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Foreign Direct Investment and Structural Reforms »
Source: Foreign Direct Investment and Structural Reforms : Evidence from Eastern Europe and Latin America
Volume/Issue: 2008/26
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Yuko Kinoshita , and Nauro Campos
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 January 2008
ISBN: 9781451868883
Keywords: fdi, financial sector, direct investment
This paper investigates the role of structural reforms -financial reforms, trade liberalization, and privatization- as determinants of FDI inflows based on newly constructed dataset on structural reforms for 19 Lat...
Relative Price Stability, Creditor Rights, and Financial Deepening »
Source: Relative Price Stability, Creditor Rights, and Financial Deepening
Volume/Issue: 2007/139
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Pablo Druck , Alexander Plekhanov , and Mario Dehesa
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 June 2007
ISBN: 9781451867039
Keywords: Private credit, creditor rights, volatility, relative price, relative price variability, high inflation, price stability,
The paper provides a theoretical and cross-country empirical analysis of the determinants of financial deepening, and finds that higher credit-to-GDP ratios are associated with stronger creditor rights and lower in...
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...
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...
The Effect of Capital Controlson Foreign Direct Investment Decisions Under Country Risk with Intangible Assets »
Source: The Effect of Capital Controlson Foreign Direct Investment Decisions Under Country Risk with Intangible Assets
Volume/Issue: 2007/79
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Kinga Elo
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 April 2007
ISBN: 9781451866438
Keywords: Foreign direct investments, decisions under uncertainty, fdi, capital control, direct investment, foreign direct investment, General Financial Markets: Government Policy and Regulation, Corporate Finance and Governance: Government Policy and Regulation,
This paper examines how capital controls affect FDI decisions and how the impact of these restrictive measures varies with different levels of country risk. We construct a model of firms' FDI decisions, broadly in...
What Causes Firms to Hide Output? the Determinants of Informality »
Source: What Causes Firms to Hide Output? the Determinants of Informality
Volume/Issue: 2005/160
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Gabriela Inchauste , Mark Gradstein , and Era Dabla-Norris
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 August 2005
ISBN: 9781451861792
Keywords: determinants, institutions, survey, business environment, regulatory burden, probability, firm size, Fiscal Policies and Behavior of Economic Agents: Firm, Education: Other, institution,
In many developing countries, a significant part of economic activity takes place in the informal sector. Earlier work has examined the determinants of the size of the informal sector, focusing separately on factor...
Inflation Responses to Commodity Price Shocks »
Source: Inflation Responses to Commodity Price Shocks : How and Why Do Countries Differ?
Volume/Issue: 2012/225
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): R. Gelos , and Yulia Ustyugova
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 September 2012
ISBN: 9781475510249
Keywords: pass-through, Phillips curve, central bank, inflationary impact, Open Economy Macroeconomics, Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit: General, Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance
This paper relates the inflationary impact of commodity price shocks across countries to a broad range of structural characteristics and policy frameworks over the period 2001-2010, using several approaches. The an...
CHAPTER 14 Long-Term Fiscal Developments and IMF Conditionality: Is There a Link? »
Source: IMF-Supported Programs : Recent Staff Research
Series: Seminar Volumes
Author(s): Alessandro Rebucci , and Ashoka Mody
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 03 April 2006
ISBN: 9781589063617
Keywords: International Monetary Fund, current account, capital flows, private capital, private capital flows, conditionality
Introduction What determines the composition of fiscal adjustment, and does it differ between countries with IMF-supported programs and those without such arrangements? Moreover, how...
CHAPTER III TRANSITION: EXPERIENCE AND POLICY ISSUES »
Source: World Economic Outlook, October 2000 : Focus on Transition Economies
Series: World Economic Outlook
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Research Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 19 September 2000
ISBN: 9781557759757
Keywords: debt, interest, transition economies, payments, accession countries
The rise and subsequent failure of central planning ranks among the most significant events in the twentieth century, posing major challenges to both economic theory and policy from Prague to Beijing....
12 Corruption and Military Spending »
Source: Governance, Corruption, and Economic Performance
Series: Books
Author(s): Sanjeev Gupta , and George Abed
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 24 September 2002
ISBN: 9781589061163
Keywords: decentralization, military spending, military, tax revenue, government expenditure
1. Introduction In recent years, increasing attention has been devoted to understanding the reasons for, and economic consequences of, corruption. The existing literature can be divi...