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Testing For Cointegration Using The Johansen Methodology When Variables Are Near-Integrated
Dec 2007
The authors investigate the properties of Johansen's (1988, 1991) maximum eigenvalue and trace tests for cointegration under the empirically relevant situation of near-integrated variables. Using...
Provided by Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
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White Papers
Bank Capital And Uncertainty
Sep 2010
An important role for bank capital is that of a buffer against unexpected losses. As uncertainty about these losses increases, the theory predicts an increase in the optimal level of bank capital....
Provided by International Monetary Fund
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Information Content Of DQAF Indicators - Empirical Entropy Analysis
Sep 2010
The study presents an analysis of the information content of IMF's Data Quality Assessment Framework (DQAF) indicators. There are significant differences in the quantity of information between...
Provided by International Monetary Fund
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Public Capital And Growth
Jul 2010
This paper revisits the debate on the effect of public investment on growth by estimating a production function for forty-eight OECD and non-OECD countries, using capital stock as the explanatory...
Provided by International Monetary Fund
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White Papers
Public Debt And Growth
Jul 2010
This paper explores the impact of high public debt on long-run economic growth. The analysis, based on a panel of advanced and emerging economies over almost four decades, takes into account a...
Provided by International Monetary Fund
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White Papers
China's Economic Growth: International Spillovers
Jul 2010
This paper presents some facts on China's role in the world economy and measures the impact of China's growth on growth in the rest of the world in the short and long term. Shortrun estimates...
Provided by International Monetary Fund
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Podcasts
Accelerating Growth In A High-Tech Company
Sep 2008
Bob Cremin, chairman, president and CEO of defense contractor Esterline Technologies, talks Sept. 25, 2008, at Thunderbird School of Global Management about streamlining operations, boosting stock...
Provided by Thunderbird School of Global Management
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White Papers
Bankruptcy And Firm Dynamics: The Case Of The Missing Firms
Feb 2010
Financial frictions have been documented to be an important factor behind the evolution of firms across the world. Within the theoretical strand of the literature, enforcement and information...
Provided by International Monetary Fund
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Webcasts
2008 Commencement: Howard Lutnick
May 2008
CEO Howard Lutnick shared his views on the heart and soul of business and how his company, Cantor Fitzgerald, grew larger and more diverse since 658 employees perished in the September 2001 attack...
Provided by Vanderbilt University (Owen)
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Podcasts
Chicago GSB Podcast: CEO Goalsetting
Jul 2007
This broadcast features William McComb, '87, CEO of Liz Claiborne and Mary Ann Tolan, '92 (XP-61), founder and CEO of Accretive Health, moderated by Dean Edward Snyder. They discuss how to make...
Provided by University of Chicago (Booth)
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White Papers
Beyond Macroeconomic Stability: The Quest For Industrialization In Uganda
Jul 2008
Rapid private sector credit growth in the Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia has been a result of strong economic growth, financial deepening, and banks' willingness to explore consumer...
Provided by International Monetary Fund
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White Papers
Monetary Transmission In An Emerging Targeter: The Case Of Brazil
Jun 2008
This paper develops an analytical framework that helps to quantify the optimal level of international reserves for a small open economy with limited access to foreign capital and subject to...
Provided by International Monetary Fund
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White Papers
Why Are Saving Rates Of Urban Households In China Rising?
Apr 2008
The authors present a stylized real model of the Chinese economy with the objective of explaining two features: (1) domestic production is highly competitive in the sense that an accumulation of...
Provided by International Monetary Fund
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White Papers
Trade Sensitivity To Exchange Rates In The Context Of Intra-Industry Trade
Apr 2008
This paper derives risk indicators for the major Chilean banks based on contingent claims analysis, an extension of Black-Scholes-Merton option-pricing theory. These risk indicators are clearly...
Provided by International Monetary Fund
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White Papers
The Capital Markets Of Emerging Europe: Institutions, Instruments And Investors
Mar 2008
The authors identify structural breaks in economic growth in 140 countries and use these to define "growth spells:" periods of high growth preceded by an upbreak and ending either with a downbreak...
Provided by International Monetary Fund
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White Papers
Global Aging And Declining World Interest Rates
Mar 2008
While many have celebrated India's accelerating economic growth, some have expressed concern about the distributional impacts of the growth process. Cognizant of the vulnerability of its large...
Provided by International Monetary Fund
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White Papers
Price Dynamics In The Eastern Caribbean
Feb 2008
This paper investigates the sensitivity of Colombian GDP growth to the surrounding macroeconomic environment. The authors estimate a Bayesian VAR model with informative steady-state priors for the...
