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2009/159: Macroeconomic Fluctuations in the Caribbean: The Role of Climatic and External Shocks

Sebastian Sosa and Paul Cashin

2009/158: Fiscal Cycles in the Caribbean

Juliana Araujo

2009/157: Revenue Mobilization in Sub-Saharan Africa: Challenges from Globalization

Mario Mansour and Michael Keen

2009/156: A Framework for Financial Market Development

Ralph Chami, Sunil Sharma and Connel Fullenkamp

2009/155: Spillovers From the Rest of the World Into Sub-Saharan African Countries

International Monetary Fund

2009/154: The Quality of Public Investment

Shankha Chakraborty and Era Dabla-Norris

2009/153: Do Workers’ Remittances Promote Economic Growth?

Michael Gapen, Ralph Chami, Peter Montiel, Adolfo Barajas and Connel Fullenkamp

2009/152: Why Are Canadian Banks More Resilient?

Rocco Huang and Lev Ratnovski

2009/151: How the Financial Crisis Affects Pensions and Insurance and Why the Impacts Matter

Ian Tower and Gregorio Impavido

2009/150: Development of the Commercial Banking System in Afghanistan: Risks and Rewards

Joshua Charap and Jelena Pavlovic

2009/149: Requirements for Using Interest Rates As An Operating Target for Monetary Policy: The Case of Tunisia

Alain Durré, Bernard Laurens and Alexandre Chailloux

2009/148: In Search of Successful Inflation Targeting: Evidence From An Inflation Targeting Index

Yanliang Miao

2009/147: Macroeconomic Fundamentals, Price Discovery and Volatility Dynamics in Emerging Markets

International Monetary Fund

2009/146: Introducing the Euro as Legal Tender—Benefits and Costs of Eurorization for Cape Verde

Patrick Imam

2009/145: Anatomy of Regional Disparities in the Slovak Republic

Mariusz Jarmuzek and Biswajit Banerjee

2009/144: The Effects of the Financial Crisison Public-Private Partnerships

International Monetary Fund

2009/143: Bank Competition, Risk, and Asset Allocations

John Boyd, Gianni De Nicolo and Abu M. Jalal

2009/142: Will they Sing the Same Tune? Measuring Convergence in the new European System of Financial Supervisors

Marc Quintyn, Donato Masciandaro and María Nieto

2009/141: Banking Crises and Crisis Dating: Theory and Evidence

Elena Loukoianova, Gianni De Nicolo and John Boyd

2009/140: The Effects of Economic News on Commodity Prices: Is Gold Just Another Commodity?

Shaun Roache and Marco Rossi

2009/139: Regional Financial Integration in the Caribbean: Evidence From Financial and Macroeconomic Data

Goohoon Kwon and Raphael Espinoza

2009/138: International Risk Sharing: Through Equity Diversification or Exchange Rate Hedging?

Akito Matsumoto and Charles Engel

2009/137: Optimal Monetary and Fiscal Policy with Limited Asset Market Participation

Sven Jari Stehn

2009/136: Empirical Evidenceon the Effects of Tax Incentives

Alexander Klemm and Stefan Parys

2009/135: Governance Practices At Financial Regulatory and Supervisory Agencies

Alicia Novoa and Steven Seelig

2009/134: Balance of Payments Anti-Crises

Isabel Yan and Michael Kumhof

2009/133: The Transmission of Financial Stress from Advanced to Emerging Economies

Stephan Danninger, Irina Tytell, Ravi Balakrishnan and Selim Elekdag

2009/132: Forecasting Inflation in Sudan

Kenji Moriyama and Abdul Naseer

2009/131: Broad Money Demand and Asset Substitution in China

Ge Wu

2009/130: Canadian Residential Mortgage Markets: Boring But Effective?

