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07/206: Debt Stabilization Bias and the Taylor Principle: Optimal Policy in a New Keynesian Model with Government Debt and Inflation Persistence
David Vines and Sven Jari Stehn
07/205: Indian Subnational Finances: Recent Performance
A. Prasad and Adarsh Kishore
07/204: The Effects of Dividend Taxes on Equity Prices: A Re-examination of the 1997 U.K. Tax Reform
Stephen Bond , Alexander Daniel Klemm and Michael Devereux
07/203: Financial Deepening in Sub-Saharan Africa: Empirical Evidence on the Role of Creditor Rights Protection and Information Sharing
Calvin McDonald and Liliana Schumacher
07/202: A Party without a Hangover? On the Effects of U.S. Government Deficits
Douglas Michael Laxton and Michael Kumhof
07/201: Assessing Competitiveness and Real Exchange Rate Misalignment in Low-Income Countries
Mark Lewis , Martin, Aurélie and Gabriel Di Bella
07/200: DSGE Modeling at the Fund: Applications and Further Developments
Dennis Botman , David Rose , Douglas Michael Laxton and Philippe Karam
07/199: The Golden Rule and the Economic Cycles
Keiko Honjo
07/198: Economic Growth in Croatia: Potential and Constraints
David Moore and Athanasios Vamvakidis
07/197: A Simple DGE Model for Inflation Targeting
International Monetary Fund
07/196: Global Aging Pressures: Impact of Fiscal Adjustment, Policy Cooperation, and Structural Reforms
Manmohan Kumar and Dennis Botman
07/195: New Landscape, New Challenges: Structural Change and Regulation in the U.S. Financial Sector
Ashok Bhatia
07/194: Estimation of Equilibrium Exchange Rates in the WAEMU: A Robustness Approach
Magnus Saxegaard , Roudet, Stéphane and Charalambos G. Tsangarides
07/193: Inflation Targeting in Georgia: Are We There Yet?
Giorgi Bakradze and Andreas Billmeier
07/192: Structuring and Restructuring Sovereign Debt: The Role of a Bankruptcy Regime
Patrick Bolton and Olivier Jeanne
07/191: What Do We Know About Namibia's Competitiveness
Ken Miyajima
07/190: Coping with Capital Inflows: Experiences of Selected European Countries
Vávra, David , Ötker, Inci , Barry Topf and Zbigniew Polanski
07/189: What Explains Persistent Inflation Differentials Across Transition Economies?
Mark Flanagan and Felix Hammermann
07/188: Money for Nothing and Checks for Free: Recent Developments in U.S. Subprime Mortgage Markets
Paul Mills and John Kiff
07/187: Ensuring Fiscal Sustainability in G-7 Countries
Daniel Leigh , David Hauner and Michael Skaarup
07/186: Financial Reforms, Financial Openness, and Corporate Borrowing: International Evidence
Enrica Detragiache , Gianni De Nicoló, and Senay Agca
07/185: Where Have the Monetary Surprises Gone? The Effects of FOMC Statements
Andrew Swiston
07/184: Determinants of Tax Revenue Efforts in Developing Countries
Abhijit Sen Gupta
07/183: The Value-Added Tax: Its Causes and Consequences
Ben Lockwood and Michael Keen
07/182: Foreign Entanglements: Estimating the Source and Size of Spillovers Across Industrial Countries
Tamim A Bayoumi and Andrew Swiston
07/181: Explaining China's Low Consumption: The Neglected Role of Household Income
Jahangir Aziz and Li Cui
07/180: Monetary Policy Rules for Managing Aid Surges in Africa
Edward Buffie , O'Connell, Stephen , Catherine Pattillo and Christopher Adam
07/179: Go Long or Short in Pyramids? News from the Egyptian Stock Market
Isabella Massa and Andreas Billmeier
07/178: Fiscal Adjustments: Determinants and Macroeconomic Consequences
Alexander Plekhanov , Manmohan Kumar and Daniel Leigh
07/177: Financing of Global Imbalances
Maria Teresa Punzi and W. Christopher Walker
07/176: The Effect of External Conditions on Growth in Latin America
Jeromin Zettelmeyer and Österholm, Pär