Provided by International Monetary Fund
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White Papers
Is Central Bank Intervention Effective Under Inflation Targeting Regimes? The Case Of Colombia
Feb 2008
Natural disasters are an important source of vulnerability in the Caribbean region. Despite being one of the more disaster-prone areas of the world, it has one of the lowest levels of insurance...
Provided by International Monetary Fund
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White Papers
Striving To Be "Clearly Open" And "Crystal Clear" : Monetary Policy Communication Of The CNB
Feb 2008
This paper proposes a new framework for the analysis of public sector debt sustainability. The framework uses concepts and methods from modern practice of contingent claims to develop a...
Provided by International Monetary Fund
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White Papers
Real Implications Of Financial Linkages Between Canada And The United States
Dec 2007
This paper examines the changing nature of growth spillovers between developed economies, the North, and developing countries, the South, driven by the process of globalization¯the phenomenon of...
Provided by International Monetary Fund
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White Papers
Capital Account Liberalization And Risk Management In India
Oct 2007
This paper takes a closer look at the prudential and regulatory measures needed to prepare India's financial system to manage the risks arising from fuller capital account convertibility (FCAC)....
Provided by International Monetary Fund
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White Papers
Decomposing Financial Risks And Vulnerabilities In Eastern Europe
Oct 2007
This paper assesses how various types of financial risk such as credit risk, market risk, and liquidity risk affect banking stability in the ten countries that joined the European Union most...
Provided by International Monetary Fund
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White Papers
The Role Of Fiscal Transparency In Sustaining Stability And Growth In Latin America
Sep 2007
Latin America has experienced a resurgence in growth in recent years. However, it is also a region that has been prone to crises while growth has not delivered a significant reduction in poverty...
Provided by International Monetary Fund
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White Papers
Economic Growth In Croatia: Potential And Constraints
Aug 2007
This paper examines the factors and constraints that affect recent and potential growth in Croatia, as well as policies that can influence it. On current productivity trends, it estimates...
Provided by International Monetary Fund
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White Papers
Structuring And Restructuring Sovereign Debt: The Role Of A Bankruptcy Regime
Aug 2007
In an environment characterized by weak contractual enforcement, sovereign lenders can enhance the likelihood of repayment by making their claims more difficult to restructure ex post. The authors...
Provided by International Monetary Fund
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White Papers
Money For Nothing And Checks For Free: Recent Developments In U.S. Subprime Mortgage Markets
Jul 2007
After a number of warning signs, the U.S. "subprime mortgage crisis" became a headline issue in February 2007. Notwithstanding the bankruptcy of numerous mortgage companies, historically high...
Provided by International Monetary Fund
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White Papers
Volatility And Jump Risk Premia In Emerging Market Bonds
Jul 2007
There is strong evidence that interest rates and bond yield movements exhibit both stochastic volatility and unanticipated jumps. The presence of frequent jumps makes it natural to ask whether...
Provided by International Monetary Fund
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White Papers
Rapid Growth In Transition Economies: Panel Regression Approach
Jul 2007
This paper analytically explores and empirically tests a number of hypotheses to explain the rapid growth in transition economies. The paper finds that growth in the Commonwealth of Independent...
Provided by International Monetary Fund
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White Papers
Disaster Recovery Planning For Time-Critical Business Information Technology Systems
Oct 2010
When disasters interrupt services provided by vital information technology (IT) systems, many businesses never recover (Decker, 2005). This review of literature published between 2001 and 2008...
Provided by UO Continuing Education
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White Papers
Taking Stock In The Real World
Aug 2009
Steve Griffiths '09 thought he was making a safe investment decision during the fall quarter of the Asset Management Practicum. The student portfolio manager was so excited and optimistic about a...
Provided by Northwestern University (Kellogg)
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White Papers
Sharing India's Success
Apr 2009
Social responsibility can go hand in hand with profitability in India, business leaders affirmed April 18 at the 2009 Kellogg India Business Conference. The conference, themed "Riding the...
Provided by Northwestern University (Kellogg)
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White Papers
Economics, Innovation And Persistence
Apr 2009
Richard Sandor, chairman and CEO of the Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX), which helps companies minimize their greenhouse gas emissions through a cap and trade system, delivered a guest lecturer at...
Provided by Northwestern University (Kellogg)
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Podcasts
Risky Business: Analysis From An Engineering Perspective
Jan 2010
Don't set sail without thinking first: this sage advice sums up risk analysis for Elisabeth Paté-Cornell, department chair of Management Science and Engineering at Stanford University. She...
