 | Estimating the Impact of External Shocks on the ECCU: Application to the COVID Shock Author/Editor: Vivian Parlak, Gonzalo Salinas, Mauricio Vargas. Release Date:August, 2021 We measure the impact of frequent exogeneous shocks on small ECCU economies, including changes to global economic activity, tourism flows, oil prices, passport sales, FDI, and natural disasters. more...
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 | Commodity Cycles, Inequality, and Poverty in Latin America Author/Editor: Ravi Balakrishnan, Sandra V Lizarazo Ruiz, Marika Santoro, Frederik G Toscani, Mauricio Vargas. Release Date:April, 2021 Over the past decades, inequality has risen not just in advanced economies but also in many emerging market and developing economies, becoming one of the key global policy challenges. And throughout more...
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| Income Inequality in Small States and the Caribbean: Stylized Facts and Determinants Author/Editor: Arnold McIntyre, Pablo Bejar, Takuji Komatsuzaki, Mauricio Vargas. Release Date:February, 2021 Rising income inequality has emerged as a major policy issue facing policymakers, but there is a dearth of empirical work on inequality in small states, including the Caribbean. Despite data more...
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| The Caribbean and its Linkages with the World: A GVAR Model Approach Author/Editor: Mauricio Vargas, Daniela Hess. Release Date:November, 2019 Using data from 1980-2017, this paper estimates a Global VAR (GVAR) model taylored for the Caribbean region which includes its major trading partners, representing altogether around 60 percent of the more...
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| The Level REER model in the External Balance Assessment (EBA) Methodology Author/Editor: Rui Mano, Carolina Osorio Buitron, Luca A Ricci, Mauricio Vargas. Release Date:September, 2019 This paper offers an empirical model of the drivers of the level of the Real Effective Exchange Rate (REER) that is now part of the IMF’s methodology for the assessment of external positions, more...
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| Explaining Inequality and Poverty Reduction in Bolivia Author/Editor: Mauricio Vargas, Santiago Garriga. Release Date:December, 2015 We investigate the factors driving Bolivia’s success in reducing inequality and poverty during the last 15 years. Our evidence suggests that the reduction was driven mainly by labor income more...
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| Informality in Paraguay : Macro-Micro Evidence and Policy Implications Author/Editor: Mauricio Vargas. Release Date:November, 2015 Paraguay’s economy features a high degree of informality. Based on different estimation
 approaches, informal activity represents more than half of total employment in Paraguay, more...
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| Identifying Binding Constraints to Growth: Does Firm Size Matter? Author/Editor: Mauricio Vargas. Release Date:January, 2015 As emphasized by Hausmann, Rodrik and Velasco, the policy challenge of boosting growthrequires prioritization and identifying what are the most binding constraints. This paperdraws on firm-level data more...
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| The External Balance Assessment (EBA) Methodology Author/Editor: Steven Phillips, Luis Catão, Luca Antonio Ricci, Rudolfs Bems, Mitali Das, Julian Di Giovanni, Filiz Unsal, Marola Castillo, Jungjin Lee, Jair Rodriguez, Mauricio Vargas. Release Date:January, 2014 The External Balance Assessment (EBA) methodology has been developed by the IMF’s Research Department as a successor to the CGER methodology for assessing current accounts and exchange rates in a more...
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| The External Balance Assessment (EBA) Methodology Author/Editor: Steven Phillips, Luis Catão, Luca Antonio Ricci, Rudolfs Bems, Mitali Das, Julian Di Giovanni, Filiz Unsal, Marola Castillo, Jungjin Lee, Jair Rodriguez, Mauricio Vargas. Release Date:December, 2013 The External Balance Assessment (EBA) methodology has been developed by the IMF’s Research Department as a successor to the CGER methodology for assessing current accounts and exchange rates in a more...
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