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Identifying Binding Constraints to Growth: Does Firm Size Matter?
Vargas, Mauricio - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2015
categorical endogenous regressor to estimate, for the case of Bolivia, the conditional probability of facing obstacles given the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011142074
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Public Investment as an Engine of Growth
Warner, Andrew M. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2014
This paper looks at the empirical record whether big infrastructure and public capital drives have succeeded in accelerating economic growth in low-income countries. It looks at big long-lasting drives in public capital spending, as these were arguably clear and exogenous policy decisions. On...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959467
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Dollarization and Maturity Structure of Public Securities : The Experience of Bolivia
Vesperoni, Esteban - 2008
The public debt profile has improved in Bolivia in recent years, with regard to both the maturity structure and the … currency composition. This paper analyzes changes in the public debt profile in Bolivia since 2000, and the role played by … incompleteness. We also compare the debt profile of Bolivia with those of other countries in Latin America, and find that there is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014409036
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Bolivia : The Hydrocarbons Boom and the Risk of Dutch Disease
Cerutti, Eugenio - 2008
the possibility of a new case of "Dutch disease." While Bolivia's economy has already seen many benefits from its higher …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014409037
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Public Investment as an Engine of Growth
Warner, Andrew M. - 2014
This paper looks at the empirical record whether big infrastructure and public capital drives have succeeded in accelerating economic growth in low-income countries. It looks at big long-lasting drives in public capital spending, as these were arguably clear and exogenous policy decisions. On...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012690573
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Magnitude and Distribution of Fuel Subsidies : Evidence from Bolivia, Ghana, Jordan, Mali, and Sri Lanka
Kpodar, Kangni - 2006
Intro -- Contents -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. MAGNITUDE, FINANCING, AND DISTRIBUTION OF CONSUMER SUBSIDIES -- III. COUNTRY CASE STUDIES -- IV. CONCLUDING REMARKS -- APPENDIX I. IDENTIFYING MAGNITUDE AND FINANCING OF FUEL SUBSIDIES -- APPENDIX II. EVALUATING SIZE AND DISTRIBUTION OF REAL INCOME...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012691148
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Bolivia : The Hydrocarbons Boom and the Risk of Dutch Disease
Cerutti, Eugenio - 2008
the possibility of a new case of "Dutch disease." While Bolivia's economy has already seen many benefits from its higher …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012685001
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Financial Crises in DSGE Models: A Prototype Model
Benes, Jaromir; Kumhof, Michael; Laxton, Douglas - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2014
This paper presents the theoretical structure of MAPMOD, a new IMF model designed to study vulnerabilities associated with excessive credit expansions, and to support macroprudential policy analysis. In MAPMOD, bank loans create purchasing power that facilitates adjustments in the real economy....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010790398
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Financial Crises in DSGE Models: Selected Applications of MAPMOD
Benes, Jaromir; Kumhof, Michael; Laxton, Douglas - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2014
This paper, together with a technical companion paper, presents MAPMOD, a new IMF model designed to study vulnerabilities associated with excessive credit expansions, and to support macroprudential policy analysis. In MAPMOD, bank loans create purchasing power that facilitates adjustments in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010790408
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The Role of Institutional Quality in a Currency Crisis Model
Wu, Yi - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008
This paper is a theoretical study of the impact of institutional quality on currency crises from a public finance point of view. Recent empirical studies leave little doubt that weak institutions, including high levels of corruption, hinder economic performance. After the East Asian crisis, many...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005825715