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Insuring against private capital flows : is it worth the premium? ; What are the alternatives?
Bibow, Jörg (contributor) - 2008
Following an analysis of the forces behind the global capital flows paradoxʺ observed in the era of advancing financial globalization, this paper sets out to investigate the opportunity costs of self-insurance through precautionary reserve holdings. We reject the idea of reserves as low-cost...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003807715
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Reforming the international financial architecture : the East Asian view
Lamberte, Mario B. - 2000
Despite the measures that have already been put in place to strengthen the international financial architecture in the wake of the Asian financial crisis, still much remain to be done. This paper tried to distinguish developing economies' views, in general, and East Asian views, in particular,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011437511
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World Economy while Second Bretton Woods Declines and Evaluation on Developing Countries
Sisman, Mehmet - 2013
This work is aiming primarily at discussing the thesis that the search for new currency systems in World Economy is not … developing countries and Economy of Turkey will be focused on. Considering that the world trade volume and movements of currency … foundations such as IMF, World Bank, Unido, OECD and UNCTAD. For instance, we have to opportunity to explain, why in spite of its …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013095438
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Exchange rate regimes in an increasingly integrated world economy
Mussa, Michael (contributor) - 2000
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001464496
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An empirical investigation into exchange regime choice and exchange rate volatility
Berger, Helge; Sturm, Jan-Egbert; Haan, Jakob de - 2000
We test a simple model of exchange rate regime choice with data for non-OECD countries covering the period 1980-94. We find the variance of output at home and in potential target countries as well as the correlation between home and foreign real activity are powerful and robust predictors of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001473991
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Exchange Rate Regimes and Capital Mobility : How Much of the Swoboda Thesis Survives?
Eichengreen, Barry - 2010
Alexander Swoboda is one of the originators of the bipolar view that capital mobility creates pressure for countries to abandon intermediate exchange rate arrangements in favor of greater flexibility and harder pegs. This paper takes another look at the evidence for this hypothesis using two...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012759200
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Exchange Rate Regimes and Capital Mobility : How Much of the Swoboda Thesis Survives?
Eichengreen, Barry - 2008
Alexander Swoboda is one of the originators of the bipolar view that capital mobility creates pressure for countries to abandon intermediate exchange rate arrangements in favor of greater flexibility and harder pegs. This paper takes another look at the evidence for this hypothesis using two...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012464545
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Exchange rate regimes in an increasingly integrated world economy
Mussa, Michael; Masson, Paul R.; Swoboda, Alexander K.; … - Internationaler Währungsfonds - 2000
This paper examines the consequences of heightened capital mobility and of the integration of developing economies in increasingly globalized markets for the exchange rate regimes of the industrial, developing, and transition economies. It builds upon previous studies by IMF staff on various...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014404968
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Macroeconomic Policies and Participation in IMF Programs
Evrensel, Ayse Y.; Kim, Jong Sung - 2006
This paper poses the question whether and to what extent developing countries' macroeconomic policies affect their participation in IMF programs. The data contain 91 developing countries that received four types of IMF programs during the period 1967-1996. Using survival analysis and generalized...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014055209
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Merry Sisterhood or Guarded Watchfulness? Cooperation between the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank
Fabricius, Michael - 2007
Since their inception at the end of the Second World War, the sister organizations of the World Bank and the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012728442