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A Primeron Mineral Taxation »
Source: A Primeron Mineral Taxation
Volume/Issue: 2001/139
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Thomas Baunsgaard
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 September 2001
ISBN: 9781451856040
Keywords: mineral tax, mining and petroleum, mineral extraction, rate of return, tax system, fiscal stability, tax rate,
The paper discusses options available to tax mineral extraction projects particularly in developing countries. A desirable government share of the economic rent generated from mineral extraction can be achieved thr...
The Great Rebalancing Act »
Source: The Great Rebalancing Act : Can Investment Be a Lever in Asia?
Volume/Issue: 2011/35
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 February 2011
ISBN: 9781455217915
Keywords: Rebalancing, financing constraints, private investment, capital goods, investment spending, investment rate, venture capital, Economywide Country Studies: Asia including Middle East,
Ensuring stable growth in the postcrisis world economy will require a rebalancing of economic activity in several countries. In Asia's export-dependent economies, this entails relying more on private domestic deman...
Brazil: Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix »
Source: Brazil : Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix
Volume/Issue: 2001/10
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 11 January 2001
ISBN: 9781451805901
Keywords: interest, deficit, debt, interest payments, budget
This paper analyzes several issues regarding fiscal sustainability and fiscal adjustment in Brazil during 1990 and searches for econometric evidence of a monetary dominant regime during some subperiods. The followi...
A Debt Overhang Model for Low-Income Countries »
Source: IMF Staff Papers, Volume 55, No. 4
Volume: 55
Series: IMF Staff Papers
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Research Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 18 April 2008
ISBN: 9781589067257
Keywords: copper, nickel, zinc, lead, tin, Super Cycles in Real Metals Prices?,
In this issue, John T. Cuddington and Daniel Jerrett from the Colorado School of Mines examine whether metals prices are in a "super cycle" upswing driven by intensive economic growth in China, in particular. Using...
Energy Subsidies and Public Social Spending »
Source: Energy Subsidies and Public Social Spending : Theory and Evidence
Volume/Issue: 2015/101
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Christian Ebeke , and Constant Lonkeng Ngouana
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 06 May 2015
ISBN: 9781475580747
Keywords: Energy subsidies, Public social spending, Causality, subsidy, tax, energy subsidy, Cross-Sectional Models, Single Equation Models: Single Variables: Instrumental Variables (IV) Estimation, Causality.,
This paper shows that high energy subsidies and low public social spending can emerge as an equilibrium outcome of a political game between the elite and the middle-class when the provision of public goods is subje...
Did Botswana Escape from the Resource Curse? »
Source: Did Botswana Escape from the Resource Curse?
Volume/Issue: 2006/138
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Atsushi Iimi
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 June 2006
ISBN: 9781451863987
Keywords: natural resource, natural resource abundance, natural resource management, middle-income countries, Estimation, Exhaustible Resources and Economic Development,
Botswana is typical of the countries that are endowed with abundant natural resources. Although it is commonly accepted that resource-rich economies tend to fail in accelerating growth, Botswana has experienced the...
Increasing Productivity Growth in Middle Income Countries »
Source: Increasing Productivity Growth in Middle Income Countries
Volume/Issue: 2015/2
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Aidar Abdychev , La-Bhus Fah Jirasavetakul , Andrew Jonelis , Lamin Leigh , Ashwin Moheeput , Friska Parulian , Ara Stepanyan , and Albert Touna Mama
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 13 January 2015
ISBN: 9781484328439
Keywords: Growth, potential growth&;amp;#x2026;, environment, debt, productivity growth, economics, trade, Forecasting and Other Model Applications, Forecasting and Simulation, One
Many small middle-income countries (SMICs) in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) have experienced a moderation in growth in recent years. Although factor accumulation, most notably capital deepening, was crucial to the succe...
How Macroeconomic Factors Affect Income Distribution »
Source: How Macroeconomic Factors Affect Income Distribution : The Cross-Country Evidence
Volume/Issue: 1997/152
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Michael Sarel
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 November 1997
ISBN: 9781451922714
Keywords: income distribution, macroeconomic factors, terms of trade, external position, income distribution data, distribution of income
This study develops a cross-section empirical framework to examine the relationship between the macroeconomic environment and trends in income distribution. The macroeconomic variables that are found to be associat...
Economic Diversification in the GCC »
Source: Economic Diversification in the GCC : Past, Present, and Future
Volume/Issue: 2014/12
Series: Staff Discussion Notes
Author(s): Tim Callen , Reda Cherif , Fuad Hasanov , Amgad Hegazy , and Padamja Khandelwal
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 23 December 2014
ISBN: 9781498303231
Keywords: Export diversification, Exports, Bahrain, Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf, Cross country analysis, Economic growth, Oil revenues, Oman, Private sector, Saudi Arabia
Abstract: The economies of the six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries are heavily reliant on oil. Greater economic diversification would reduce their exposure to volatility and uncertainty in the global oil m...
Tax Concessions and Foreign Direct Investment in the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union »
Source: Tax Concessions and Foreign Direct Investment in the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union
Volume/Issue: 2008/257
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Jingqing Chai , and Rishi Goyal
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 November 2008
ISBN: 9781451871159
Keywords: Concessions, Incentives, ECCU, fdi, tax incentives, direct investment,
Tax concessions have been employed as a central component of the development strategy in the small island states comprising the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union. This paper compares the costs of concessions in term...