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Natural Resource Endowments, Governance, and the Domestic Revenueeffort; Evidence From a Panel of Countries
Thornton, John; Bornhorst, Fabian; Gupta, Sanjeev - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008
typically raise less revenue from domestic taxation, and that this creates governance problems because the lower domestic tax … that it is invariant to governance indicators. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005825627
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Rethinking the Governance of the International Monetary Fund
Mirakhor, Abbas; Zaidi, Iqbal Mehdi - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2006
is long overdue, and leaving this unaddressed raises serious questions regarding the IMF's governance which could develop …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005825790
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Does Regulatory Governance Matter for Financial System Stability? An Empirical Analysis
Das, Udaibir S.; Quintyn, Marc; Chenard, Kina - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2004
This paper provides empirical evidence that the quality of regulatory governance-governance practices adopted by … system soundness and regulatory governance, based on country data collected from the Financial Sector Assessment Program … (FSAP). Regression results indicate that regulatory governance has a significant influence on financial system soundness …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005825836
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What Do We Know About Namibia's Competitiveness
Miyajima, Ken - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007
This paper evaluates Namibia's competitiveness using several traditional indicators; it concludes that, while the real effective exchange rate (REER) is in equilibrium at present?suggesting no imminent need for concern?the country may wish to improve its competitiveness by increasing educational...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005825853
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Efficiency and Legitimacy; Trade-Offs in IMF Governance
Cottarelli, Carlo - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2005
Designing appropriate governance structures for an international financial institution such as the IMF is difficult …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005825916
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How Does Privatization Work? Ownership Concentration and Enterprise Performance in Ukraine
Pivovarsky, Alexander - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2001
This paper investigates the relationship between ownership concentration and enterprise performance in Ukraine. Using data on 376 medium and large enterprises, it finds that ownership concentration is positively associated with enterprise performance in Ukraine. The paper also finds that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005826048
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Measures of Central Bank Autonomy; Empirical Evidence for OECD, Developing, and Emerging Market Economies
Segalotto, Jean-François; Arnone, Marco; Laurens, Bernard - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2006
This paper presents an update of the Grilli-Masciandaro-Tabellini (GMT) index of central bank (CB) autonomy, based on CB legislation as of end-2003. The index is applied to a set of OECD and developing countries, and emerging market economies. For a smaller set of countries, the paper presents a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005826057
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Zimbabwe's Export Performance; The Impact of the Parallel Market and Governance Factors
Muñoz, Sònia - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2006
This paper analyzes Zimbabwe's export performance in recent years and identifies the factors that could improve export performance, from both a quantitative and qualitative perspective. Improving export performance is critical to a turnaround in Zimbabwe's economic situation. The growth rate of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005826121
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The Distributional Bias of Public Education; Causes and Consequences
Gradstein, Mark; Dabla-Norris, Era - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2004
weaknesses in governance. We present a simple dynamic model where weak governing institutions allow the rich to be more effective … strength of governance. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005826262
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Cooption and Repression in the Soviet Union
Grossman, Hershel I.; Gershenson, Dmitry - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2000
The Soviet ruling elite, the nomenklatura, used both cooption and political repression to encourage loyalty to the communist regime. Loyalty was critical both in defusing internal opposition to the rule of the nomenklatura and in either deterring or defeating foreign enemies of the Soviet Union....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005826277