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: the degree of equality of the income distribution; democratic institutions; export orientation (with higher propensities … to export manufactures, greater openness to FDI, and avoidance of exchange rate overvaluation favorable for durati …
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The IMF Working Papers series is designed to make IMF staff research available to a wide audience. Almost 300 Working Papers are released each year, covering a wide range of theoretical and analytical topics, including balance of payments, monetary and fiscal issues, global liquidity, and...
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macroeconomic return of adaptation investment to natural disasters (NDs) and the impact of climate change. While the model follows … public finances. It also shows that adaptation investment has large returns in terms of private investment, employment …
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We study the response of corporate investment in Emerging Markets to unexpected fiscal shocks. We find that, although … firm-level investment decreases on impact following unexpected public expenditure adjustments (classical Keynesian … multiplier effect), it quickly rises above pre-shock levels. The rebound in investment is facilitated by fiscal space, flexible …
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Intro -- Contents -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. DATA -- III. ECONOMETRIC PRELIMINARIES -- IV. "INTERNATIONAL R&D SPILLOVERS" REVISITED -- V. INSTITUTIONS AND INTERNATIONAL R&D SPILLOVERS -- VI. CONCLUSIONS -- APPENDIX A: ALTERNATIVE SPECIFICATION -- APPENDIX B: DATA SOURCES AND DEFINITIONS --...
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cross-border investment. Spillovers from statutory tax rates abroad seem: As sizable as effects from the host's rate; larger … shifting through real investment (rather than 'paper' profit shifting). Contrary to much policy discussion, the results also … imply that: Host countries' marginal effective tax rates have at best a weak effect on real investment; those elsewhere have …
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We study how macroeconomic shocks affect U.S. public debt dynamics using a VAR with debt feedback. Following a fiscal austerity shock, the debt ratio initially declines and then returns to its pre-shock path. Yet, the effect is not statistically significant. In a weak economic environment, the...
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Intro -- Contents -- I. MOTIVATION AND RELATED STUDIES -- II. OUTPUT DROPS -- III. SHOCKS -- IV. MULTIVARIATE PROBIT ANALYSIS -- V. ROBUSTNESS AND EXTENSIONS -- VI. CONCLUSIONS -- APPENDIX TABLES AND FIGURES -- APPENDIX I. HODRICK-PRESCOTT-FILTER BASED DEFINITION OF EVENTS -- APPENDIX II. KERNEL...
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Low-income economies face negative shocks whose frequency and disproportionate impact overcome growth trajectories, producing a negative drift. COVID-19 was the latest such episode. To escape this negative drift, and build a durable recovery, there is a need for a counter-balancing force: to...
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What is the impact of climate change on inflation and growth dynamics? This is not a simple question to answer as climate shocks tend to be ubiquitous, but with opposing effects simultaneously on demand and supply. The extent of which climate-related shocks affect inflation and economic growth...
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