 | The Second Transition : Eastern Europe in Perspective Author/Editor: Daniel Leigh, Stefania Fabrizio, Ashoka Mody. Release Date:March, 2009 The countries of Eastern Europe achieved two remarkable transitions in the short period of the last two decades: from plan to market and, then, in the run-up to and entry into the European Union, more...
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 | Should Italy Sell Its Nonfinancial Assets to Reduce the Debt? Author/Editor: Stefania Fabrizio. Release Date:May, 2008 This paper assesses the proposal, publicly debated in recent years in Italy, to reduce public debt by selling public assets, especially nonfinancial tangible assets. The main findings indicate that, more...
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| Competitiveness in the Southern Euro Area : France, Greece, Italy, Portugal, and Spain Author/Editor: Bogdan Lissovolik, Julio Escolano, Stefania Fabrizio, Werner Schule, Herman Z Bennett, Stephen Tokarick, Yuan Xiao, Marialuz Moreno Badia, Eva Gutierrez, Iryna V Ivaschenko. Release Date:April, 2008 This collection of studies analyzes developments in nonprice external competitiveness of France, Greece, Italy, Portugal, and Spain. While France, Italy, and Portugal have experienced substantial more...
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| Breaking the Impediments to Budgetary Reforms : Evidence from Europe Author/Editor: Ashoka Mody, Stefania Fabrizio. Release Date:March, 2008 Under what conditions are budget institutions likely to be strengthened? We find that fiscal deficits do not help in focusing policymakers on undertaking reforms. To the contrary, the larger the more...
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| The Dynamics of Product Quality and International Competitiveness Author/Editor: Ashoka Mody, Deniz Igan, Stefania Fabrizio. Release Date:April, 2007 Despite the appreciation of the exchange rate, the eight Central and Eastern European countries (the CEE-8) that entered the European Union in May 2004 have achieved a decade of impressive export more...
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| Can Budget Institutions Counteract Political Indiscipline? Author/Editor: Ashoka Mody, Stefania Fabrizio. Release Date:May, 2006 The budget is an expression of political rather than economic priorities. We confirm this proposition for a group of new and potential members of the European Union, finding that politics dominates. more...
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 | The Baltics : Competitiveness on the Eve of EU Accession Author/Editor: Yuan Xiao, Robert Burgess, Stefania Fabrizio. Release Date:July, 2004 Large current account deficits in Estonia and Latvia, and the continued real appreciation of the exchange rate in Lithuania, have prompted concerns about the competitiveness of the Baltic economies, more...
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| How Long is the Long Run? A Dynamic Analysis of the Spanish Business Cycle Author/Editor: J Humberto Lopez, Stefania Fabrizio, Angel J Ubide. Release Date:June, 1997 This paper studies the sources of Spanish business cycles. It assumes that Spanish output is affected by two types of shocks. The first one has permanent long-run effects on output and it is more...
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| Domestic, Foreign or Common Shocks? Author/Editor: Stefania Fabrizio, J Humberto Lopez. Release Date:September, 1996 A stochastic general equilibrium model of the world economy is used to analyze the origin of international business cycles using data for Germany, Japan and the United States. The findings indicate more...
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