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Sizing up the effects of technological decoupling
Cerdeiro, Diego A.; Eugster, Johannes; Mano, Rui; Muir, Dirk - 2021
This paper proposes channels through which technological decoupling can affect global growth, and embeds these different layers in a global dynamic macroeconomic model. Multiple scenarios are considered that differ along two dimensions: (i) the coalition of countries (hubs) that initiate the...
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Measurement of aggregate trade restrictions and their economic effects
Estefania-Flores, Julia; Furceri, Davide; Ahmed Hannan, … - 2022
We develop a new Measure of Aggregate Trade Restrictions (MATR) using data from the IMF's Annual Report on Exchange Arrangements and Exchange Restrictions. MATR is an empirical measure of how restrictive official government policy is towards the international flow of goods and services. MATR is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013170594
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Collateral Damage : Exchange Controls and International Trade
Zhang, Zhiwei - 2007
While new conventional wisdom warns that developing countries should be aware of the risks of premature capital account liberalization, the costs of not removing exchange controls have received much less attention. This paper investigates the negative effects of exchange controls on trade. To...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014400231
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Estimation of Trade Protection in Middle East and North African Countries
Oliva, Maria-Angels - 2000
This paper studies the structure and evolution of trade protection in the Middle East and North African (MENA) countries in the 1990s. MENA countries use tariffs and nontariff barriers, and tariff dispersion and nontariff barriers, as substitute protection measures. Tariff levels and tariff...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014399827
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Foreign Borrowing and Export Promotion Policies
International Monetary Fund - 1989
This paper considers the problem of allocation of investment for a debtor country that faces a ceiling on the amount of foreign debt it can accumulate. It shows that it is optimal for the debtor country to create a more open economy by favoring investment in the export sector over investment in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014396037
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Robust measures of core inflation for Vietnam
Kalra, Sanjay; Bui Thi Trang Dzung - 2016
The paper develops robust measures of core inflation for Vietnam that can be used in policy making. These core … inflation measures (CIMs) are based on an analytical evaluation of the inflation process in Vietnam, and use a filtering … available, making them valuable tools for the State Bank of Vietnam on an ongoing basis …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011436747
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Potential growth in emerging Asia
Anand, Rahul; Cheng, Kevin C.; Rehman, Sidra; Zhang, Longmei - 2014
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010389478
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Environmental tax reform : principles from theory and practice to date
Heine, Dirk; Nørregaard, John; Parry, Ian W. H. - 2012
energy/environmental tax systems in Germany, Sweden, Turkey, and Vietnam suggests that there is substantial scope for policy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012694116
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Inflation dynamics and monetary policy transmission in Vietnam and emerging Asia
Bhattacharya, Rina - 2013
This paper provides an overview of inflation developments in Vietnam in the years following the doi moi reforms, and … uses empirical analysis to answer two key questions: (i) what are the key drivers of inflation in Vietnam, and what role … does monetary policy play? and (ii) why has inflation in Vietnam been persistently higher than in most other emerging …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012667557
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Role of individual characteristics and policies in driving labor informality in Vietnam
Dabla-Norris, Era; Giovanni, Ganelli; Anh Thi Ngoc Nguyen; … - 2020
Using data from the Vietnam Labor Force Survey, this paper takes a granular look at the most salient drivers of labor … informality in Vietnam by examining: (i) the nature of labor informality and transitions from formal to informal employment status …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012485984