Release Date: August, 2003

This Selected Issues paper analyzes the strengths and weaknesses of the fiscal framework of Sweden, and discusses some guidelines for their modification. It describes the Swedish experience under the more...

Author/Editor: Subhash Madhav Thakur, Valerie Cerra, Balázs Horváth, Michael Keen.

Release Date: May, 2003

Sweden has long been viewed as epitomizing a particular approach to economic and social policy. To its advocates, the Swedish welfare state builds on a strong social consensus favoring extensive more...

Author/Editor: R B Johnston, Balázs Horváth, Luca Errico, Jingqing Chai.

Release Date: March, 2003

This paper examines the regulatory and supervisory implications stemming from the dominance of large and complex financial institutions, drawing on the recent Financial Sector Assessment Program more...