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The Global Impact of the Systemic Economies and MENA Business Cycles
Cashin, Paul; Mohaddes, Kamiar; Raissi, Mehdi - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2012
This paper analyzes spillovers from macroeconomic shocks in systemic economies (China, the Euro Area, and the United … developments in China than to shocks in the Euro Area or the United States, in line with the direction of evolving trade patterns … and the emergence of China as a key driver of the global economy. Outward spillovers from the GCC region and MENA oil …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010790399
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Pacific Island Countries: In Search of a Trade Strategy
Chen, Hong; Rauqeuqe, Lanieta; Singh, Shiu raj; Wu, Yiqun; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2014
International trade is vital for economic prosperity in Pacific island countries, but their trade performance has been weak over the past decade with the exception of resource-rich countries. Small country size and remoteness from global economic centers may have contributed to this relatively...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959471
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When is Economic Growth Pro-Poor? Experiences in Malaysia and Pakistan
Khan, Mahmood Hasan - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2002
This paper focuses on two central issues related to the contrasting experiences of Malaysia and Pakistan regarding poverty reduction. First, it examines the structure of economic growth and its proximate determinants in the two countries, including the initial conditions, institutional changes,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005248163
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Trade Policy with Heterogeneous Traders; Do Quotas Get a Bum Rap?
Krishna, Kala; Tan, Ling Hui - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007
This paper considers the effects of trade policy-tariffs and quotas-when importing is done by competitive traders who are identical ex ante but differ ex post. We show that the standard equivalence results no longer hold and the conventional ranking of tariffs and quotas is turned on its head:...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005248181
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Trade and Domestic Financial Market Reform Under Political Uncertainty; Implications for Investment, Savings, and the Real Exchange Rate
Bhattacharya, Rina - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2000
This paper presents a model that incorporates uncertainty about trade reform and analyzes the effects of trade and financial liberalization on domestic investment and savings, the current account balance and the real exchange rate, both when the capital account is open and when it is closed....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005248185
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Do Unit Value Export, Import, and Terms of Trade Indices Represent or Misrepresent Price Indices?
Silver, Mick - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007
Unit value export and import indices compiled from returns to customs authorities are often used as surrogates for price indices in the measurement of inflation transmission, terms of trade (effects), and to deflate import and export value series to derive volume series. Their widespread use is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005248193
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Unionization and Strategic Trade Policy
Swagel, Phillip; Tan, Ling Hui - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2000
This paper examines the effect of unionization on welfare and trade policy in a model of duopolists competing in a third market. It shows that the traditional result that the presence of a union necessitates a stronger strategic trade policy to reach the optimal level of welfare depends on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005248209
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The Declining Importance of Tradable Goods Manufacturing in Australia and New Zealand; How Much Can Growth Theory Explain?
Hunt, Ben - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2009
In this paper, the IMF's new Global Economy Model (GEM) is used to estimate the contribution of unbalanced growth to the decline in the share of goods production in Australia and New Zealand. The simulation results suggest that faster productivity growth in the tradable goods sector in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005248284
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Does the World Need a Universal Financial Institution?
Boughton, James M. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2005
All financial institutions specialize, in dimensions that may include categories of assets and liabilities, types of services offered, customer demographics, and geographic coverage. The International Monetary Fund is the only international financial institution that is universal in its...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005248315
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Immiserizing Foreign Aid; The Role of Tariffs and Nontraded Goods
Tokarick, Stephen - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2006
International trade theory has pointed out that factor accumulation could immiserize a country if it is sufficiently biased toward the export sector, or if it is biased toward an importcompeting sector in the presence of tariff protection. This paper analyzes the impact of aid, in the form of an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005263680