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Productivity and Product Markets in Korea: Evidence from Advanced Economies

Author/Editor: Andrew J Swiston, Stella Tam.

Release Date:October, 2022

This paper constructs an industry-level dataset of productivity across advanced economies, showing that Korea's labor productivity and total factor productivity levels are below the median of other more...



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Korea's Growth Prospects: Overcoming Demographics and COVID-19

Author/Editor: Andrew J Swiston.

Release Date:March, 2021

Korea’s economy has leaped to high-income status thanks to several decades of sustained high growth. However, population aging and shifts in global demand provide headwinds for future growth and more...



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A Crude Shock : Explaining the Impact of the 2014-16 Oil Price Decline Across Exporters

Author/Editor: Francesco Grigoli, Alexander Herman, Andrew J Swiston.

Release Date:July, 2017

The decline in oil prices in 2014-16 was one of the sharpest in history, and put to test the resilience of oil exporters. We examine the degree to which economic fundamentals entering the more...



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Is the Glass Half Empty Or Half Full? : Issues in Managing Water Challenges and Policy Instruments

Author/Editor: Kalpana Kochhar, Catherine A Pattillo, Yan M Sun, Nujin Suphaphiphat, Andrew J Swiston, Robert Tchaidze, Benedict J Clements, Stefania Fabrizio, Valentina Flamini, Laure Redifer, Harald Finger.

Release Date:June, 2015

This paper examines water challenges, a growing global concern with adverse economic and social consequences, and discusses economic policy instruments. Water subsidies provided through public more...



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Output Gap Uncertainty and Real-Time Monetary Policy

Author/Editor: Francesco Grigoli, Alexander Herman, Andrew J Swiston, Gabriel Di Bella.

Release Date:January, 2015

Output gap estimates are subject to a wide range of uncertainty owing to data revisions and the difficulty in distinguishing between cycle and trend in real time. This is important given the central more...



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Central Bank Financial Strength in Central America and the Dominican Republic

Author/Editor: Andrew Swiston, Florencia Frantischek, Przemek Gajdeczka, Alexander Herman.

Release Date:May, 2014

This paper examines the financial strength of central banks in Central America and the Dominican Republic (CADR). Some central banks are working off the effects of intervention in distressed more...



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Central America, Panama, and the Dominican Republic: Trade Integration and Economic Performance

Author/Editor: Stephanie Medina Cas, Andrew Swiston, Luis-Diego Barrot.

Release Date:September, 2012

This paper studies the potential for the export sector to play a more important role in promoting growth in Central America, Panama, and the Dominican Republic (CAPDR) through deeper intra-regional more...



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The Role of Structural Reforms in Raising Economic Growth in Central America

Author/Editor: Andrew Swiston, Luis Barrot.

Release Date:October, 2011

Central America experienced moderate growth during the last decade, including in the years leading up to the global financial crisis, but the rate of convergence toward advanced country income levels more...



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Official Dollarization As a Monetary Regime : Its Effectson El Salvador

Author/Editor: Andrew Swiston.

Release Date:June, 2011

This paper examines El Salvador’s transition to official dollarization by comparing aspects of this regime to the fixed exchange rate regime prevailing in the 1990s. Commercial bank interest rates more...



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Spillovers to Central America in Light of the Crisis : What a Difference a Year Makes

Author/Editor: Andrew Swiston.

Release Date:February, 2010

This paper investigates Central America's external linkages over the last fifteen years of increased integration in light of the 2008-09 global recession. Using structural VAR models, it is found more...



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