07/175: Introducing Islamic Banks into Coventional Banking Systems
Juan A. Sole
07/174: VAT, Tariffs, and Withholding: Border Taxes and Informality in Developing Countries
Michael Keen
07/173: The Case for a European Banking Charter
Cihák, Martin and Decressin, Jörg
07/172: Volatility and Jump Risk Premia in Emerging Market Bonds
John Matovu
07/171: The Discipline-Enhancing Role of Fiscal Institutions: Theory and Empirical Evidence
Xavier Debrun and Manmohan Kumar
07/170: Rapid Growth in Transition Economies: Panel Regression Approach
Garbis Iradian
07/169: Globalization and Income Inequality: A European Perspective
Thomas Harjes
07/168: Assessing the Impact of a Change in the Composition of Public Spending: A DSGE Approach
Ivan Tchakarov and Roland Straub
07/167: Growth and Inflation Dispersions in EMU: Reasons, the Role of Adjustment Channels, and Policy Implications
Emil S Stavrev
07/166: Real Effects of Common Currencies in East Asia
Kazuko Shirono
07/165: On the Buyability of Voting Bodies
Felix Vardy and John Morgan
07/164: Rapid Growth in Transition Economies: Growth-Accounting Approach
Garbis Iradian
07/163: The Role of Nonseparable Utility and Nontradeables in International Business Cycle and Portfolio Choice
Akito Matsumoto
07/162: A Note on Public Debt, Tax-Exempt Bonds, and Ponzi Games
Berthold Wigger
07/161: Firm Heterogeneity and Weak Intellectual Property Rights
Stanley Watt
07/160: Globalization, Gluts, Innovation or Irrationality: What Explains the Easy Financing of the U.S. Current Account Deficit?
Ravi Balakrishnan , Volodymyr Tulin and Tamim A Bayoumi
07/159: Cooperative Banks in Europe-Policy Issues
Wim Fonteyne
07/158: The Common Monetary Area in Southern Africa: Shocks, Adjustment, and Policy Challenges
Iyabo Masha , Leighton Harris , Jian-Ye Wang and Kazuko Shirono
07/157: What Drives Stock Market Development in the Middle East and Central Asia-Institutions, Remittances, or Natural Resources?
Andreas Billmeier and Isabella Massa
07/156: Trade Openness and Growth: Pursuing Empirical Glasnost
Andreas Billmeier and Tommaso Nannicini
07/155: Estimation of a Behavioral Equilibrium Exchange Rate Model for Ghana
Elena Loukoianova and Plamen Iossifov
07/154: Welfare Gains from Financial Liberalization
Kenichi Ueda and Robert M. Townsend
07/153: Distributional Implications of the VAT Reform in the Philippines
David Locke Newhouse and Daria Zakharova
07/152: IMF Drawing Programs: Participation Determinants and Forecasting
Eugenio Martin Cerutti
07/151: Capital Flows, Financial Integration, and International Reserve Holdings: The Recent Experience of Emerging Markets and Advanced Economies
Sunil Sharma , Woon Gyu Choi and Strömqvist, Maria
07/150: Guarding Against Fiscal Risks in Hong Kong SAR
International Monetary Fund
07/149: IPO Behavior in GCC Countries: Goody-Two Shoes or Bad-to-the-Bone?
International Monetary Fund
07/148: Persistent Gaps, Volatility Types, and Default Traps
Ana Fostel , Sandeep Kapur and Catão, Luis
07/147: Public Debt Markets in Central America, Panama, and the Dominican Republic
Andreas A. Jobst , Laura Valderrama , Ivan Guerra and Hemant Shah
07/146: Precautionary Demand for Foreign Assets in Sudden Stop Economies: An Assessment of the New Merchantilism
Enrique G. Mendoza , C. Bora Durdu and Marco E. Terrones
07/145: Measuring the Effect of Foreign Aid on Growth and Poverty Reduction or The Pitfalls of Interaction Variables
J. Polak , Joydeep Roy and Catherine Pattillo
07/144: Europe and Global Imbalances
Philip Lane and Gian Maria Milesi-Ferretti
07/143: U.S. Revenue Surprises: Are Happy Days Here to Stay?
Koshy Mathai , Andrew Swiston and Mühleisen, Martin
07/142: VAT Attacks!
