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Recession and policy transmission to Latin American tourism : does expanded travel to Cuba offset crisis spillovers?

Romeu, Rafael; Wolfe, Andy - 2011

This study measures the impact of changing economic conditions in OECD countries on tourist arrivals to countries/destinations in Latin America and the Caribbean. A model of utility maximization across labor, consumption of goods and services at home, and consumption of tourism services across...

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Vacation Over : Implications for the Caribbean of Opening U.S.-Cuba Tourism

Romeu, Rafael - 2008

An opening of Cuba to U.S. tourism would represent a seismic shift in the Caribbean's tourism industry. This study … results show that a hypothetical liberalization of Cuba-U.S. tourism would increase long-term regional arrivals. Neighboring … destinations would lose the implicit protection the current restriction affords them, and Cuba would gain market share, but this …

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Latin America : Highlights from the Implementation of the System of National Accounts 1993 (1993 SNA)

Ramos, Roberto - 2008

This paper reviews the Latin American experience with the implementation of 1993 SNAand the updating of the national accounts' base year. It also makes a preliminary assessment of the possible estimation biases in nominal GDP estimates stemming from the use of outdated national accounts base...

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Evolution of National Accounts Statistics Compilation Practices Over the Period 2018 to 2021 in 189 Economies

Silungwe, Anthony - 2023

This paper analyzes the evolution of national accounts statistics compilation practices over the period of 2018 to 2021 for 189 economies. This is useful information for monitoring the quality of national accounts statistics and supporting identification of areas for improvement. Economies can...

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Aggregate Investment Expenditureson Tradable and Nontradable Goods

Bems, Rudolfs - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008

This paper shows that aggregate investment expenditure shares on tradable and nontradable goods are very similar across countries and regions. Furthermore, the two expenditure shares have remained close to constant over time, with the average expenditure share on nontradables varying between...

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Manualson Macroeconomic Statistics; A Stocktaking to Guide Future Work

Carson, Carol S.; Laliberté, Lucie - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2001

Over the last decade, a number of methodological manuals on macroeconomic datasets were produced by the international community. For a number of reasons, these manuals could be viewed as fragmented, disconnected, and branching in various directions. This paper groups by topics and broad...

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A Review of Capital Budgeting Practices

Jacobs, Davina F. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008

A key challenge in government budgeting is to define an appropriate balance between current and capital expenditures. Budgeting for government capital investment also remains not well-integrated into the formal budget preparation process in many countries. This paper aims to provide an overview...

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Who Saves in Ireland? T+L3251he Micro Evidence

Badia, Marialuz Moreno - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2006

This paper provides detailed empirical evidence on the saving behavior of Irish households using micro data from the 1994/95 and 1999/2000 Household Budget Surveys. I employ synthetic cohort techniques to characterize the life cycle profile of saving rates and to examine the response of...

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Changes in Inventories in the National Accounts

Fassler, Segismundo; Shrestha, Manik L. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2003

The principles underlying the recording of changes in inventories are explained in the System of National Accounts, 1993 (1993 SNA), but operational guidelines on their measurement are lacking. This paper elaborates specific statistical techniques and their underlying assumptions for calculating...

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Efficiency Costs of Myanmarâ€™s Multiple Exchange Rate Regime

Hori, Masahiro; Wong, Yu Ching - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008

Myanmar's multiple exchange rate system creates various economic distortions. This paper describes the exchange rate practices in Myanmar, develops a model of foreign exchange markets, and presents the efficiency costs imposed by quasi-fiscal operation under the current exchange rate regime. The...

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