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Handbook of Monetary Policy
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 1012

Handbook of Monetary Policy

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2001-12-19
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  • Publisher: CRC Press

"Examines the politics of economic policy, focusing on forecasting, inflation, interest rates, market expectations, financial crises, disruptions in global markets, and tax policy, as well as state and local government budgeting, financial management, and policy initiatives for development and growth."

The Political Economy of Macroeconomic Policy Reform in Latin America
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 297

The Political Economy of Macroeconomic Policy Reform in Latin America

This book is a must read for anyone interested in policy reforms in Latin America. The author combines tremendous experience in the field and deep knowledge of economic theory: a rare combination. Alberto Alesina, Harvard University, US One of the key contributions of this book is its insistence on the importance of policy, institutional and political accountability for evaluating and enhancing macroeconomic performance and for reducing inequality. John B. Taylor, Stanford University and Hoover Institution, US Dr Wiesner combines a command of modern political and economic theories and detailed knowledge of Latin America to clarify why reform of policies and institutions has proved so difficu...

Turkey at the Crossroads
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 85

Turkey at the Crossroads

The key policy challenge for Turkey in the years ahead will be to enhance and consolidate the advances made since the nation’s 2000-01 economic crisis. Higher growth could reduce unemployment and raise living standards toward European Union levels. This paper reviews Turkey’s policy performance in terms of growth, inflation, debt, fiscal and financial sector reform, and labor markets. The analysis assesses the effectiveness of macroeconomic stabilization and structural reforms since the crisis and provides guideposts for future policy.

Macroeconomic Consequences of Remittances
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 94

Macroeconomic Consequences of Remittances

Given the large size of aggregate remittance flows (billions of dollars annually), they should be expected to have significant macroeconomic effects on the economies that receive them. This paper directly addresses the two main issues of interest to policymakers with regard to remittances--how to manage their macroeconomic effects, and how to harness their development potential--by reporting the results of the first global study of the comprehensive macroeconomic effects of remittances on recipient economies. In broad terms, the findings of this paper tend to confirm the main benefit cited in the microeconomic literature: remittances improve households' welfare by lifting families out of pov...

Handbook of Monetary and Fiscal Policy
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 1848

Handbook of Monetary and Fiscal Policy

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2001-12-19
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  • Publisher: CRC Press

Examines the politics of economic policy, focusing on forecasting, inflation, interest rates, market expectations, financial crises, disruptions in global markets, and tax policy, as well as state and local government budgeting, financial management, and policy initiatives for development and growth.

A Guide to IMF Stress Testing
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 610

A Guide to IMF Stress Testing

The IMF has had extensive involvement in the stress testing of financial systems in its member countries. This book presents the methods and models that have been developed by IMF staff over the years and that can be applied to the gamut of financial systems. An added resource for readers is the companion CD-Rom, which makes available the toolkit with some of the models presented in the book (also located at elibrary.imf.org/page/stress-test-toolkit).

Lessons from the Crisis in Argentina
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 63

Lessons from the Crisis in Argentina

In 2001- 02, Argentina experienced one of the worst economic crises in its history. A default on government debt, which occurred against the backdrop of a prolonged recession, sent the Argentine currency and economy into a tailspin. Although the economy has since recovered from the worst, the crisis has imposed hardships on the people of Argentina, and the road back to sustained growth and stability is long. The crisis was all the more troubling in light of the fact that Argentina was widely considered a model reformer and was engaged in a succession of IMF-supported programs through much of the 1990s. This Occasional Paper examines the origins of the crisis and its evolution up to early 2002 and draws general policy lessons, both for countries’ efforts to prevent crises and for the IMF’s surveillance and use of its financial resources.

Chile
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 100

Chile

This publication discusses the institutional factors and economic policies adopted in Chile over the last two decades, which have resulted in a period of national financial stability and economic growth during a difficult period for many other countries in the region. Issues discussed include: the political and constitutional framework, the role of institutions in price stability, trade policy and fiscal discipline, Chile's macroeconomic policy; capital markets and corporate financing; recent developments in the banking system, external trade relations and debt sustainability, public sector finances, and export specialisation.

Japan
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 36

Japan

This Spillover Report analyses the potential channels of financial system spillovers in Japan that policymakers should keep in mind. The report also highlights some of the potential challenges faced by Japanese financial institutions in managing risks developed owing to overseas exposure. The Executive Board acclaims the importance of an institutional and regulatory framework in managing spillover channels. The report is a guideline as to how Japan developed to win its position in the world.

A License to Issue (Anywhere)
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 30

A License to Issue (Anywhere)

This paper overviews patterns in bond issuance in local and external markets by firms in six large Latin American countries. Data suggest that despite rising issuance, local markets remain small and shallow in several countries. Nevertheless, since greater funding is available to many firms in both markets, we investigate the factors that may explain the firm’s choice on where to issue a bond. Using an unbalanced panel of firm and market-level indicators for years 1995-2015, we control for variables representing several theories of capital structure, and the results show that firm characteristics such as size and liquidity increase the likelihood of firms to issue externally. With respect to market characteristics, the market completeness hypothesis generates the most support, where market scale and depth are most important for the issuer’s choice of the market, suggesting that local markets will have to become deeper to draw more firms and investment.