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09/255: Fiscal Stimulus to the Rescue? Short-Run Benefits and Potential Long-Run Costs of Fiscal Deficits: Michael Kumhof, Dirk Muir, Charles Freedman, Susanna Mursula and Douglas Laxton
09/254: Credit Derivatives: Systemic Risks and Policy Options?: Jennifer A. Elliott, John Kiff, Elias G. Kazarian, Jodi G. Scarlata and Carolyne Spackman
09/253: Adding Indonesia to the Global Projection Model: Charles Freedman, Michal Andrle, Danny Hermawan, Haris Munandar, Garcia-Saltos, Roberto and Douglas Laxton
09/252: Macroeconomic Patterns and Monetary Policy in the Run-up to Asset Price Busts: Pau Rabanal, Prakash Kannan and Alasdair Scott
09/251: Monetary and Macroprudential Policy Rules in a Model with House Price Booms: Pau Rabanal, Prakash Kannan and Alasdair Scott
09/250: The Stock of Intangible Capital in Canada: Evidence from the Aggregate Value of Securities: Nazim Belhocine
09/249: Countering the Cycle - The Effectiveness of Fiscal Policy in Korea: Leif Lybecker Eskesen
09/248: Today versus Tomorrow: The Sensitivity of the Non-Oil Current Account Balance to Permanent and Current Income: Tamim Bayoumi and Alun H. Thomas
09/247: Financial Sector Surveillance and the IMF: Carlo Gola and Francesco Spadafora
09/246: Governance and Fund Management in the Chinese Pension System: Gregorio Impavido, Hu, Yu-Wei and Xiaohong Li
09/245: Whatâ€™s the Damage? Medium-term Output Dynamics After Banking Crises: Abdul Abiad, Daniel Leigh, Irina Tytell, Ravi Balakrishnan and Petya Koeva Brooks
09/244: A Rule-Based Medium-Term Fiscal Policy Framework for Tanzania: Mika Saito and Daehaeng Kim
09/243: Top-Down Budgeting - An Instrument to Strengthen Budget Management: Ljungman, GÃ¶sta
09/242: Valuation of Unlisted Direct Investment Equity: Emmanuel Kumah, Jannick Damgaard and Thomas Elkjaer
09/241: The Role of Financial Variables in Predicting Economic Activity in the Euro Area: Raphael A. Espinoza, Fabio Fornari and Marco Lombardi
09/240: Treating Intangible Inputs as Investment Goods: the Impact on Canadian GDP: Nazim Belhocine
09/239: Sovereign Wealth Funds and Financial Stability-An Event Study Analysis: Tao Sun and Heiko Hesse
09/238: Monetary Policy Analysis and Forecasting in the World Economy: A Panel Unobserved Components Approach: Francis Vitek
09/237: Fiscal Deficits and Current Account Deficits: Michael Kumhof and Douglas Laxton
09/236: Inflation Targeting at 20: Achievements and Challenges: Scott Roger
09/235: Is the Canadian Housing Market Overvalued? A Post-Crisis Assessment: Evridiki Tsounta
09/234: Hybrid Inflation Targeting Regimes: Jorge Restrepo, Carlos Garcia and Scott Roger
09/232: Monetary Policy and the Lost Decade: Lessons from Japan: Daniel Leigh
09/231: Three Cycles: Housing, Credit, and Real Activity: Alain N. Kabundi, Deniz Igan, Marcelo Pinheiro, Nadal-De Simone, Francisco and Natalia T. Tamirisa
09/230: Global Market Conditions and Systemic Risk: Heiko Hesse and GonzÃ¡lez-Hermosillo, Brenda
09/229: Macro-Hedging for Commodity Exporters: Damiano Sandri, Eduardo Borensztein and Olivier Jeanne
09/228: The Liquidity and Liquidity Distribution Effects in Emerging Markets: The Case of Jordan: Vandenbussche, JÃ©rÃ´me, Vandenbussche, JÃ©rÃ´me, Stanley Watt, Stanley Watt, Szabolcs Blazsek and Szabolcs Blazsek
09/227: Analyzing Fiscal Space Using the MAMS Model: An Application to Burkina Faso: Jan Gottschalk, Manh Vu Le, Hans Lofgren and Kofi Nouve
09/226: Unconventional Central Bank Measures for Emerging Economies: Etienne B. Yehoue, Kotaro Ishi and Mark R. Stone
09/225: Revisiting the Determinants of Productivity Growth: What's new?: Boileau Loko and Mame Astou Diouf
09/224: New Zealand Bank Vulnerabilities in International Perspective: Ray Brooks and Rodrigo Cubero
09/223: Australian Bank and Corporate Sector Vulnerabilities--An International Perspective: Patrizia Tumbarello and TakÃ¡ts, ElÃ¶d
