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10/17: Inflation in Tajikistan:Dynamic and Forecasting Analysis and Monetary Policy Challenges

Fahad M. Alturki and Svetlana Vtyurina

10/16: China: Does Government Health and Education Spending Boost Consumption?

Ray Brooks and Steven Barnett

10/15: Estimating Poland's Potential Output: A Production Function Approach

Natan P. Epstein and Corrado Macchiarelli

10/14: Are Financial Crises Alike?

Mardi Dungey, Renee Fry, Vance Martin, Chrismin Tang and González-Hermosillo, Brenda

10/13: Canada's Potential Growth: Another Victim of the Crisis?

Estevão, Marcello M. and Evridiki Tsounta

10/12: Exchange Rate Choices of Microstates

Patrick A. Imam

10/11: After the Crisis: Lower Consumption Growth but Narrower Global Imbalances?

Ashoka Mody and Franziska Ohnsorge

10/10: Sovereign Default Risk and Private Sector Access to Capital in Emerging Markets

Christoph Trebesch, Udaibir S. Das and Michael G. Papaioannou

10/9: Macrofinancial Linkages of the Strategic Asset Allocation of Commodity-Based Sovereign Wealth Funds

Iva Petrova, Aaron Brown and Michael G. Papaioannou

10/8: The Spillover Effects of the Global Crisis on Economic Activity in MENA Emerging Market Countries-An Analysis Using the Financial Stress Index

Kenji Moriyama

10/7: What Level of Public Debt Could India Target?

Petia Topalova and Dan Nyberg

10/6: Correlations in Emerging Market Bonds: The Role of Local and Global Factors

Irina Bunda, A. Javier Hamann and Subir Lall

10/5: The Impact Of The Global Crisis on Canada: What Do Macro-Financial Linkages Tell Us?

Natalia Barrera and Rupa Duttagupta

10/4: Inherited or Earned? Performance of Foreign Banks in Central and Eastern Europe

Emilia Magdalena Jurzyk and Olena Havrylchyk

10/3: Investment by Large Firms in Argentina

Alvaro Piris

10/2: Public Debt Sustainability and Management in a Compound Option Framework

Andre Santos and Chan-Lau, Jorge A.

10/1: Post-Crisis Bank Behavior: Lessons from Mercosur

Sarah O. Sanya and Montfort Mlachila

09/288: The Housing Cycle in Emerging Middle Eastern Economies and its Macroeconomic Policy Implications

Beidas-Strom, Samya, Weicheng Lian and Ashwaq Maseeh

09/287: A Fistful of Dollars: Lobbying and the Financial Crisis

Thierry Tressel, Prachi Mishra and Deniz Igan

09/286: Jointly Optimal Monetary and Fiscal Policy Rules under Borrowing Constraints

Michael Kumhof and Huixin Bi

09/285: On the Sources of Oil Price Fluctuations

Deren Unalmis, Ibrahim Unalmis and D. Filiz Unsal

09/284: Growth and Structural Reforms: A New Assessment

Thierry Tressel, Martin Schindler and Lone Engbo Christiansen

09/283: Trade and Thy Neighbor's War

Mahvash Saeed Qureshi

09/282: “Lost Decade†in Translation:What Japan’s Crisis could Portend about Recovery from the Great Recession

Murtaza H. Syed, Kiichi Tokuoka and Kenneth Kang

09/281: Exchange Rate Assessments: Methodologies for Oil Exporting Countries

Irineu Evangelista de Carvalho Filho and Rudolfs Bems

09/280: The Global Financial Crisis: Explaining Cross-Country Differences in the Output Impact

Pelin Berkmen, Robert Rennhack, James P Walsh and R. Gaston Gelos

09/279: Elasticity Optimism

Jean Imbs and Méjean, Isabelle

09/278: The General Data Dissemination System (GDDS)-A Reflection on its First 12 Years and Plans for Taking it Forward

Charles Enoch and Robin D. Kibuka

09/277: How Russia Affects the Neighborhood: Trade, Financial, and Remittance Channels

Nadeem Ilahi, Fahad M. Alturki and Espinosa-Bowen, Jaime

09/276: Accounting for Global Dispersion of Current Accounts

Yongsung Chang, Kim, Sun-Bin and Jaewoo Lee

09/275: The Valuation Channel of External Adjustment

Fabio Ghironi, Jaewoo Lee and Alessandro Rebucci

09/274: Cyclical Patterns of Government Expenditures in Sub-Saharan Africa: Facts and Factors

Victor Duarte Lledo, Irene Yackovlev and Lucie Gadenne

09/273: Being a Foreigner Among Domestic Banks: Asset or Liability?

