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2007/097: The Dynamics of Product Quality and International Competitiveness

Ashoka Mody, Deniz Igan and Stefania Fabrizio

2007/096: Looking Beyond the Fiscal: Do Oil Funds Bring Macroeconomic Stability?

Ghiath Shabsigh and Nadeem Ilahi

2007/095: Implications of More Precise Information for Technological Development and Welfare

Bernhard Eckwert and Burkhard Drees

2007/094: Trade Adjustment and Human Capital Investments: Evidence from Indian Tariff Reform

Eric Edmonds, Nina Pavcnik and Petia Topalova

2007/093: Government Size and Intersectoral Income Fluctuation: An International Panel Analysis

Daehaeng Kim and Chul-In Lee

2007/092: Trade Policy with Heterogeneous Traders: Do Quotas Get a Bum Rap?

Kala Krishna and Ling Hui Tan

2007/091: Dynamic Incentives and the Optimal Delegation of Political Power

Eric Le Borgne and Gauti Eggertsson

2007/090: In Search of Equilibrium: Estimating Equilibrium Real Exchange Rates in Sub-Saharan African Countries

Joannes Mongardini and Alexander Chudik

2007/089: Financial Market Risk and U.S. Money Demand

David Cook and Woon Gyu Choi

2007/088: Central Bank Autonomy: Lessons from Global Trends

Bernard Laurens, Martin Sommer, Marco Arnone and Jean-François Segalotto

2007/087: Concept of Offshore Financial Centers: In Search of an Operational Definition

Ahmed Zoromé

2007/086: Guyana: Why Has Growth Stopped? An Empirical Study on the Stagnation of Economic Growth

Judith Gold, Ruben Atoyan and Cornelia Staritz

2007/085: Financial Market Implications of India’s Pension Reform

Hélène Poirson

2007/084: Balance of Payments Crises Under Inflation Targeting

Shujing Li, Isabel Yan and Michael Kumhof

2007/083: Land Distribution and Financial System Development

Dietrich Vollrath and Lennart Erickson

2007/082: Banking Supervision: Quality and Governance

Alessandro Gambini, Salim Darbar and Marco Arnone

2007/081: A Theory of “Crying Wolf”: The Economics of Money Laundering Enforcement

Elod Takats

2007/080: Catch-Up Growth, Habits, Oil Depletion, and Fiscal Policy: Lessons from the Republic of Congo

Stéphane Carcillo, Mauricio Villafuerte and Daniel Leigh

2007/079: The Effect of Capital Controlson Foreign Direct Investment Decisions Under Country Risk with Intangible Assets

Kinga Elo

2007/078: British Influences on Commonwealth Budget Systems: The Case of the United Republic of Tanzania

Ian Lienert

2007/077: Interpreting EU Funds Data for Macroeconomic Analysis in the New Member States

Robert Sierhej and Christoph Rosenberg

2007/076: Flattening of the Phillips Curve: Implications for Monetary Policy

Dora Iakova

2007/075: Sovereign Ceilings “Lite”? The Impact of Sovereign Ratings on Corporate Ratings in Emerging Market Economies

Eduardo Borensztein, Patricio Valenzuela and Kevin Cowan

2007/074: Contagion Risk in the International Banking System and Implications for London As a Global Financial Center

Jorge Chan-Lau, Srobona Mitra and Li Ong

2007/073: Audit Committees in Central Banks

Kenneth Sullivan, Marie Dal Corso and Tonny Lybek

2007/072: Monetary Policy in an Equilibrium Portfolio Balance Model

Michael Kumhof and Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh

2007/071: Domestic Petroleum Product Prices and Subsidies: Recent Developments and Reform Strategies

David Coady, Taimur Baig, Joseph Ntamatungiro and Amine Mati

2007/070: Modeling Aggregate Use of Fund Resources—Analytical Approaches and Medium-Term Projections

Atish Ghosh, Juan Zalduendo, Manuela Goretti, Bikas Joshi and Alun Thomas

2007/069: Will a Regional Bloc Enlarge?

Giorgia Albertin

2007/068: Politically Optimal Fiscal Policy

Irina Yakadina and Michael Kumhof

2007/067: Public Infrastructures, Public Consumption, and Welfare in a New-Open-Economy-Macro Model

Giovanni Ganelli and Juha Tervala

2007/066: Can Regional Integration Accelerate Development in Africa? CGE Model Simulations of the Impact of the SADC FTA on the Republic of Madagascar

Jean-Jacques Hallaert

2007/065: Do Economists’ and Financial Markets’ Perspectives on the New Members of the EU differ?

