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Economic Growth and Total Factor Productivity in Niger.
Fontaine, Thomson - 2006
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012691029
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Alternative Forms of Mineral Taxation, Market Failure and the Environment
Muzondo, Timothy R. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 1992
This paper examines the environmental effects of mineral taxes in a framework that recognizes the importance of rates and cumulative externalities and proposes an appropriate corrective tax. It concludes that mineral resources taxation should combine neutral taxes with a dynamic Pigovian type...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005263912
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The Role of Affordable Mortgages in Improving Living Standards and Stimulating Growth; A Survey of Selected Mena Countries
Nothaft, Frank E.; Erbas, S. Nuri - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2002
and mortgage markets in selected Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries (Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005825998
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Social Capital and Civil Society
Fukuyama, Francis - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2000
Social capital is an instantiated informal norm that promotes cooperation between individuals. In the economic sphere it reduces transaction costs, and in the political sphere it promotes the kind of associational life that is necessary for the success of limited government and modern democracy....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005769240
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Reforming the Corporate Governance of Italian Banks
Jassaud, Nadège - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2014
Sound corporate governance is essential for a well-functioning banking system and the integrity of financial markets …. The paper discusses the corporate governance of Italian banks, its regulatory framework, and the specific challenges … improving their corporate governance, more needs to be done. In this regard, further improvements should include: (i …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959465
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Ethnic Diversity, Democracy, and Corruption
Yehoue, Etienne B. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007
I study the link between ethnic diversity, democracy, and corruption. In a static model, I show that contrary to conventional wisdom, corruption might emerge as a negative externality of democracy. This occurs through ethnicity, which appears as a rent-extracting technology in a democratic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005248127
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Financial Globalization and the Governance of Domestic Financial Intermediaries
Tressel, Thierry; Verdier, Thierry - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007
the general equilibrium effects of capital flows (portfolio investments and loans, FDI) on the governance of domestic … banks. We find that liberalization of capital flows may deteriorate the governance of the domestic financial system by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005248244
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Dynamic Incentives and the Optimal Delegation of Political Power
Borgne, Eric Le; Eggertsson, Gauti B. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007
This paper proposes a theory to explain why a politician delegates policy tasks to a technocrat in an independent institution. It formalizes the rationales for delegation highlighted by Hamilton (1788) and by Blinder (1998). Delegation trades-off the cost of having a possibly incompetent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005263663
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Did Botswana Escape From the Resource Curse?
Iimi, Atsushi - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2006
resource abundance can contribute to growth. It finds that governance determines the extent to which the growth effects of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005263757
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Monetary Policy and Corporate Behaviour in India
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2005
The paper examines the association and corporate behavior for a sample of manufacturing firms in India for the post-reform period 1992-2003. The findings suggest that a contractionary monetary policy lowers overall debt including bank debt, although the lagged response is positive, and listed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005263785