Stijn Claessens and Neeltje Van Horen

09/272: Who Disciplines Bank Managers?

Andrea M. Maechler, Cihák, Martin, Klaus Schaeck and Stolz, Stéphanie Marie

09/271: The Hedonic Country Product Dummy Method and Quality Adjustments for Purchasing Power Parity Calculations

Mick Silver

09/270: Foreign Bank Entry and Credit Allocation in Emerging Markets

Emilia Magdalena Jurzyk, Hans Degryse, Olena Havrylchyk and Sylwester Kozak

09/269: A Framework to Assess the Effectiveness of IMF Technical Assistance in National Accounts

Gonzalo C. Pastor

09/268: Growth Determinants Revisited

Charalambos G. Tsangarides and Alin Mirestean

09/267: Oil Rents, Corruption, and State Stability: Evidence From Panel Data Regressions

Rabah Arezki and Markus Brückner

09/266: How Does Public External Debt Affect Corporate Borrowing Costs In Emerging Markets?

Oya Celasun and Senay Agca

09/265: Emerging Economy Responses to the Global Financial Crisis of 2007-09: An Empirical Analysis of the Liquidity Easing Measures

Etienne B. Yehoue

09/264: Investment-Specific Productivity Growth: Chile in a Global Perspective

Gabriel Di Bella and Martin Cerisola

09/263: Estimating Demand for IMF Financing by Low-Income Countries in Response to Shocks

Bal-Gunduz, Yasemin

09/262: Inflation Targeting Pillars: Transparency and Accountability

Charles Freedman and Douglas Laxton

09/261: Systemic Liquidity Management in the U.A.E.: Issues and Options

Alexandre Chailloux and Dalia Hakura

09/260: Improving Surveillance Across the CEMAC Region

Misa Takebe, Robert C. York, Noriaki Kinoshita, Plamen Iossifov and Zaijin Zhan

09/259: From Lombard Street to Avenida Paulista: Foreign Exchange Liquidity Easing in Brazil in Response to the Global Shock of 2008-09

W. Christopher Walker, Yosuke Yasui and Mark R. Stone

09/258: Institutional Factors and Financial Sector Development: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa

George C. Anayiotos and Hovhannes Toroyan

09/257: Countercyclical Macro Prudential Policies in a Supporting Role to Monetary Policy

N'Diaye, Papa M'B. P.

09/256: Macroeconomic Implications for Hong Kong SAR of Accommodative U.S. Monetary Policy

N'Diaye, Papa M'B. P.

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, Yu-Wei Hu and Xiaohong Li

09/245: What’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, Gösta

09/242: Valuation of Unlisted Direct Investment Equity

Emmanuel O. Kumah, Jannick Damgaard and Thomas Elkjaer

09/241: The Role of Financial Variables in Predicting Economic Activity in the Euro Area

Raphael Espinoza, Fabio Fornari and Marco Jacopo 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

09/233: Excessive Lending, Leverage, and Risk-Taking in the Presence of Bailout Expectations

Georgiou, Andréas

09/232: Monetary Policy and the Lost Decade: Lessons from Japan

Daniel Leigh

09/231: Three Cycles: Housing, Credit, and Real Activity

Alain Kabundi, Deniz Igan, Marcelo Pinheiro, Nadal-De Simone, Francisco and Natalia Tamirisa

09/230: Global Market Conditions and Systemic Risk

Heiko Hesse and González-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, Jérôme, Vandenbussche, Jérôme, 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 Takáts, Elöd

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 Köhler-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 Countries—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

09/215: São Tomé and Príncipe: Domestic Tax System and Tax Revenue Potential

Nisreen H. Farhan

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 Juan F Rubio-Ramirez

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