Provided by Stanford University
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White Papers
A Defensive Strategy
Feb 2009
With the recession spreading worldwide like pandemic flu, globalization has revealed its darker side. Sylvia Nasar, for one, isn't surprised. "Anyone who has read economic history knows that...
Provided by Northwestern University (Kellogg)
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White Papers
The Asian Century
Jul 2008
China has been growing, on average, about 9 percent per year for the last 17 years, says Krishnamurthi. "That kind of growth is going to put tremendous pressure on factory inputs." In addition,...
Provided by Northwestern University (Kellogg)
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White Papers
Zell Center Guest Thomas Zelibor: Risk Can Be Positive
Apr 2008
Mention "risk" and many hastily associate it with a negative conclusion. But its meaning, as pointed out by retired Navy Admiral Thomas E. Zelibor, is neutral. "It's typically defined as the...
Provided by Northwestern University (Kellogg)
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White Papers
Portfolio Risk Analysis
Mar 2010
In the investment world, timing is everything. You want to buy assets low before the rest of the world figures out that those assets are cheap, and sell them for a premium before the market...
Provided by Northwestern University (Kellogg)
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Live From The Operations Room
Mar 2010
Pointing at the obvious hole in the business plan, Lariviere addressed a laughing crowd of Kellogg students at Wieboldt Hall during "Operations Room Live!," an in-person showcase of the engaging...
Provided by Northwestern University (Kellogg)
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White Papers
The Power Of The Pyramid
Jul 2007
When conducting international business, companies have more than a language barrier to navigate. Cultural differences, legal frameworks and taxes all influence strategic decisions. But something...
Provided by Northwestern University (Kellogg)
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White Papers
Workforce Planning & Hiring Strategy: A Workshop To Align Your Hiring Strategy With Your Business Plan
Apr 2008
Traditionally, growth was limited by access to capital. Today, and for the foreseeable future, growth will be limited by access to talent. The most successful companies will be those that...
Provided by Coolhires
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White Papers
New Empirical Evidence For The Impact Of Trade And Economic Growth On The Environment
Jul 2008
This paper explores the interrelations between economic growth, international trade and environmental degradation both theoretically and empirically. Panel data from developed and developing...
Provided by University of Kiel
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White Papers
A Stochastic Dynamic Model Of Trade And Growth: Convergence And Diversification
Sep 2008
There is a growing literature that studies the properties of models that combine international trade and neoclassical growth theory, but mostly in a deterministic setting. In this paper, the...
Provided by National University of Singapore
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White Papers
Labour Mobility And Endogenous Growth
May 2009
Growth models of learning-by-doing assume that the knowledge learned in production gets freely and instantly spread to the whole economy. However, the assumption of instant diffusion of knowledge...
Provided by Universitat de Barcelona
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White Papers
Economic Growth In A Two-Agent Economy
May 2009
This paper presents a two-agent economy, in which each agent has a consumption-dependent time preference. The optimal dynamic paths of accumulation will tend to one of many possible steady states,...
Provided by Universidad Nacional del Sur
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White Papers
Endogenous Specialization And Factor Substitution In A Monetary Growth Model
Feb 2009
The authors study the effects of monetary policy on the choice of production technology and specialization. The level of output specialization is represented by the elasticity of substitution...
Provided by Goethe University of Frankfurt
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White Papers
Within And Across Country Inequality In A Model Of Trade And Endogenous Growth
May 2009
This paper addresses the dynamics of income inequality, both within and across countries. In an endogenous growth model with North-South trade, the dynamics of income inequality depend on the...
Provided by Drexel University
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White Papers
Institutions And The Relation Between Corruption And Economic Growth
Jan 2009
The authors study the effects of corruption on economic growth in a framework that includes corruption as part of the institutional setting of countries. Using a formal growth framework where...
Provided by Radboud University Nijmegen
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White Papers
Transitional Dynamics In The Solow-Swan Growth Model With AK Technology And Logistic Population Change
Dec 2008
This paper offers an alternative way, based on the logistic population growth hypothesis, to yield transitional dynamics in the standard AK model with exogenous savings rate. Within this...
Provided by Kiel Institute for the World Economy
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White Papers
Looking For Local Labor-Market Effects Of The NAFTA
Dec 2010
Using US Census data for 1990 and 2000, the authors estimate effects of the NAFTA agreement on the US wages. They look for any indication of effects of the agreement on local labor markets...
Provided by University of Virginia
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White Papers
International Trade As The Sole Engine Of Growth For An Economy
Jun 2009
Can international trade act as the sole engine of growth for an economy? If the answer is yes, what are the mechanisms through which trade operates in transmitting permanent growth? This paper...
