerging economies. An episode of financial stress is defined as a period when the financial system's ability to intermediate may be impaired. Previous financial...

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Effectiveness of Capital Outflow Restrictions

Saborowski, Christian; Sanya, Sarah; Weisfeld, Hans; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2014

This paper examines the effectiveness of capital outflow restrictions in a sample of 37 emerging market economies during the period 1995-2010, using a panel vector autoregression approach with interaction terms. Specifically, it examines whether a tightening of outflow restrictions helps reduce...

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What is Behind Latin Americaâ€™s Declining Income Inequality?

Tsounta, Evridiki; Osueke, Anayochukwu - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2014

Income inequality in Latin America has declined during the last decade, in contrast to the experience in many other emerging and developed regions. However, Latin America remains the most unequal region in the world. This study documents the declining trend in income inequality in Latin America...

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Employment Protection and Business Cycles in Emerging Economies

Lama, Ruy; Urrutia, Carlos - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2011

We build a small open economy, real business cycle model with labor market frictions to evaluate the role of employment … Mexican economy we find that reducing separation costs to a level consistent with developed economies would reduce output … lower separation costs would have experienced a smaller drop in output and in measured total factor productivity with no …

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Women, Work, and the Economy:Macroeconomic Gains from Gender Equity

Elborgh-Woytek, Katrin; Newiak, Monique; Kochhar, Kalpana; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2013

The proposed SDN discusses the specific macro-critical aspects of women’s participation in the labor market and the constraints that prevent women from developing their full economic potential. Building on earlier Fund analysis, work undertaken by other organizations and academic research, the...

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