Susan Schadler and Pipat Luengnaruemitchai

2007/064: International Finance and Income Convergence: Europe is Different

Daniel Leigh, Abdul Abiad and Ashoka Mody

2007/063: Growth in the Dominican Republic and Haiti: Why has the Grass Been Greener on One Side of Hispaniola?

Laura Jaramillo and Cemile Sancak

2007/062: Is the Quantity of Government Debt a Constraint for Monetary Policy?

Srobona Mitra

2007/061: The Macroeconomic Effects of Migration from the New European Union Member States to the United Kingdom

Dora Iakova

2007/060: Policies, Enforcement, and Customs Evasion: Evidence from India

Prachi Mishra, Arvind Subramanian and Petia Topalova

2007/059: Introduction to Applied Stress Testing

Martin Cihak

2007/058: A Primer on Sovereign Debt Buybacks and Swaps

Magdalena Polan, Parmeshwar Ramlogan and Carlos Medeiros

2007/057: Egypt—Searching for Binding Constraints on Growth

Klaus-Stefan Enders

2007/056: International Evidenceon Fiscal Solvency: Is Fiscal Policy "Responsible"?

Enrique Mendoza and Jonathan Ostry

2007/055: Can the Natural Resource Curse Be Turned Into a Blessing? The Role of Trade Policies and Institutions

Rabah Arezki and Frederick (Rick) van der Ploeg

2007/054: The Quest for Price Stability in Central America and the Dominican Republic*

Eric Parrado and Luis Jácome

2007/053: Are Regional Trade Agreements in Asia Stumbling or Building Blocks? Implications for the Mekong-3 Countries

Patrizia Tumbarello

2007/052: The Prospects for Sustained Growth in Africa: Benchmarking the Constraints

Arvind Subramanian, Jonathan Ostry and Simon Johnson

2007/051: Democracy and Foreign Education

Antonio Spilimbergo

2007/050: External Debt and Economic Reform: Does a Pain Reliever Delay the Necessary Treatment?

Athanasios Vamvakidis

2007/049: On The Welfare Benefits of an International Currency

Prakash Kannan

2007/048: The Lending Channel in Emerging Economies: Are Foreign Banks Different?

Francisco Vazquez, Carmen Reinhart and Marco Arena

2007/047: Financial Globalization and the Governance of Domestic Financial Intermediaries

Thierry Tressel and Thierry Verdier

2007/046: Tax Reform and Debt Sustainability in Germany: An Assessment Using the Global Fiscal Model

Dennis Botman and Stephan Danninger

2007/045: Pricing Fund Liquidity Provision

Marco Rossi

2007/044: External Linkages and Contagion Risk in Irish Banks

Srobona Mitra and Elena Duggar

2007/043: Colonial Origins, Institutions and Economic Performance in the Caribbean: Guyana and Barbados

Michael DaCosta

2007/042: Give Trust a Chance—A Model of Trust in the Context of an IMF-Supported Program

Daouda Sembene

2007/041: Inflation in Poland: How Much Can Globalization Explain?

Céline Allard

2007/040: Do South-South Trade Agreements Increase Trade? Commodity-Level Evidence from COMESA

Anna Maria Mayda and Chad Steinberg

2007/039: Capital Structure and International Debt Shifting

Luc Laeven, Harry Huizinga and Gaëtan Nicodème

2007/038: Impact of Remittances on Poverty and Financial Development in Sub-Saharan Africa

Sanjeev Gupta, Catherine Pattillo and Smita Wagh

2007/037: Strategies for Fiscal Consolidation in Japan

Dennis Botman, Papa N'Diaye and Hali Edison

2007/036: Danish for All? Balancing Flexibility with Security: The Flexicurity Model

Jianping Zhou

2007/035: Remittances in the Pacific Region

Aiko Mineshima and Christopher Browne

2007/034: Fixed Exchange Rates and the Autonomy of Monetary Policy: The Franc Zone Case

Romain Veyrune

2007/033: Exchange Rate Policy and Liability Dollarization: An Empirical Study

Pelin Berkmen and Eduardo Cavallo

2007/032: Sources of Inflation in Sub-Saharan Africa

Shanaka Peiris and Régis Barnichon

2007/031: VAT Fraud and Evasion: What Do We Know, and What Can be Done?

