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Competition and Firm Productivity; Evidence From Firm-Level Data
Schiffbauer, Marc; Ospina, Sandra - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2010
This paper presents empirical evidence on the impact of competition on firm productivity. Using firm-level observations … competition and our measures of productivity. We also find that countries that implemented product-market reforms had a more … pronounced increase in competition, and correspondingly, in productivity: the contribution to productivity growth due to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008470387
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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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Denmark; Financial Sector Assessment Program-Technical Note-Competition in the Banking Sector
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2007
This technical note analyzes the competition in the banking sector in Denmark. It reveals that Denmark has a fairly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244565
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Mexico; Financial Sector Assessment Program Update: Technical Note: Industrial Organization and Competition: Pension System in Mexico
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2007
private companies. Under these schemes, competition plays a key role, keeping prices low, a good quality of service, and an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245279
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Mexico; Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2006
This Selected Issues paper is a wide-ranging survey of the conditions for, and obstacles to, the growth in Mexico. It frames the issue of Mexico’s growth record, and presents the paper’s prior assumptions and approach. It highlights the main observations and conclusions emerging...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245707
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Northern Star; Canada's Path to Economic Prosperity
Klyuev, Vladimir; Mühleisen, Martin; Bayoumi, Tamim - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007
Robust GDP growth, declining unemployment, low and stable inflation, and a string of fiscal and current account surpluses -- it's a record to be envied. These outcomes in Canada owe much to sound macroeconomic policies, as well as to a favorable external environment. This book focuses on these...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245903
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Macroeconomic Implications of Financial Dollarization; The Case of Uruguay
Gelos, Gaston; Mejía, Alejandro López; Piñón-Farah, … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008
Uruguay has experienced a remarkable recovery since the 2002 crisis, supported by sound policies and favorable external conditions. With the framework put in place in 2002, Uruguay abandoned an exchange rate peg in favor of a free float, adoped a monetary regime initially based on money targets,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245904
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Pricing Debit Card Payment Services; An IO Approach
Tieman, Alexander F.; Bolt, Wilko - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2003
This paper presents a theoretical framework for analyzing pricing structures in debit card schemes featuring cardholders, retailers, their respective banks, and a network routing switch. The network routing switch controls the electronic debit card network and is jointly owned by the banks. In...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005264130
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Consolidation and Market Structure in Emerging Market Banking Systems
Gelos, Gaston; Roldos, Jorge - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2002
This paper examines the evolution of market structure in emerging market banking systems during the 1990s. While significant bank consolidation has been taking place in these countries, reflected in a sharp decline in the number of banks, this process has not systematically been associated with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005264153
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Assessing Bank Competition within the East African Community
Sanya, Sarah; Gaertner, Matthew - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2012
Community (EAC) countries2. The results show that the degree of competition is low due to a combination of structural and socio …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009650623