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Developing Essential Financial Markets in Smaller Economies; Stylized Facts and Policy Options
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2008
This paper surveys the foreign exchange markets, money and secondary government security markets, and stock exchanges in 107 smaller economy countries. The underdevelopment of these markets impedes risk transfer, monetary policy, corporate financing, and the capacity to absorb capital inflows....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245902
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A Taxonomy of Automated Trade Execution Systems
Domowitz, Ian - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 1992
A taxonomy of existing and planned automated trade execution systems in financial markets is provided. Over 50 automated market structures in 16 countries are analyzed. The classification scheme is organized around the principle that such markets consist of an algorithm that performs a trade...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005826264
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Small African Stock Markets; The Case of the Lusaka Stock Exchange
Marone, Heloisa - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2003
In trend with a global pattern and following recommendations of the World Bank and the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the number of stock markets in African countries has increased dramatically over the last ten years. Despite a scarcity of studies on the impact of stock markets on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005605066
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Capital Market Development in a Small Country; The Case of Slovenia
Andritzky, Jochen R. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007
Small emerging economies, despite their significant growth, lack the scale to develop thriving capital markets from their local investor and issuer base that are able to deliver the benefits of a large, mature market. Slovenia is such an example. Despite the necessary infrastructure in place,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005605308
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Impact of the Global Crisison Banking Sector Soundness in Asian Low-Income Countries
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2011
The paper takes stock of the impact of the global financial crisis that began in late 2007 on banking sectors of Asian low-income countries, by exploring bank-level data provided by Bankscope. The paper examines three key channels of possible crisis spillovers: exposures to (i) valuation changes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009147328
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The Development of Local Debt Markets in Asia
Goswami, Mangal; Sharma, Sunil - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2011
The paper makes an assessment of the progress made in developing local debt markets in emerging Asia. Market development has been limited by hurdles confronting borrowers and lenders, current and potential liquidity providers, and insufficient support from government policies and regulations....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009151210
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Taxing Financial Transactions; Issues and Evidence
Matheson, Thornton - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2011
In reaction to the recent financial crisis, increased attention has recently been given to financial transaction taxes (FTTs) as a means of (1) raising revenue for a variety of possible purposes and/or (2) helping to curb financial market excesses. This paper reviews existing theory and evidence...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008876594
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Subordination of Shareholder Loans from a Legal and Economic Perspective
Gelter, Martin; Roth, Jürg - In: CESifo DICE Report 5 (2007) 2, pp. 40-47
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005037331
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The Evaluation of European Social Fund Programmes in a New Framework of Multilevel Governance: The Italian Experience
Lion, Cristina; Martini, Paola; Volpi, Stefano - In: Regional Studies 38 (2004) 2, pp. 207-212
Lion C., Martini P. and Volpi S. (2004) The evaluation of European Social Fund programmes in a new framework of … experience in the evaluation of programmes co-financed by the European Social Fund (ESF) over the 2000-2006 period. The key focus … is to see if, and how, evaluation procedures in Italy have changed in the context of the recently created multilevel …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005638138
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Methodische Ansätze zur Quantifizierung der Arbeitsplatzeffekte von Maßnahmen zur ländlichen Entwicklung
Margarian, Anne - Bundesforschungsinstitut für Lädliche Räume, Wald … - 2010
the measures' effectiveness and efficiency cannot yet be met. In this case, policy evaluation has to be judged as an … vorliegende Arbeit nicht nur mit Blick auf die Bewertung der ILE zu lesen, sondern kann auch über mögliche Herangehensweisen an … die Bewertung anderer Maßnahmen zur Entwicklung des ländlichen Raumes informieren. Die Diskussion der verschiedenen …
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