09/222: Euro Area Sovereign Risk During the Crisis: Silvia Sgherri and Edda Zoli
09/221: External Balance in Low Income Countries: Thierry Tressel, Lone Engbo Christiansen, Alessandro Prati and Luca Antonio Ricci
09/220: Oil Prices and Bank Profitability: Evidence from Major Oil-Exporting Countries in the Middle East and North Africa: Heiko Hesse and Tigran Poghosyan
09/219: The Uncertainty Channel of Contagion: Prakash Kannan and KÃ¶hler-Geib, Fritzi
09/218: Do Trading Partners Still Matter for Nigeria's Growth? A Contribution to the Debate on Decoupling and Spillovers: Kingsley . Obiora
09/217: Access to Market Financing for IDA-eligible Countriesâ€”the Role of External Debt and IMF-Supported Programs: Alun H. Thomas
09/216: Determinants and Macroeconomic Impact of Remittances in Sub-Saharan Africa: Lee, Kyung-woo, Markus Haacker and Raju Jan SINGH
09/214: Constructing Forecast Confidence Bands During the Financial Crisis: Ondra Kamenik, Marianne Johnson, Kevin Clinton, Huigang Chen and Douglas Laxton
09/213: What Determines Bond Market Development in sub-Saharan Africa?: Olatundun Janet Adelegan and Radzewicz-Bak, Bozena
09/212: Cointegrated TFP Processes and International Business Cycles: Pau Rabanal, Vicente Tuesta and Rubio-Ramirez, Juan F.
09/211: Revised System for the Classification of Exchange Rate Arrangements: Harald Anderson, Romain Veyrune, Annamaria Kokenyne and Karl Friedrich Habermeier
09/210: Who Benefits from Capital Account Liberalization? Evidence from Firm-Level Credit Ratings Data: Martin Schindler, Patricio Valenzuela and Alessandro Prati
09/209: International Risk Sharing During the Globalization Era: Akito Matsumoto, Robert P. Flood and Nancy P. Marion
09/208: Controlling Capital? Legal Restrictions and the Asset Composition of International Financial Flows: Martin Schindler, Mahir Binici and Michael Hutchison
09/207: Accounting Discretion of Banks During a Financial Crisis: Luc Laeven and Harry P. Huizinga
09/206: The Effectiveness of Central Bank Interventions During the First Phase of the Subprime Crisis: Heiko Hesse and Nathaniel Frank
09/205: Commodity Terms of Trade: The History of Booms and Busts: Irina Tytell and Nikola Spatafora
09/204: How to Stop a Herd of Running Bears? Market Response to Policy Initiatives during the Global Financial Crisis: Jochen Andritzky, Andreas Jobst, Sylwia Barbara Nowak, AÃ¯t-Sahalia, Yacine and Natalia T. Tamirisa
09/203: The Drivers of Housing Cycles in Spain: Pau Rabanal and Aspachs-Bracons, Oriol
09/202: Benchmark Priors Revisited: On Adaptive Shrinkage and the Supermodel Effect in Bayesian Model Averaging: Stefan Zeugner and Martin Feldkircher
09/201: French Banks Amid the Global Financial Crisis: Yingbin Xiao
09/200: The Need for Special Resolution Regimes for Financial Institutionsâ€”The Case of theEuropean Union: CihÃ¡k, Martin and Erlend Nier
09/199: Modernizing Bank Regulation in Support of Financial Deepening: The Case of Uruguay: Mario Mansilla, Gustavo Adler and Torsten Wezel
09/198: The Real Effects of Financial Sector Risk: Alexander F. Tieman and Andrea M. Maechler
09/197: Frugality: Are We Fretting Too Much? Household Saving and Assets in the United States: Yasser Abdih and Evan Tanner
09/196: The Derivatives Market in South Africa: Lessons for sub-Saharan African Countries: Olatundun Janet Adelegan
09/195: Lebanon-Determinants of Commercial Bank Deposits in a Regional Financial Center: Harald Finger and Heiko Hesse
09/194: Political Risk Aversion: Laura Valderrama
09/193: Institutional Inertia: Laura Valderrama
09/192: The Gambia: Demand for Broad Money and Implications for Monetary Policy Conduct: Subramanian S. Sriram
09/191: Monetary Policy and the Central Bank in Jordan: Samar Maziad
09/190: Fiscal Sustainability in Remittance-Dependent Economies: Michael T. Gapen, Yasser Abdih, Amine Mati and Ralph Chami
09/189: What Drives China's Interbank Market?: Nathaniel John Porter and TengTeng Xu
