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Policy Uncertainty in Japan

Author/Editor: Elif C Arbatli, Steven J Davis, Arata Ito, Naoko Miake, Ikuo Saito.

Release Date:May, 2017

We develop new economic policy uncertainty (EPU) indices for Japan from January 1987 onwards building on the approach of Baker, Bloom and Davis (2016). Each index reflects the frequency of newspaper more...



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Automatic Adjustment Mechanisms in Asian Pension Systems?

Author/Editor: Elif C Arbatli, Csaba Feher, Jack J Ree, Ikuo Saito, Mauricio Soto.

Release Date:December, 2016

Automatic adjustment mechanisms (AAMs)—rules ensuring that certain characteristics of a pension system respond to demographic, macroeconomic and financial developments, in a predetermined fashion more...



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Reflating Japan : Time to Get Unconventional?

Author/Editor: Elif Arbatli, Dennis P J Botman, Kevin Clinton, Pietro Cova, Vitor Gaspar, Zoltan Jakab, Douglas Laxton, Constant Lonkeng Ngouana, Joannes Mongardini, Hou Wang.

Release Date:August, 2016

Japan has ambitious economic goals: 3 percent nominal growth; 2 percent inflation; and a primary budget surplus. Abenomics has employed the three arrows of monetary, fiscal and structural policies, more...



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Singapore’s Export Elasticities : A Disaggregated Look into the Role of Global Value Chains and Economic Complexity

Author/Editor: Elif Arbatli, Gee Hee Hong.

Release Date:March, 2016

Singapore is one of the world’s most open economies, with the size of its trade reaching
 about 350 percent of its GDP. With the rise of highly diversified cross-border more...



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Fiscal Transparency, Fiscal Performance and Credit Ratings

Author/Editor: Elif Arbatli, Julio Escolano.

Release Date:June, 2012

This paper investigates the effect of fiscal transparency on market assessments of sovereign risk, as measured by credit ratings. It measures this effect through a direct channel (uncertainty more...



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A Toolkit for Assessing Fiscal Vulnerabilities and Risks in Advanced Economies

Author/Editor: Andrea Schaechter, C. Emre Alper, Elif Arbatli, Carlos Caceres, Giovanni Callegari, Marc Gerard, Jiri Jonas, Tidiane Kinda, Anna Shabunina, Anke Weber.

Release Date:January, 2012

This paper presents a range of tools and indicators for analyzing fiscal vulnerabilities and risks for advanced economies. The analysis covers key short-, medium- and long-term dimensions. Short-term more...



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Economic Policies and FDI Inflows to Emerging Market Economies

Author/Editor: Elif Arbatli.

Release Date:August, 2011

This paper investigates the determinants of FDI inflows to emerging market economies, concentrating on the effects of economic policies. The empirical analysis also addresses the role of external more...



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Estimating a Small Open-Economy Model for Egypt : Spillovers, Inflation Dynamics, and Implications for Monetary Policy

Author/Editor: Elif Arbatli, Kenji Moriyama.

Release Date:May, 2011

This paper estimates a small open economy model for Egypt to analyze inflation, output dynamics and monetary policy during 2005-2010. The interest rate channel is found to be relatively weak in more...



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