Michael Keen
07/141: Testing for Cointegration Using the Johansen Methodology when Variables are Near-Integrated
Österholm, Pär and Erik Hjalmarsson
07/140: Complex Ownership Structures and Corporate Valuations
Luc Laeven and Ross Levine
07/139: Relative Price Stability, Creditor Rights, and Financial Deepening
Pablo Druck , Alexander Plekhanov and Mario Dehesa
07/138: International Financial Integration Through Equity Markets: Which Firms from Which Countries Go Global?
Sergio Luis Schmukler and Stijn Claessens
07/137: Trade Reform in the CEMAC: Developments and Opportunities
Charalambos G. Tsangarides and Jan Martijn
07/136: Re-Accessing International Capital Markets after Financial Crises: Some Empirical Evidence
L. Zanforlin
07/135: An Oil and Gas Model
Noureddine Krichene
07/134: Bank Efficiency and Market Structure: What Determines Banking Spreads in Armenia?
Holger Floerkemeier and Era Dabla-Norris
07/133: Modalities of Moving to Inflation Targeting in Armenia and Georgia
International Monetary Fund
07/132: Pooling Risk Among Countries
Jean M. Imbs and Paolo Mauro
07/131: Budget Rigidity and Expenditure Efficiency in Slovenia
Todd Mattina and Victoria Gunnarsson
07/130: Asia Rising: A Sectoral Perspective
International Monetary Fund
07/129: France in the Global Economy: A Structural Approximate Dynamic Factor Model Analysis
Francisco Nadal-De Simone and Alain Kabundi
07/128: The Ties that Bind: Measuring International Bond Spillovers Using the Inflation-Indexed Bond Yields
Andrew Swiston and Tamim A Bayoumi
07/127: The Role of Domestic Debt Markets in Economic Growth: An Empirical Investigation for Low-Income Countries and Emerging Markets
S. M. Ali Abbas and Jakob Christensen
07/126: Impact on Intra-European Trade Agreements, 1990-2005: Policy Implications for the Western Balkans and Ukraine
Zhaogang Qiao and Han Herderschee
07/125: Financial Sector Reforms and Prospects for Financial Integration in Maghreb Countries
Juan A. Sole , Gabriel Sensenbrenner , Amor Tahari , J. E. J. De Vrijer , Marina Moretti , Patricia Brenner and A. Senhadji Semlali
07/124: Public Investment and Growth in the Eastern Caribbean
Shaun Roache
07/123: Monetary Policy Transparency and Financial Market Forecasts in South Africa
Vivek Arora
07/122: Coping with Spain's Aging: Retirement Rules and Incentives
Alexander W. Hoffmaister , Catalán, Mario and Jaime Guajardo
07/121: Do Unit Value Export, Import, and Terms of Trade Indices Represent or Misrepresent Price Indices?
Mick Silver
07/120: Labor's Liquidity Service and Firing Costs
Herman Bennett
07/119: Money and Inflation in the Islamic Republic of Iran
Leo Bonato
07/118: Private-Sector Financial Liabilities in Advanced Economies: Is More Better?
Man-Keung Tang
07/117: The Economics of Islamic Finance and Securitization
Andreas A. Jobst
07/116: The Convergence Dynamics of a Transition Economy: The Case of the Czech Republic
Jan Bruha , Jiri Podpiera and Polák, Stanislav
07/115: Macroeconomic and Financial Soundness Indicators: An Empirical Investigation
Rita Babihuga
07/114: Output Volatility and Large Output Drops in Emerging Market and Developing Countries
Dalia S. Hakura
07/113: Exchange Rate Fluctuations and Output in Oil-Producing Countries: The Case of Iran
Magda ElSayed Kandil and Mohsen Bahmani-Oskooee
07/112: Informality and Regulations: What Drives Firm Growth?
Era Dabla-Norris and Gabriela Inchauste
07/111: Global Imbalances and Financial Stability
Miranda Xafa
07/110: Oil Shocks and External Balances
International Monetary Fund
07/109: Pension Reform in China: The Need for a New Approach
Steven Dunaway and Vivek Arora
07/108: Pension Reform and Macroeconomic Stability in Latin America
Jorge Roldos
07/107: Old Curses, New Approaches? Fiscal Benchmarks for Oil-Producing Countries in Sub-Saharan Africa
Jan-Peter Olters