 | Digital Money and Remittances Costs in Central America, Panama, and the Dominican Republic Author/Editor: Alina Carare, Lavinia Franco, Metodij Hadzi-Vaskov, Justin Lesniak, Dmitry Vasilyev, Yorbol Yakhshilikov. Release Date:December, 2022 This paper investigates factors that predict variation in digital and non-digital remittance fees over time and across countries, exploring differences between CAPDR and other regions. The paper more...
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| Trade, Jobs, and Inequality Author/Editor: Kimberly Beaton, Valerie Cerra, Metodij Hadzi-Vaskov. Release Date:July, 2021 This paper examines the impact of trade on employment, wages, and other outcomes across countries and explores the conditions and policies that help spread the gains from trade more evenly throughout more...
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| Understanding Chile's Social Unrest in an International Perspective Author/Editor: Metodij Hadzi-Vaskov, Luca A Ricci. Release Date:June, 2021 We aim to provide a broad descriptive overview of Chile's social issues, in comparison to other countries and over time, in order to place the recent social unrest in historical and international more...
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| Authorities' Fiscal Forecasts in Latin America: Are They Optimistic? Author/Editor: Metodij Hadzi-Vaskov, Luca A Ricci, Alejandro M Werner, Rene Zamarripa. Release Date:June, 2021 Do governments in Latin America tend to be optimistic when preparing budgetary projections? We address this question by constructing a novel dataset of the authorities' fiscal forecasts in six Latin more...
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| The Macroeconomic Impact of Social Unrest Author/Editor: Metodij Hadzi-Vaskov, Samuel Pienknagura, Luca A Ricci. Release Date:May, 2021 This paper explores the macroeconomic impact of social unrest, using a novel index based on news reports. The findings are threefold. First, unrest has an adverse effect on economic activity, with more...
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| Patterns in IMF Growth Forecast Revisions: A Panel Study at Multiple Horizons Author/Editor: Metodij Hadzi-Vaskov, Luca A Ricci, Alejandro Mariano Werner, Rene Zamarripa. Release Date:May, 2021 This paper investigates the performance of the IMF WEO growth forecast revisions across different horizons and country groups. We find that: (i) growth revisions in horizons closer to the actual are more...
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| Comfort in Floating: Taking Stock of Twenty Years of Freely-Floating Exchange Rate in Chile Author/Editor: Elías Albagli, Mauricio Calani, Metodij Hadzi-Vaskov, Mario Marcel, Luca A Ricci. Release Date:June, 2020 Chile offers an example of a country that has overcome the fear of floating by reducing balance sheet mismatches, enhancing financial market development, as well as improving monetary, fiscal, and more...
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| The Nonlinear Relationship Between Public Debt and Sovereign Credit Ratings Author/Editor: Metodij Hadzi-Vaskov, Luca A Ricci. Release Date:July, 2019 This study investigates the nonlinear relationship between public debt and sovereign credit ratings, using a wide sample of over one hundred advanced, emerging, and developing economies. It finds more...
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| Assessing the Macroeconomic Impact of Structural Reforms in Chile Author/Editor: Metodij Hadzi-Vaskov. Release Date:December, 2018 This study investigates the likely macroeconomic impact of various structural reforms that align the Chilean regulatory framework with international best practices. In this context, the analysis: i) more...
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| Panama's Growth Prospects : Determinants and Sectoral Perspectives Author/Editor: Kimberly Beaton, Metodij Hadzi-Vaskov. Release Date:July, 2017 This paper estimates medium-term potential growth for a country undergoing significant
structural and secular changes. Our forward-looking framework, incorporating three
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