John Kiff

2009/129: The Systemic Regulation of Credit Rating Agencies and Rated Markets

Amadou Sy

2009/128: External Debt Sustainability in HIPC Completion Point Countries: An Update

Jie Yang and Dan Nyberg

2009/127: Current Accounts in a Currency Union

Jörg Decressin and Emil Stavrev

2009/126: Fiscal Policy Rules for Oil-Producing Countries: A Welfare-Based Assessment

Wojciech Maliszewski

2009/125: Decoupling from the East Toward the West? Analyses of Spillovers to the Baltic Countries

International Monetary Fund

2009/124: Fiscal Incentive Effects of the German Equalization System

Sven Jari Stehn and Annalisa Fedelino

2009/123: Modeling with Macro-Financial Linkages: Credit and Policy Shocks in Emerging Markets

Jaromir Benes, Inci Ötker-Robe and David Vavra

2009/122: Where Does the Public Sector End and the Private Sector Begin?

Ian Lienert

2009/121: Competitiveness in Central-Europe: What Has Happened Since EU Accession?

Céline Allard

2009/120: The Federal Reserve System Balance Sheet: What Happened and Why it Matters

Peter Stella

2009/119: A Multi-industry Model of Growth with Financing Constraints

Anna Ilyina and Roberto Samaniego

2009/118: Development Aid and Economic Growth: A Positive Long-Run Relation

Sanjay Reddy and Camelia Minoiu

2009/117: Macroeconomic Responses to Terms-of-Trade Shocks: A Framework for Policy Analysis for the Argentine Economy

Pelin Berkmen

2009/116: Out of the Box Thoughts about the International Financial Architecture

Barry Eichengreen

2009/115: The Macroeconomics of Scaling Up Aid: The Gleneagles Initiative for Benin

Joannes Mongardini and Issouf Samaké

2009/114: Sub-Saharan Africa's Integration in the Global Financial Markets

Corinne Delechat, John Wakeman-Linn, Smita Wagh and Gustavo Ramirez

2009/113: Financial Deepening in the CFA Franc Zone: The Role of Institutions

Dhaneshwar Ghura, Kangni Kpodar and Raju Singh

2009/112: An Alternative Explanation for the Resource Curse: The Income Effect Channel

Ali Alichi and Rabah Arezki

2009/111: Spillovers to Emerging Equity Markets: An Econometric Assessment

Tao Sun and L. Psalida

2009/110: Credit Risk Spreads in Local and Foreign Currencies

Zvi Wiener and Dan Galai

2009/109: Estimating Default Frequencies and Macrofinancial Linkages in the Mexican Banking Sector

Marcos Souto and Rodolphe Blavy

2009/108: From Bear Stearns to Anglo Irish: How Eurozone Sovereign Spreads Related to Financial Sector Vulnerability

Ashoka Mody

2009/107: Madagascar: A Competitiveness and Exchange Rate Assessment

Luc Eyraud

2009/106: Fiscal Stimulus with Spending Reversals

Gernot Müller, Giancarlo Corsetti and Andre Meier

2009/105: Financial Intermediation, Competition, and Risk: A General Equilibrium Exposition

Gianni De Nicolo and Marcella Lucchetta

2009/104: Financial Spillovers to Emerging Markets During the Global Financial Crisis

Nathaniel Frank and Heiko Hesse

2009/103: The Persistence of Capital Account Crises

Mauro Mecagni, Ruben Atoyan and David Hofman

2009/102: Advanced Public Financial Management Reforms in South East Europe

Mia Pavesic-Skerlep and Eivind Tandberg

2009/101: What Should Inflation Targeting Countries Do When Oil Prices Rise and Drop Fast?

Nicoletta Batini and Eugen Tereanu

2009/100: Financial Stress, Downturns, and Recoveries

Subir Lall, Roberto Cardarelli and Selim Elekdag

2009/099: The Impact of the Regional Cross-Listing of Stocks on Firm Value in Sub-Saharan Africa

Olatundun JANET Adelegan

2009/098: Understanding Inflation Inertia in Angola

Alexander Kyei and Nir Klein

2009/097: Why Are Japanese Wages So Sluggish?

