This paper presents the theoretical structure of MAPMOD, a new IMF model designed to study vulnerabilities associated with excessive credit expansions, and to support macroprudential policy analysis. In MAPMOD, bank loans create purchasing power that facilitates adjustments in the real economy....

Revitalizing the Jamaican Economy: Policies for Sustained Growth aims to improve our understanding of the constraints to social and economic development in Jamaica. It also proposes practical solutions to overcome some of those problems. This book is a collection of studies commissioned by the...

Revitalizing the Jamaican Economy: Policies for Sustained Growth aims to improve our understanding of the constraints to social and economic development in Jamaica. It also proposes practical solutions to overcome some of those problems. This book is a collection of studies commissioned by the...

Dieser Beitrag untersucht die Auswirkungen der Finanz- und Wirtschaftskrise auf die Migration in Europa und nach Deutschland. Häufig wird argumentiert, dass die Arbeitsmobilität in Europa gering sei und sie folglich keinen Beitrag zur Absorbtion asymmetrischer Schocks leisten kann....