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Output Gap Uncertainty and Real-Time Monetary Policy
Grigoli, Francesco; Herman, Alexander; Swiston, Andrew; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2015
Output gap estimates are subject to a wide range of uncertainty owing to data revisions and the difficulty in distinguishing between cycle and trend in real time. This is important given the central role in monetary policy of assessments of economic activity relative to capacity. We show that...
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Nonfinancial Firms in Latin America; A Source of Vulnerability?
Gonzalez, Maria - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2012
We examine corporate sector vulnerabilities in Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru. First, we identify stylized … exposures raise a firm’s probability to become exposed to a funding shock, while a larger firm size and buffers reduce it …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011242251
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Financial Inclusion, Growth and Inequality: A Model Application to Colombia
Karpowicz, Izabela - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2014
Financial inclusion has been one of the key pillars of Colombia’s development strategy for a number of years. Financial inclusion policies have aimed at channeling microcredit to poor, spreading formal banking system usage, fostering electronic payment acceptance, and making financial...
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The Impact of Research and Development Tax Incentives on Colombia's Manufacturing Sector
Mercer-Blackman, Valerie - 2008
-2002 Survey of Manufacturers database in Colombia to analyze this question. We estimate the effect of the R&D tax deduction … instituted in Colombia using Zellner's Seemingly Unrelated Regressions method, and find that the elasticity of demand of R …&D investment in manufacturing is quite high in Colombia compared to other countries, particularly for smalle …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012677634
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Are Capital Controls Effective in the 21st Century? The Recent Experience of Colombia
Clements, Benedict J. - 2009
This paper assesses the effects of capital controls imposed in Colombia in 2007 on capital flows and exchange rate … the appreciation of Colombia's currency, or increased the degree of independence of monetary policy. We also find that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012677725
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Social Security Reforms in Colombia
Clavijo, Sergio - 2009
of public health care in Colombia during 1993-2008. Parametric pension reforms have focused on increasing the retirement … security system in Colombia is roughly 160 percent of GDP for pensions and about 97 percent of GDP for the health system …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012677742
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Learning, Monetary Policy and Asset Prices
Airaudo, Marco; Nisticò, Salvatore; Zanna, Luis-Felipe - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2015
We explore the stability properties of interest rate rules granting an explicit response to stock prices in a New-Keynesian DSGE model populated by Blanchard-Yaari non-Ricardian households. The constant turnover between long-time stock holders and asset-poor newcomers generates a financial...
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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