Martin Sommer

2009/096: The Challenge of Reforming Budgetary Institutions in Developing Countries

Richard Allen

2009/095: Ponzi Schemes in the Caribbean

Ana Carvajal, Hunter Monroe, Catherine Pattillo and Brian Wynter

2009/094: Inflation Targeting Under Imperfect Policy Credibility

International Monetary Fund

2009/093: Global Relative Poverty

Lynge Nielsen

2009/092: The Size of Government and U.S.-European Differences in Economic Performance

Gerwin Bell and Norikazu Tawara

2009/091: Remittances: An Automatic Output Stabilizer?

Dalia Hakura, Ralph Chami and Peter Montiel

2009/090: Inflation Hedging for Long-Term Investors

Shaun Roache and Alexander Attie

2009/089: Global Imbalances and Petrodollars

Fuad Hasanov and Rabah Arezki

2009/088: Chile’s Structural Fiscal Surplus Rule: A Model-Based Evaluation

Michael Kumhof and Douglas Laxton

2009/087: It Framework Design Parameters

Douglas Laxton and Charles Freedman

2009/086: Why Inflation Targeting?

Charles Freedman and Douglas Laxton

2009/085: Adding Latin America to the Global Projection Model

International Monetary Fund

2009/084: Accrual Budgeting and Fiscal Policy

Marc Robinson

2009/083: Hold Your Nose and Vote: Why Do Some Democracies Tolerate Corruption?

Marco Pani

2009/082: Determinants of Inflation in GCC

Magda Kandil and Hanan Morsy

2009/081: Exchange Rate Assessment for Oil Exporters

Klaus-Stefan Enders

2009/080: The Crisis: Basic Mechanisms and Appropriate Policies

Olivier Blanchard

2009/079: Exposure to Real Estate Losses: Evidence from the US Banks

Marcelo Pinheiro and Deniz Igan

2009/078: Assessing Exchange Rate Competitiveness in the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union

Emilio Pineda, Paul Cashin and Yan Sun

2009/077: Optimal Reserves in the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union

Wendell Samuel, Emilio Pineda and Mario Dehesa

2009/076: Simple, Implementable Fiscal Policy Rules

Michael Kumhof and Douglas Laxton

2009/075: Grants, Remittances, and the Equilibrium Real Exchange Rate in Sub-Saharan African Countries

Joannes Mongardini and Brett Rayner

2009/074: Limited Information Bayesian Model Averaging for Dynamic Panels with Short Time Periods

Alin Mirestean, Charalambos Tsangarides and Huigang Chen

2009/073: A Coincident Indicator of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Business Cycle

Abdullah Alhassan

2009/072: The Missing Link Between Financial Constraints and Productivity

Marialuz Moreno Badia and Veerle Slootmaekers

2009/071: ECCU Business Cycles: Impact of the U.S

Yan Sun and Wendell Samuel

2009/070: Financial Stability Frameworks and the Role of Central Banks: Lessons From the Crisis

Erlend Nier

2009/069: From Subprime Loans to Subprime Growth? Evidence for the Euro Area

Martin Cihak and Petya Brooks

2009/068: Five Years After: European Union Membership and Macro-Financial Stability in the New Member States

Martin Cihak and Wim Fonteyne

2009/067: Accounting for Output Drops in Latin America

Ruy Lama

2009/066: A New Keynesian Model of the Armenian Economy

Ara Stepanyan, Era Dabla-Norris and Ashot Mkrtchyan

2009/065: Developing a Structured Forecasting and Policy Analysis System to Support Inflation-Forecast Targeting (IFT)

Douglas Laxton, Alasdair Scott and David Rose

2009/064: Global Imbalances: The Role of Emerging Asia

Massimiliano Pisani, Pietro Cova and Alessandro Rebucci

2009/063: Global Imbalances: The Role of Non-Tradabletotal Factor Productivity in Advanced Economies

Alessandro Rebucci, Nicoletta Batini, Pietro Cova and Massimiliano Pisani

2009/062: The Use (and Abuse) of CDS Spreads During Distress

Carolyne Spackman and Manmohan Singh

2009/061: Universal Health Care 101: Lessons for the Eastern Caribbean and Beyond

Evridiki Tsounta

2009/060: Targeting Social Transfers to the Poor in Mexico

David Coady and Susan Parker