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HIV/AIDS; The Impacton Poverty and Inequality
Haacker, Markus; Salinas, Gonzalo - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2006
Using available data on the distribution of HIV/AIDS prevalence across population groups for four sub-Saharan African … countries and transposing this information to household income and expenditure surveys, we simulate the impact of HIV/AIDS on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005825925
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The Macroeconomic Impact of HIV/AIDS in Botswana
Sgherri, Silvia; MacFarlan, Maitland - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2001
This paper provides an overview of the potential macroeconomic effects of HIV/AIDS in Botswana, focusing on the key … impact of HIV/AIDS, a dual-economy equilibrium model is constructed and simulated under different scenarios. Depending on … exactly how AIDS affects the outlook, GDP growth is projected to fall from around 5½ percent a year without the pandemic to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005826153
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Modeling the Macroeconomic Impact of HIV/AIDS
Haacker, Markus - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2002
The paper addresses the impact of HIV/AIDS on per capita output and income, with particular emphasis on the role of … finds that HIV/AIDS affects both the supply of labor and the demand for labor in the formal sector. Only if there is a … HIV/AIDS on output is complemented by an assessment of the impact on income. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005599497
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Financial Crises and the Composition of Cross-Border Lending
Cerutti, Eugenio; Hale, Galina; Minoiu, Camelia - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2014
We examine the composition and drivers of cross-border bank lending between 1995 and 2012, distinguishing between syndicated and non-syndicated loans. We show that on-balance sheet syndicated loan exposures account for almost one third of total cross-border loan exposures during this period....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959460
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Official Financial Flows, Capital Mobility, and Global Imbalances
Bayoumi, Tamim; Gagnon, Joseph E.; Saborowski, Christian - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2014
We use a cross-country panel framework to analyze the effect of net official flows (chiefly foreign exchange intervention) on current accounts. We find that net official flows have a large but plausible effect on current account balances. The estimated effects are larger with instrumental...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959470
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An Oil and Gas Model
Krichene, Noureddine - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007
This paper formulated a short-run model, with an explicit role for monetary policy, for analyzing world oil and gas markets. The model described carefully the parameters of these markets and their vulnerability to business cycles. Estimates showed that short-run demand for oil and gas was price-...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005248317
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Financial Development and Economic Growth; An Overview
Khan, Mohsin S.; Semlali, A. Senhadji - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2000
In recent years there has been substantial theoretical and empirical work on the role that financial markets play in fostering economic growth and development. This paper provides a selective review of the literature, as well as new empirical evidence on the relationship between financial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005263653
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Herd Behavior in Financial Markets; An Experiment with Financial Market Professionals
Cipriani, Marco; Guarino, Antonio - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008
We study herd behavior in a laboratory financial market with financial market professionals. We compare two treatments, one in which the price adjusts to the order flow so that herding should never occur, and one in which event uncertainty makes herding possible. In the first treatment, subjects...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005263673
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The Determinants of International Portfolio Holdings and Home Bias
Li, Shujing; Faruqee, Hamid; Yan, Isabel K. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2004
Despite the liberalization of foreign portfolio investment around the globe since the early 1980s, the home-bias phenomenon is still found to exist. Using a relatively new IMF survey dataset of cross-border equity holdings, this paper tests new structural equations from a consumption-based...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005263868
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Evidenceon the Fiscal and Macroeconomic Impact of Privatization
Barnett, Steven - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2000
This paper empirically investigates the relationship between privatization and measures of fiscal and macroeconomic performance. One of the main findings is that privatization proceeds transferred to the budget tend to be saved. Specifically, they are largely used to reduce domestic financing,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005263981