Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 60
Cover Image
Local Government Tax Effort in China: an Analysis of Provincial Tax Performance
Wang, Qian; Shen, Chunli; Zou, Heng-fu - China Economics and Management Academy, Central … - 2011
This paper aims to enhance the understanding of provincial tax performance in China, paying special attention to the recent fiscal reforms in the 1980s and in 1994. Using provincial panel data for the period 1986-2004, our analysis consists of two steps. First, a combined fixed time effects and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009246593
Cover Image
The effect of a crisis on trust and willingness to reform: Evidence from survey panels in Argentina and Uruguay
Bonvecchi, Alejandro; Calvo, Ernesto; … - 2022
Does exposure to crises reduce the citizens' trust in a country's president? Are individuals willing to accept fiscal reforms and make personal economic sacrifices if it would help the country to leave the crisis faster? We take advantage of two survey panels in Argentina and Uruguay, with a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014518117
Cover Image
The effect of a crisis on trust and willingness to reform : evidence from survey panels in Argentina and Uruguay
Bonvecchi, Alejandro; Calvo, Ernesto; … - 2022
Does exposure to crises reduce the citizens' trust in a country's president? Are individuals willing to accept fiscal reforms and make personal economic sacrifices if it would help the country to leave the crisis faster? We take advantage of two survey panels in Argentina and Uruguay, with a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014495641
Cover Image
Morocco: 2014 Article IV Consultation-Staff Report; Press Release; and Statement by the Executive Director for Morocco
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2015
This 2014 Article IV Consultation highlights that Morocco has made important strides in maintaining macroeconomic stability in a difficult environment, but challenges remain to reduce fiscal and external vulnerabilities, strengthen growth, create jobs, and tackle poverty. Growth slowed in 2014...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244207
Cover Image
Romania: Seventh and Eighth Reviews Under the Stand-By Arrangement and Request for Waiver of Nonobservance of Performance Criteria—Staff Report; Staff Supplement; Press Release o...
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2013
This paper discusses Romania’s Seventh and Eighth Reviews Under the Stand-by Arrangement and Request for Waiver of Nonobservance of Performance Criteria. Continued strong fiscal consolidation would enable Romania to exit the EU Excessive Deficit Procedure by mid-2013; prudent monetary policy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244295
Cover Image
Ireland; Tenth Review Under the Extended Arrangement
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2013
implementation of strengthened activation policies and SME supports are also required to support growth and contain unemployment. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244425
Cover Image
Euro Area Policies: Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2014
This Selected Issues paper assesses the youth unemployment problem in advanced European economies, especially the euro … area. Youth unemployment rates increased sharply in the euro area after the crisis. Much of these increases can be … explained by output dynamics and the greater sensitivity of youth unemployment to economic activity compared with adult …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244439
Cover Image
Ireland; First and Second Reviews Under the Extended Arrangement and Request for Rephasing of the Arrangement: Staff Report; Letter of Intent; Memorandum of Economic and Financial...
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2011
Ireland has made progress in overcoming the economic crisis. The new coalition government’s strategy for restoring sustained growth, sound public finances, and job creation has been put forward in the context of the European Union/IMF-supported program. On this basis, the government...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244503
Cover Image
Namibia; 2012 Article IV Consultation
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2013
This report reviews economic development of Namibia in the recent years after the global crisis. The country bounced back very well after the crisis. Namibia exhibited strong performance in the primary sectors, which has led to remarkable growth in the second half of 2012. The government has...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244754
Cover Image
Kiribati: 2014 Article IV Consultation-Staff Report; Press Release; and Statement by the Executive Director for Kiribati
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2014
KEY ISSUES Kiribati’s key economic challenges are to reduce large structural fiscal imbalances and increase growth and employment opportunities, while facing obstacles posed by remoteness, lack of scale, vulnerabilities to external shocks and climate change. The significant fiscal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244788