Stephen Smith and Michael Keen

2007/030: Precautionary Monetary and Fiscal Policies

Pelin Berkmen

2007/029: Aging, Asset Allocation, and Costs: Evidence for the Pension Fund Industry in Switzerland

Rene Weber and David Gerber

2007/028: Public Pension Reform: A Primer

Alain Jousten

2007/027: Fiscal Policy and the Exchange Rate-Current Account Nexus

Jun Kim

2007/026: Italy—Assessing Competition and Efficiency in the Banking System

International Monetary Fund

2007/025: The Fear of Freedom: Politicians and the Independence and Accountability of Financial Sector Supervisors

Michael Taylor, Marc Quintyn and Silvia Ramirez

2007/024: What Explains Germany’s Rebounding Export Market Share?

Fred Joutz and Stephan Danninger

2007/023: Safta: Living in a World of Regional Trade Agreements

Jose Daniel Rodríguez-Delgado

2007/022: Are Workers' Remittances a Hedge Against Macroeconomic Shocks? the Case of Sri Lanka

Marta Ruiz-Arranz and Erik Lueth

2007/021: Public Expenditure in Latin America: Trends and Key Policy Issues

Benedict Clements, Christopher Faircloth and Marijn Verhoeven

2007/020: The Use of Mortgage Covered Bonds

Renzo Avesani, Elina Ribakova and Antonio Garcia Pascual

2007/019: The CFA Arrangements: More than Just An Aid Substitute?

Etienne Yehoue

2007/018: Building Supervisory Structures in Sub-Saharan Africa: An Analytical Framework

Marc Quintyn and Michael Taylor

2007/017: Lucas vs. Lucas: On Inequality and Growth

Juan Cordoba and Genevieve Verdier

2007/016: Does Trade and Technology Transmission Facilitate Inequality Convergence? An Inquiry into the Role of Technology in Reducing the Poverty of Nations

Gouranga Das

2007/015: Mortality and Lifetime Income: Evidence from U.S. Social Security Records

John Greenlees, James Duggan and Robert Gillingham

2007/014: China: Strengthening Monetary Policy Implementation

Bernard Laurens and Rodolfo Maino

2007/013: What Should Macroeconomists Know about Health Care Policy?

Peter Heller

2007/012: Public Debt and Fiscal Vulnerability in the Middle East

Ludvig Söderling, Hanan Morsy, Martin Petri, Martin Hommes, Manal Fouad and Wojciech Maliszewski

2007/011: Role of Debt Maturity Structureon Firm Fixed Assets During Sudden Stop Episodes: Evidence From Thailand

Hanan Morsy, Maria Pia Iannariello and Akiko Terada-Hagiwara

2007/010: Quasi-Fiscal Deficit in Non-Financial Enterprises

Robert Tchaidze

2007/009: Das (Wasted) Kapital: Firm Ownership and Investment Efficiency in China

David Dollar and Shang-Jin Wei

2007/008: Collateral Damage: Exchange Controls and International Trade

Zhiwei Zhang and Shang-Jin Wei

2007/007: Monetary Policy Implementation: Results from a Survey

Inese Buzeneca and Rodolfo Maino

2007/006: Can a Rule-Based Monetary Policy Framework Work in a Developing Country? The Case of Yemen

Selim Elekdag, Nabil Ben Ltaifa, Todd Schneider and Saade Chami

2007/005: Yemen: Exchange Rate Policy in the Face of Dwindling Oil Exports

Todd Schneider, Nabil Ben Ltaifa, Faisal Ahmed and Saade Chami

2007/004: Debt Dynamics and Global Imbalances: Some Conventional Views Reconsidered

Guy Meredith

2007/003: Banking Sector Integration and Competition in CEMAC

Jérôme Vacher and Samer Saab

2007/002: Cooperative Banks and Financial Stability

Martin Cihak and Heiko Hesse

2007/001: Policy Credibility and Sovereign Credit: The Case of New EU Member States

Manmohan Kumar, Jirí Jonáš and David Hauner

2006/304: Trade Liberalization, Macroeconomic Adjustment, and Welfare: Unifying Trade and Macro Models

Ehsan Choudhri, Hamid Faruqee and Stephen Tokarick

2006/303: Assessing Competitiveness After Conflict: The Case of the Central African Republic

Mark Lewis, Jean-Claude Nachega, Said Bakhache and Kadima Kalonji

2006/302: On Myopic Equilibria in Dynamic Games with Endogenous Discounting

Wilko Bolt and Alexander Tieman