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Emerging markets (EM) face their fifth consecutive year of slowing growth and a possibly longer period of sluggish performance than previously thought. This paper presents a comprehensive analysis of the nature of and the appropriate policy responses to the growth slowdown in EM. It reports...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011696297
Emerging markets (EM) face their fifth consecutive year of slowing growth and a possibly longer period of sluggish performance than previously thought. This paper presents a comprehensive analysis of the nature of and the appropriate policy responses to the growth slowdown in EM. It reports...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011439473
Emerging markets (EM) face their fifth consecutive year of slowing growth and a possibly longer period of sluggish performance than previously thought. This paper presents a comprehensive analysis of the nature of and the appropriate policy responses to the growth slowdown in EM. It reports...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013001608
This paper surveys the literature on the linkages between asset prices and macroeconomic outcomes. It focuses on three major questions. First, what are the basic theoretical linkages between asset prices and macroeconomic outcomes? Second, what is the empirical evidence supporting these...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012060200
This paper surveys the theoretical and empirical literature on the macroeconomic implications of financial imperfections. It focuses on two major channels through which financial imperfections can affect macroeconomic outcomes. The first channel, which operates through the demand side of finance...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012060201
integration that has intensified since the mid-1980s. Using a comprehensive new dataset, we document that, while the basic … negative association between growth and volatility has been preserved during the 1990s, both trade and financial integration … volatility and trade integration is significantly positive. We find a similar, although less significant, result for the …
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macroeconomic policies are an important prerequisite for ensuring that financial integration is beneficial. However, our analysis … also suggests that the relationship between financial integration and economic policies is a complex one and that there are … to improve the risk-benefit tradeoffs of financial integration. Ultimately, it is essential to see financial integration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269041
Although emerging market and developing economies (EMDEs) weathered the global recession a decade ago relatively well, they now appear less well placed to cope with the substantial downside risks facing the global economy. In many EMDEs, the room for monetary and fiscal policies to respond to...
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This paper examines the behavior of remittances over the business cycle and their potential to act as a stabilizer during periods of high business cycle volatility. Four main findings are reported. First, in theory, the cyclical behavior of remittances depends on the motives to remit. Second,...
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also suggests that the relationship betweenfinancial integration and economic policies is a complex one and that there are … risk-benefit tradeoffs offinancial integration. Ultimately, it is essential to see financial integration not just as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009360650