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Providing official Statistics for the Common Market and Monetary Union in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Countries; A Case for "Gulfstat"
Al-Mansouri, Abdulrahman K. L.; Dziobek, Claudia Helene - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2006
region as a whole will be essential. What is the most efficient way to produce these data? The authors survey the statistical … "Gulf States System of Statistics." Valuable lessons can be learned from regional statistical organization in Africa and the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005768896
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The Impact of Research and Development Tax Incentiveson Colombia's Manufacturing Sector; What Difference Do they Make?
Mercer-Blackman, Valerie - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008
-2002 Survey of Manufacturers database in Colombia to analyze this question. We estimate the effect of the R&D tax deduction … acceptances for R&D tax incentives, a special survey, and for the first time, the science and technology module from the 2000 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005768986
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Mainstreaming Statistics in the Poverty Reduction Strategy Approach to Provide for More Effective Technical Assistance; Some Experience At the IMF
Kibuka, Robin D. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007
The paper reviews the Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS) approach and efforts to build institutional statistical capacity to permit evidence-based monitoring of the Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs). Integrating the PRS approach and statistical development strategies could provide...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005248218
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The Impact of Macroeconomic Announcementson Emerging Market Bonds
Andritzky, Jochen R.; Bannister, Geoffrey J.; Tamirisa, … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2005
This paper examines how emerging bond markets react to macroeconomic announcements. Global bond spreads respond to rating actions and changes in global interest rates rather than domestic data and policy announcements. All announcements affect market volatility. Data and policy announcements...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005768842
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The Impact of Public Capital, Human Capital, and Knowledgeon Aggregate Output
Joutz, Frederick L.; Abdih, Yasser - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008
This paper investigates the impact of public capital on private sector output by testing and estimating an aggregate production function for the U.S. economy over the postwar period augmented to include the stock of public capital as an additional factor input. We use patent applications to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005263996
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Fiscal Expectations Under the Stability and Growth Pact; Evidence From Survey Data
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2011
The paper uses survey data to analyze whether financial market expectations on government budget deficits changed in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008876603
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The Political Economy of Revenue-Forecasting Experience From Low-Income Countries
Danninger, Stephan; Kyobe, Annette; Cangiano, M. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2005
This paper analyzes interference and timeliness in the revenue-forecasting process, using new data on revenue-forecasting … forecasts. A theoretical model explains forecasting interference through government corruption. The data broadly supports the …-transparency, formality, and organizational simplicity-that characterize revenue-forecasting practices, and assesses their effectiveness in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005604860
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Fiscal Policy Implementation in Sub-Saharan Africa
Lledo, Victor Duarte; Poplawski-Ribeiro, Marcos - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2011
improve the quality and timeliness of economic data; enhance forecasting capacity; adopt realistic fiscal plans; and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009203550
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Microeconomic Implications of Remittances in an Overlapping Generations Model with Altruism and Self-Interest
Melkonyan, Tigran A.; Grigorian, David A. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008
The paper explicitly models the dynamic strategic aspects of the interaction between the migrant and the remittance-receiving relative(s), with the migrant behaving as a Stackelberg leader. It is also different from other formalizations of remittance behavior in its treatment of the two parties'...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005604927
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What Can International Cricket Teach Us About the Role of Luck in Labor Markets?
Aiyar, Shekhar; Ramcharan, Rodney - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2010
How important is luck in determining labor market outcomes? We address this question using a new dataset of all international test cricketers who debuted between 1950 and 1985. We present evidence that a player’s debut performance is strongly affected by an exogenous source of variation:...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008680274