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The Economic Performance Index (EPI) : an intuitive indicator for assessing a country's economic performance dynamics in an historical perspective
Khramov, Vadim; Ridings Lee, John - 2013
Existing economic indicators and indexes assess economic activity but no single indicator measures the general macro-economic performance of a nation, state, or region in a methodologically simple and intuitive way. This paper proposes a simple, yet informative metric called the Economic...
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Instruments of debtstruction : a new database of interwar debt
End, Nicolas; Marinkov, Marina; Miryugin, Fedor - 2019
We construct a new, comprehensive instrument-level database of sovereign debt for 18 advanced and emerging countries over the period 1913-46. The database contains data on amounts outstanding for some 3,800 individual debt instruments as well as associated qualitative information, including...
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Budgetary Subsidies in Centrally Planned Economies in Transition
Holzmann, Robert - 1991
This paper analyzes budgetary subsidy policy issues that arise when centrally planned economies move toward a market economy. The analysis suggests that subsidy reduction, to be successful, has to be embedded into an overall economic reform program and that during the program’s execution,...
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Tax Reform in Economies in Transition : A Brief Introduction to the Main Issues
Tanzi, Vito - 1991
The transition from a command to a market economy requires profound reforms of the tax system. Such a transition will put downward pressures on the level of taxation at a time when public expenditure remains high. This paper outlines the main characteristics of the tax systems in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014396003
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Central banking in Latin America : from the gold standard to the golden years
Jácome, Luis Ignacio - 2015
This paper provides a brief historical journey of central banking in Latin America to shed light on the debate about monetary policy in the post-global financial crisis period. The paper distinguishes three periods in Latin America’s central bank history: the early years, when central banks...
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Bank of Japan’s quantitative and credit easing : are they now more effective?
Berkmen, S. Pelin - 2012
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The impact of fiscal consolidation and structural reforms on growth in Japan
Berkmen, S. Pelin - 2011
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To fire or to hoard? : explaining Japan’s labor market response in the Great Recession
Steinberg, Chad Bennett; Nakane, Masato - 2011
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How inclusive is abenomics?
Aoyagi, Chie; Ganelli, Giovanni; Murayama, Kentaro - 2015
We assess the ongoing reform efforts in Japan in terms of inclusive growth. We use prefectural level panel data to … and policy variables. Our analysis suggests that achieving the Bank of Japan's 2 percent inflation target has a positive …
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What can boost female labor force participation in Asia?
Kinoshita, Yuko; Guo, Fang - 2015
Both Japan and Korea are trying to boost female labor force participation (FLFP) as they face the challenges of a … towards non-regular employment despite women's high education levels. This paper empirically examines what helps Japan and … tend to reduce the proportion of regular female employment in Japan and Korea, (ii) the persistent gender wage gap …
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