09/188: Search in the Labor Market Under Imperfectly Insurable Income Risk: Mauro Roca
09/187: How Good Are Ex Ante Program Evaluation Techniques? The Case of School Enrollment in PROGRESA: Fabian Bornhorst
09/186: One Money, One Market - A Revised Benchmark: Theo S. Eicher and Christian Henn
09/185: Euro Area Monetary Policy in Uncharted Waters: Emil Stavrev, CihÃ¡k, Martin and Thomas Harjes
09/184: Establishing Conversion Values for New Currency Unions: Method and Application to the planned Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Currency Union: Bassem Kamar, Carlotti, Jean-Etienne and Russell C. Krueger
09/183: International Evidence on Recovery from Recessions: Ugo Panizza, Valerie Cerra and Sweta C. Saxena
09/182: Understanding the Growth of African Financial Markets: Charles Amo Yartey and Mihasonirina Andrianaivo
09/181: Putting the Parts Together: Trade, Vertical Linkages, and Business Cycle Comovement: Andrei A. Levchenko and Julian di Giovanni
09/180: Credit Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa - Sources, Risks, and Policy Responses: Plamen Iossifov and May Y. Khamis (Пламен Йосифов)
09/179: Setting up a Sovereign Wealth Fund: Some Policy and Operational Considerations: Yinqiu Lu, Udaibir S. Das, Christian B. Mulder and Amadou N. R. Sy
09/178: Incorporating Market Information into the Construction of the Fan Chart: Selim Elekdag and Prakash Kannan
09/177: Towards a Principal-Agent Based Typology of Risks in Public-Private Partnerships: de Palma, AndrÃ©, Guillaume Prunier and Luc Leruth
09/176: Tourism Specialization and Economic Development: Evidence from the UNESCO World Heritage List: Rabah Arezki, Reda Cherif and John Piotrowski
09/175: Indiaâ€™s Experience with Fiscal Rules: An Evaluation and The Way Forward: Alejandro Simone and Petia Topalova
09/174: Fiscal Vulnerability and Sustainability in Oil-Producing Sub-Saharan African Countries: Robert C. York and Zaijin Zhan
09/173: Counterparty Risk, Impact on Collateral Flows and Role for Central Counterparties: James Aitken and Manmohan Singh
09/172: Is China's Export-Oriented Growth Sustainable?: Kai Guo and N'Diaye, Papa M'B. P.
09/171: Interest Rate Liberalization in China: Nathaniel John Porter, TakÃ¡ts, ElÃ¶d and Tarhan Feyzioglu
09/170: Does Good Financial Performance Mean Good Financial Intermediation in China?: Tarhan Feyzioglu
09/169: Employment Effects of Growth Rebalancing in China: Kai Guo and N'Diaye, Papa M'B. P.
09/168: The Challenge of Enforcement in Securities Markets: Mission Impossible?: Jennifer A. Elliott and Ana Carvajal
09/167: Measures of Underlying Inflation in Sri Lanka: Magnus Saxegaard and Souvik Gupta
09/166: Spillovers of the U.S. Subprime Financial Turmoil to Mainland China and Hong Kong SAR: Evidence from Stock Markets: Tao Sun and Xiaojing Zhang
09/165: An Assessment of External Price Competitiveness for Mozambique: Francis Vitek
09/164: The Composition Matters: Capital Inflows and Liquidity Crunch during a Global Economic Crisis: Hui Tong and Wei, Shang-Jin
09/162: Recent Advances in Credit Risk Modeling: Jose Giancarlo Gasha, Carlos . Medeiros, Marcos Souto, Christian Capuano, Andre Santos and Chan-Lau, Jorge A.
09/161: Country Experiences with the Introduction and Implementation of Inflation Targeting: Ã–tker, Inci and Charles Freedman
09/160: How Effective is Fiscal Policy Response in Systemic Banking Crises?: Mulas-Granados, Carlos, Emanuele Baldacci and Sanjeev Gupta
09/159: Macroeconomic Fluctuations in the Caribbean: the Role of Climatic and External Shocks: Sebastian Sosa and Paul Cashin
09/158: Fiscal Cycles in the Caribbean: Juliana Dutra Araujo
09/157: Revenue Mobilization in Sub-Saharan Africa: Challenges from Globalization: Mario Mansour and Michael Keen
09/156: A Framework for Financial Market Development: Ralph Chami, Sunil Sharma and Connel Fullenkamp

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