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Improving Governance and Fighting Corruption in the Baltic and CIS Countries : The Role of the IMF
Wolf, Thomas A.; Gürgen, Emine - 2021
This paper examines the indirect role the IMF plays in combating corruption in the Baltic and CIS countries by … analysis draws on examples of actual experience with corruption and outlines some of the structural measures under IMF …-supported arrangements, which, if successfully implemented, can be expected to help gradually alleviate corruption. It also summarizes IMF …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013317988
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Corruption, Governmental Activities, and Markets
Tanzi, Vito - 2006
Paper discusses the factors that contribute to the spread of corruption as well as the implications of corruption for … markets and for public sector activities. It is argued that corruption can be contained mainly by a scaling down of the public …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012781630
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Crime and the Economy in Mexican States : Heterogeneous Panel Estimates (1993-2012)
Verdugo Yepes, Concepción - 2015
This paper studies the transmission of crime shocks to the economy in a sample of 32 Mexican states over the period from 1993 to 2012. The paper uses a panel structural VAR approach which accounts for the heterogeneity of the dynamic state level responses in GDP, FDI and international migration...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013020268
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Institutionalized Corruption and the Kleptocratic State
Charap, Joshua - 2006
This paper argues that corruption patterns are endogenous to political structures. Thus, corruption can be systemic and … revolution by creating a system of patronage and loyalty through corrupt bureaucracy. Competitive corruption patterns are … associated with anarchy and weak dictators, while strong dictators implement a system of monopolistic corruption. Efforts at …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012782606
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Can Italy Grow Out of its NPL Overhang? A Panel Threshold Analysis
Mohaddes, Kamiar - 2017
This paper examines whether a tipping point exists for real GDP growth in Italy above which the ratio of non-performing loans (NPLs) to total loans falls significantly. Estimating a heterogeneous dynamic panel-threshold model with data on 17 Italian regions over the period 1997-2014, we provide...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012956486
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Is There a Debt-Threshold Effect on Output Growth?
Chudik, Alexander - 2015
This paper studies the long-run impact of public debt expansion on economic growth and investigates whether the debt-growth relation varies with the level of indebtedness. Our contribution is both theoretical and empirical. On the theoretical side, we develop tests for threshold effects in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013013818
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El papel del gobierno y la eficiencia de los instrumentos de política económica
Tanzi, Vito - 2006
En las comparaciones sobre el papel del gobierno en una economiacute;a suele tomarse como referencia la proporcioacute;n de la recaudacioacute;n impositiva o del gasto puacute;blico en el producto interno bruto. Sin embargo, el gobierno utiliza frecuentemente otros instrumentos para cumplir sus...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012781546
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Government Role and the Efficiency of Policy Instruments
Tanzi, Vito - 2006
Comparisons about the role of the government in an economy are usually made by reference to the share of tax revenue or of public expenditure in gross domestic product. However, governments often use other tools for pursuing their objectives. The paper discusses these other tools, shows the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012781864
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Globalization and the Future of Social Protection
Tanzi, Vito - 2021
Social protection in industrial countries has been provided through regulations, tax expenditures, and public spending. This paper argues that globalization will affect governments` ability to continue providing this social protection at the level of recent decades. Specifically, tax competition...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013317958
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The Fiscal Cost of Conflict : Evidence from Afghanistan 2005-2016
Barrett, Philip - 2018
I use a monthly panel of provincially-collected central government revenues and conflictfatalities to estimate government revenues lost due to conflict in Afghanistan since 2005. Iidentify causal effects by instrumenting for conflict using pre-sample ethno-linguistic share.Headline estimates are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012909415