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Lucas vs. Lucas : On Inequality and Growth
Cordoba, Juan Carlos - 2007
Lucas (2004) asserts that ""Of the tendencies that are harmful to sound economics, the most seductive, and in my opinion the most poisonous, is to focus on questions of distribution. The potential for improving the lives of poor people by finding different ways of distributing current production...
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Core Inflation Measures and Statistical Issues in Choosing Among them
Silver, Mick - 2006
This paper provides an overview of statistical measurement issues relating to alternative measures of core inflation …, and the criteria for choosing among them. The approaches to measurement considered include exclusion-based methods …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014400370
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Measuring Competitiveness
Neary, J. Peter - 2006
measures inspired by the economic theory of index numbers. The indices provide a theoretical benchmark for estimated real …
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The Measurement of Reinvested Earnings in the Balance of Payments
Bame, Jack - 1995
measurement of reinvested earnings and illustrative examples as to recording, from the Fund’s Balance of Payments Compilation …
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Exchange Rate Risk Measurement and Management : Issues and Approaches for Firms
Papaioannou, Michael G. - 2006
Measuring and managing exchange rate risk exposure is important for reducing a firm''s vulnerabilities from major exchange rate movements, which could adversely affect profit margins and the value of assets. This paper reviews the traditional types of exchange rate risk faced by firms, namely...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014400190
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Measures of Underlying Inflation in Sri Lanka
Gupta, Souvik - 2009
During the first half of 2008, Sri Lanka witnessed significantly higher inflation than most other emerging Asian countries. Inflation has since declined amid declining world commodity prices and tight monetary policy. Given the sensitivity to global commodity prices, a core inflation measure...
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On the Measurement of Horizontal Inequity
Lambert, Peter J. - 1995
This paper makes a new attack on the old problem of measuring horizontal inequity in the income tax. Local measures of inequality of posttax income among pretax equals are proposed, which reflect alternative value judgments about the nature and magnitude of an inequity. These measures are...
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Measurement of Co-Circulation of Currencies
Krueger, Russell C. - 1995
in statistical estimates of international capital flows and monetary aggregates. We examine a variety of measurement …
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The measurement of external accounts
Adler, Gustavo; Garcia-Macia, Daniel; Krogstrup, Signe - 2019
Growing international integration in trade and finance can challenge the measurement of external accounts. This paper … account balances. The framework allows to derive a precise definition of measurement distortions and an empirical strategy for … discuss how merchanting and profit-shifting activities could lead to measurement distortions. We suggest areas for future …
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A volatility and persistence-based core inflation
Silva Filho, Tito Nícias Teixeira da; Figueiredo, … - 2015
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