 | Aid, Exports, and Growth: A Time-Series Perspective on the Dutch Disease Hypothesis Author/Editor: Joong Shik Kang, Alessandro Prati, Alessandro Rebucci. Release Date:March, 2013 We use a heterogeneous panel VAR model identified through factor analysis to study the dynamic response of exports, imports, and per capita GDP growth to a “global” aid shock. We find that a more...
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 | Structural Reforms and Economic Performance in Advanced and Developing Countries Author/Editor: Antonio Spilimbergo, Alessandro Prati, Jonathan David Ostry. Release Date:October, 2009 This volume examines the impact on economic performance of structural policies-policies that increase the role of market forces and competition in the economy, while maintaining appropriate more...
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 | External Balance in Low Income Countries Author/Editor: Lone Engbo Christiansen, Alessandro Prati, Luca Antonio Ricci, Thierry Tressel. Release Date:October, 2009 This paper offers a coherent empirical analysis of the determinants of the real exchange rate, the current account, and the net foreign assets position in low income countries. The paper focuses on more...
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| Who Benefits from Capital Account Liberalization? Evidence from Firm-Level Credit Ratings Data Author/Editor: Alessandro Prati, Martin Schindler, Patricio Valenzuela. Release Date:September, 2009 We provide new firm-level evidence on the effects of capital account liberalization. Based on corporate foreign-currency credit ratings data and a novel capital account restrictions index, we find more...
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 | Exchange Rate Assessments : CGER Methodologies Author/Editor: Jaewoo Lee, Jonathan David Ostry, Alessandro Prati, Luca Antonio Ricci, Gian Milesi-Ferretti. Release Date:April, 2008 The rapid increase in international trade and financial integration over the past decade and the growing importance of emerging markets in world trade and GDP have inspired the IMF to place stronger more...
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| Money Market Integration Author/Editor: Leonardo Bartolini, R Spence Hilton, Alessandro Prati. Release Date:September, 2006 We use transaction-level data and detailed modeling of the high-frequency behavior of federal funds and Eurodollar yield spreads to provide evidence of strong integration between the federal funds more...
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| Aid Volatility and Dutch Disease : Is There a Role for Macroeconomic Policies? Author/Editor: Thierry Tressel, Alessandro Prati. Release Date:June, 2006 This paper studies how macroeconomic policies can help offset two unintended and undesirable features of foreign aid: its volatility and Dutch disease. We present evidence that aid volatility more...
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| Why Do Many Disinflations Fail? the Importance of Luck, Timing, and Political Institutions Author/Editor: A Javier Hamann, Alessandro Prati. Release Date:December, 2002 Many inflation stabilizations succeed only temporarily. Using a sample of 51 episodes of stabilization from inflation levels above 40 percent, we show that most of the failures are explained by bad more...
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| Currency Crises and Uncertainty About Fundamentals Author/Editor: M Sbracia, Alessandro Prati. Release Date:January, 2002 This paper studies how uncertainty about fundamentals contributed to currency crises from both a theoretical and an empirical perspective. We find evidenceCbased on a monthly dataset of Consensus more...
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| European Monetary Union and International Capital Markets : Structural Implications and Risks Author/Editor: Garry J Schinasi, Alessandro Prati. Release Date:May, 1997 This paper analyzes the structural implications of EMU for international capital markets. It discusses the potential size of euro capital markets and the existing roles of European currencies in more...
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