Provided by Universitat de Barcelona
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White Papers
Competition Policy Trends And Economic Growth: Cross-National Empirical Evidence
Nov 2009
Motivated by the general lack of empirical scholarship concerning the cross-national environment for competition policy, the author presents measures here of the overall resources dedicated to...
Provided by Humboldt University Berlin
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White Papers
Real Exchange Rates, Saving And Growth: Is There A Link?
Oct 2010
The view that policies directed at the real exchange rate can have an important effect on economic growth has been gaining adherents in recent years. Unlike the traditional "Misalignment" view...
Provided by The World Bank
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White Papers
Economic Growth And The HIV/AIDS Pandemic: Evidence From The Early 21st Century Copper Boom
Apr 2011
Copper mining is among the largest economic activities in Zambia, comprising close to ten percent of GDP. Between 2003 and 2008, the price of copper increased by over 400 percent. In response,...
Provided by Williams College
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White Papers
Jobs And Income Growth Of Top Earners And The Causes Of Changing Income Inequality: Evidence From U.S. Tax Return Data
Nov 2010
This paper presents summary statistics on the occupations of taxpayers in the top percentile of the national income distribution and fractiles thereof, as well as the patterns of real income...
Provided by Williams College
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White Papers
FDI And Growth In Central And Southern Eastern Europe
Mar 2009
This paper examines the role of FDI in promoting growth in 25 Central and Southern Eastern Europe (CSEE) using a dynamic panel approach that includes lags of involved variables to mitigate the...
Provided by Università degli Studi di Foggia
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White Papers
Peace, Prosperity, And Pro-Growth Entrepreneurship
Aug 2007
Support for entrepreneurship is widely seen as a mechanism to facilitate prosperity and peace in a growing number of post-conflict states. In this paper, the author critically evaluates this view....
Provided by United Nations University
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White Papers
Southern Engines Of Global Growth
Feb 2008
This paper views the four economies of the South in a long run historical perspective of 1500-2000. It contrasts the history and the initial endowments of the two Northern hemisphere economies...
Provided by United Nations University
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White Papers
China, India, Brazil And South Africa In The World Economy
Jun 2008
This paper attempts to analyze the economic implications of the rise of China, India, Brazil and South Africa, for developing countries situated in the wider context of the world economy. It...
Provided by United Nations University
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White Papers
Understanding The African Growth Record: The Importance Of Policy Syndromes And Governance
Apr 2009
The current paper, first, finds that although the post-independence growth of African economies has fallen substantially below that of other regions, this comparative evidence is less than uniform...
Provided by United Nations University
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White Papers
The Nordic Development And Growth Models
Oct 2010
The Nordic countries are often bundled together, as representatives of a 'Model' which combines high living standards and an open market economy with social insurance and ambitious public...
Provided by United Nations University
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White Papers
Aid, Growth, And Development
Sep 2010
The micro-macro paradox has been revived. Despite broadly positive evaluations at the micro and meso-levels, recent literature doubts the ability of foreign aid to foster economic growth and...
Provided by United Nations University
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White Papers
Income Distribution And Growth's Ability To Reduce Poverty
Aug 2010
The present paper examines the degree to which income distribution affects the ability of economic growth to reduce poverty, based on 1990s data for a sample of rural and urban sectors of African...
Provided by United Nations University
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White Papers
ICT Sector, Globalization And Urban Economic Growth
Jul 2010
This paper aims at economic analysis of economic globalization and urban growth of Bangalore, the Silicon Valley of India, as they are related to ICT sector. Overall analyses offer new insights...
Provided by United Nations University
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White Papers
Globalization And Exclusionary Urban Growth In Asian Countries
Jun 2010
This paper overviews the debate on the relationship between the measures of globalization, economic growth and pace of urbanization, and speculates on its impact on the quality of life and poverty...
Provided by United Nations University
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White Papers
Moderating Urbanization And Managing Growth
May 2010
This paper examines urbanization trends, the growth of Colombo and its present state of development. It looks at the approaches to the planned interventions in the city and demonstrates how a...
Provided by United Nations University
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White Papers
Economic Adversity And Entrepreneurship-Led Growth
Jan 2010
It is commonly believed that the business environment in developing countries does not allow productive technology-based entrepreneurship to flourish. In this paper, the authors draw on the...
Provided by United Nations University
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White Papers
Importance Of Technological Innovation For SME Growth
Jan 2010
This paper probes the drivers, dimensions, achievements, and outcomes of technological innovations carried out by SMEs in the auto components, electronics, and machine tool sectors of Bangalore in...
Provided by United Nations University
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White Papers
Institutional Reforms, Private Sector, And Economic Growth In Africa
Jul 2011
The aim of this paper is to analyze the effect of institutional reforms on the revival of African economies. The authors study the impact of positive changes in business environment indicators of...
