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Emerging Markets in Transition: Growth Prospects and Challenges
Cubeddu, Luis M.; Culiuc, Alexander; Fayad, Ghada; Gao, Yuan - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2014
After a short-lived slowdown in the immediate aftermath of the global financial crisis and a swift rebound, emerging markets (EM) are now entering a period of slower growth. In fact, growth is now lower than the post-crisis peak of 2010-11, as well as the rates seen in the decade before the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010878427
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Are Uniform Tariffs Optimal?
Amiti, Mary - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2004
This paper analyzes whether uniform tariffs give rise to the highest welfare compared with tariffs that either escalate or de-escalate along the value chain of production. We show that countries may be better off with de-escalating tariffs where tariff rates are higher on intermediate inputs and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005825855
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How Does Privatization Work? Ownership Concentration and Enterprise Performance in Ukraine
Pivovarsky, Alexander - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2001
This paper investigates the relationship between ownership concentration and enterprise performance in Ukraine. Using data on 376 medium and large enterprises, it finds that ownership concentration is positively associated with enterprise performance in Ukraine. The paper also finds that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005826048
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Germany; Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2006
This Selected Issues paper attempts to analyze the end-point problem and improve the quality of potential GDP estimates for Germany. It projects that Germany’s potential GDP growth will slow over the coming decade, mainly because of declining labor input. The paper focuses on a long-term...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005825173
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Uganda; Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2005
growth from total factor productivity has been minor, while the high population growth poses a significant challenge to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005825438
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Real Exchange Rates and Fundamentals; A Cross-Country Perspective
Ricci, Luca Antonio; Lee, Jaewoo; Milesi-Ferretti, … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008
This paper employs newly constructed measures for productivity differentials, external imbalances, and commodity terms …-based real exchange rate and commodity terms of trade. The estimated impact of productivity growth differentials between traded …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005825636
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Global Imbalances; The Role of Non-Tradabletotal Factor Productivity in Advanced Economies
Rebucci, Alessandro; Batini, Nicoletta; Cova, Pietro; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2009
This paper investigates the role played by total factor productivity (TFP) in the tradable and nontradable sectors of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005825739
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New Shocks, Exchange Rates and Equityprices
Cova, Pietro; Rebucci, Alessandro; Matsumoto, Akito; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008
productivity and monetary policy. We identify a condition under which these asset prices become more volatile without affecting the … to productivity shocks. The model we set up does well at matching second moments of exchange rate and equity returns for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005825757
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Trade Patterns Among Industrial Countries; Their Relationship to Technology Differences and Capital Mobility
Saito, Mika - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2004
measures differences in labor productivity (the Ricardian measure), and the other differences in total factor productivity (the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005825862
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Explaining Russia's Output Collapse; Aggregate Sources and Regional Evidence
Dolinskaya, Irina; Tytell, Irina - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2001
indicate that declines in factor inputs and productivity were both important determinants of the output fall. The contribution … of the productivity drop was critical, but smaller than previously reported. Possible causes of the reduction in … productivity are assessed using data on sub-national regions within Russia. Privatization and entry of private firms are found to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005826009