 | Emerging Markets: Prospects and Challenges Author/Editor: Tryggvi Gudmundsson, Vladimir Klyuev, Leandro Medina, Boaz Nandwa, Dmitry Plotnikov, Francisco Schiffrer, Di Yang. Release Date:February, 2022 This article documents recent developments in emerging markets in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, assesses their prospects and challenges, and discusses appropriate policy settings for the more...
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| How Have IMF Priorities Evolved? A Text Mining Approach Author/Editor: Gareth Anderson, Paolo Galang, Andrea Gamba, Leandro Medina, Tianxiao Zheng. Release Date:June, 2021 This paper assess how priorities of the IMF's membership have evolved over the past two decades, by using text mining techniques on a unique dataset combining IMFC communiqués and constituency more...
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| Explaining the Shadow Economy in Europe: Size, Causes and Policy Options Author/Editor: Ben Kelmanson, Koralai Kirabaeva, Leandro Medina, Borislava Mircheva, Jason Weiss. Release Date:December, 2019 This paper examines the drivers, and reestimates the size of shadow economies in Europe, with a focus on the emerging economies, and recommends policies to increase formality. The size of shadow more...
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| Fiscal Stimulus Impact on Firms' Profitability During the Global Financial Crisis Author/Editor: Carolina Correa-Caro, Leandro Medina, Marcos Poplawski Ribeiro, Bennett W Sutton. Release Date:November, 2018 Using financial statement data from the Thomson Reuter’s Worldscope database for 22,333 non-financial firms in 52 advanced and emerging economies, this paper examines how fiscal stimulus (i.e., more...
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| Shadow Economies Around the World: What Did We Learn Over the Last 20 Years? Author/Editor: Leandro Medina, Friedrich Schneider. Release Date:January, 2018 We undertake an extended discussion of the latest developments about the existing and new estimation methods of the shadow economy. New results on the shadow economy for 158 countries all over the more...
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| The Informal Economy in Sub-Saharan Africa : Size and Determinants Author/Editor: Leandro Medina, Andrew W Jonelis, Mehmet Cangul. Release Date:July, 2017 The multiple indicator-multiple cause (MIMIC) method is a well-established tool for measuring informal economic activity. However, it has been criticized because GDP is used both as a cause and more...
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| Assessing Fiscal Risks in Bangladesh Author/Editor: Leandro Medina. Release Date:May, 2015 This paper identifies, quantifies, and assesses fiscal risks in Bangladesh. By performingsensitivity analysis and using stochastic simulations, it measures risks arising from shocks toGDP growth, the more...
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| Measuring the Informal Economy in the Caucasus and Central Asia Author/Editor: Yasser Abdih, Leandro Medina. Release Date:May, 2013 This study estimates the size of the informal economy, and the relative contribution of each underlying factor, for the Caucasus and Central Asia countries in 2008. Using a Multiple more...
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 | Spring Forward or Fall Back? The Post-Crisis Recovery of Firms Author/Editor: Leandro Medina. Release Date:December, 2012 This paper studies corporate performance in the aftermath of the global crisis by examining 6,581 manufacturing firms in 48 developed and developing countries in 2010, identifying factors of more...
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| Measures of Fiscal Risk in Hydrocarbon-Exporting Countries Author/Editor: Carlos Caceres, Leandro Medina. Release Date:October, 2012 The recent relatively high levels of global oil prices have led to a significant improvement in the public finances of several hydrocarbon-exporting countries. However, despite the increase in fiscal more...
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