 | Digitalization and Resilience Author/Editor: Alexander Copestake, Julia Estefania-Flores, Davide Furceri. Release Date:October, 2022 This paper investigates the role of digitialization in improving economic resilience. Using balance sheet data from 24,000 firms in 75 countries, and a difference-in-differences approach, we find more...
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 | Scarring and Corporate Debt Author/Editor: Julia Estefania-Flores, Davide Furceri, Pablo Gonzalez-Dominguez, Siddharth Kothari, Nour Tawk. Release Date:October, 2022 This paper estimates the scarring effect of recessions on corporates' investment and how it is amplified by the level of corporate debt. Our results suggest that the effect of firms' debt in shaping more...
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 | U.S. Monetary Policy Shock Spillovers: Evidence from Firm-Level Data Author/Editor: Elif C Arbatli Saxegaard, Melih Firat, Davide Furceri, Jeanne Verrier. Release Date:September, 2022 We examine three main channels through which U.S. monetary policy shocks affect firm investment in foreign countries: (1) the balance sheet channel; (2) the financial channel of the exchange rate; more...
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 | Fiscal Multipliers and Informality Author/Editor: Emilio Colombo, Davide Furceri, Pietro Pizzuto, Patrizio Tirelli. Release Date:May, 2022 This paper investigates the role of informality in affecting the magnitude of the fiscal multiplier in a panel of 141 countries, using the local projections method. We find a strong negative more...
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 | Shipping Costs and Inflation Author/Editor: Yan Carriere-Swallow, Pragyan Deb, Davide Furceri, Daniel Jimenez, Jonathan David Ostry. Release Date:March, 2022 The Covid-19 pandemic has disrupted global supply chains, leading to shipment delays and soaring shipping costs. We study the impact of shocks to global shipping costs—measured by the Baltic Dry more...
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 | A Measurement of Aggregate Trade Restrictions and their Economic Effects Author/Editor: Julia Estefania-Flores, Davide Furceri, Swarnali A Hannan, Jonathan David Ostry, Andrew K Rose. Release Date:January, 2022 We develop a new Measure of Aggregate Trade Restrictions (MATR) using data from the IMF's Annual Report on Exchange Arrangements and Exchange Restrictions. MATR is an empirical measure of how more...
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 | Creative Destruction During Crises - An Opportunity for a Cleaner Energy Mix Author/Editor: Pragyan Deb, Davide Furceri, Jonathan David Ostry, Nour Tawk. Release Date:December, 2021 Lockdowns resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic have reduced overall energy demand but electricity generation from renewable sources has been resilient. While this partly reflects the trend increase more...
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 | The Effects of Fiscal Measures During COVID-19 Author/Editor: Pragyan Deb, Davide Furceri, Jonathan David Ostry, Nour Tawk, Naihan Yang. Release Date:November, 2021 This paper empirically examines the effects of fiscal policy measures during the COVID-19 pandemic, using a novel database of daily fiscal policy announcements—classified by type of fiscal more...
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 | The Effects of COVID-19 Vaccines on Economic Activity Author/Editor: Pragyan Deb, Davide Furceri, Daniel Jimenez, Siddharth Kothari, Jonathan David Ostry, Nour Tawk. Release Date:October, 2021 This paper empirically examines the economic effects of COVID-19 vaccine rollouts using a cross-country daily database of vaccinations and high frequency indicators of economic activity—nitrogen more...
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 | Determinants of COVID-19 Vaccine Rollouts and Their Effects on Health Outcomes Author/Editor: Pragyan Deb, Davide Furceri, Daniel Jimenez, Siddharth Kothari, Jonathan David Ostry, Nour Tawk. Release Date:October, 2021 This paper examines empirically the determinants of COVID-19 vaccine rollouts and their effects on health outcomes. We assemble a comprehensive and novel cross-country database at a daily frequency more...
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