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This paper studies the potential long-term effects of three illustrative scenarios using a multi-sector computable general equilibrium (CGE) trade model calibrated to 165 countries. The first scenario estimates effects from potential U.S. auto tariffs. The second analyzes a 'transactional deal'...
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Economic adjustment and reform programs, including those supported by international financial institutions (IFIs), must cope with informational asymmetries and special interest politics. This presents a particularly serious issue when IFIs make structural economic reforms a condition for...
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. These findings suggest that the Korean economy can be significantly affected by a few countries that are highly linked …
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resource curse"" and can feed the theory of the ""Paradox of Plenty."" The case is made that regional institutional …
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The sheer size of mandated trade among members of the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (CMEA), and its composition and quality, means that its reorientation toward other markets entails a whole complex of structural adjustment policies. To be successful, policy reform must be...
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Two economists designed the main features of the charter of the IMF during World War II: John Maynard Keynes and Harry …
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The international monetary system is largely the product of negotiations during World War II between U.S. and U …
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This paper examines the issue of whether countries can improve their welfare by coordinating macroeconomic policies. The main purpose is to compute the gains from international monetary cooperation as the difference between the steady state consumption levels associated with the Nash and the...
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This paper develops a theory of international currency portfolios that holds in general equilibrium, and that is … rationalized by assuming large public sector borrowing from foreign governments. (3) For a baseline economy with zero net foreign … short (long) position in foreign currency. (4) A fiscal theory of exchange rate determination is compatible with general …
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movements as from the structure and behavior of Japanese economy. The history of the pound-sterling and the U.S. dollar reveals … arrangement. Seen from the foreign economic relations, it is not possible for Japan to own a key-currency independent from the U …
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