Provided by United Nations University
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White Papers
Terms Of Trade And Growth Of Resource Economies
Apr 2011
The current paper demonstrates a dichotomy of the growth response to changes in the barter terms of trade, employing as case studies the two African countries, Botswana and Nigeria. Using...
Provided by United Nations University
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White Papers
Aid And Growth
Apr 2011
Some recent literature in the meta-analysis category where results from a range of studies are brought together throws doubt on the ability of foreign aid to foster economic growth and...
Provided by United Nations University
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White Papers
Exchange Rate Regimes And Trade
Mar 2011
This paper revisits the link between exchange rate regimes and trade in the context of Africa's exchange rate arrangements. Applying an augmented gravity model that includes measures of currency...
Provided by United Nations University
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White Papers
Growth And Recovery In A Time Of Default
Mar 2011
International narratives on Argentina's recovery from the crisis of 2001-02 tend to emphasize the role of rising commodity prices and growing demand from China. Argentina is said to have been...
Provided by United Nations University
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White Papers
Growth, Inequality, And Poverty Reduction In Developing Countries
Jan 2011
The paper presents recent global evidence on the transformation of economic growth to poverty reduction in developing countries, with emphasis on the role of income inequality. The focus is on the...
Provided by United Nations University
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White Papers
Thailand's Development Strategy And Growth Performance
Jan 2011
Thailand's development strategy has been strongly market-oriented and open to trade and investment flows with the rest of the world. Since the late 1950s, its growth performance has been...
Provided by United Nations University
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White Papers
Supporting Africa's Post-Crisis Growth: The Role Of Macroeconomic Policies
Jan 2011
The objective of this paper is to discuss macroeconomic policies that would help African countries, especially the low income countries, reach strong, sustained and shared growth in the...
Provided by University of Michigan
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White Papers
The Impact Of Growth Performance And Political Regime Type On Economic Policy Liberalization
Aug 2007
The paper investigates empirically the interaction between economic growth performance and political institutions in producing free-market reform. In particular, the authors explore whether...
Provided by Austrian Institute of Economic Research
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White Papers
Business Cycles And Growth: A Survey
Nov 2007
The paper surveys the evolution of modern macroeconomic models with the focus on the interrelations between endogenous growth and cyclical fluctuations. After reviewing models of the business...
Provided by Austrian Institute of Economic Research
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White Papers
On The Autocorrelation Of Growth Rates: Evidence For Micro, Small And Large Firms From The Austrian Service Industries, 1975-2004
Oct 2008
This paper studies the serial autocorrelation of annual growth rates in employment for selected Austrian service industries over a 30-year period using quantile regression techniques. The...
Provided by Austrian Institute of Economic Research
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White Papers
The Impact Of Venture Capital On Innovation Behaviour And Firm Growth
Aug 2010
Proposing a novel research design for firm-level impact studies, the author investigates the effects of venture capital financing on corporate performance by applying a two-stage propensity score...
Provided by Austrian Institute of Economic Research
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White Papers
Firm Growth, European Industry Dynamics And Domestic Business Cycles
Jul 2010
Based on the empirical firm growth literature and on heterogeneous (microeconomic) adjustment models, this paper empirically investigates the impact of European industry fluctuations and domestic...
Provided by Austrian Institute of Economic Research
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White Papers
Public Debt And Growth
Jul 2010
This paper explores the impact of high public debt on long-run economic growth. The analysis, based on a panel of advanced and emerging economies over almost four decades, takes into account a...
Provided by International Monetary Fund
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White Papers
China's Economic Growth: International Spillovers
Jul 2010
This paper presents some facts on China's role in the world economy and measures the impact of China's growth on growth in the rest of the world in the short and long term. Shortrun estimates...
Provided by International Monetary Fund
-
Podcasts
Accelerating Growth In A High-Tech Company
Sep 2008
Bob Cremin, chairman, president and CEO of defense contractor Esterline Technologies, talks Sept. 25, 2008, at Thunderbird School of Global Management about streamlining operations, boosting stock...
Provided by Thunderbird School of Global Management
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White Papers
Bankruptcy And Firm Dynamics: The Case Of The Missing Firms
Feb 2010
Financial frictions have been documented to be an important factor behind the evolution of firms across the world. Within the theoretical strand of the literature, enforcement and information...
Provided by International Monetary Fund
-
Webcasts
2008 Commencement: Howard Lutnick
May 2008
CEO Howard Lutnick shared his views on the heart and soul of business and how his company, Cantor Fitzgerald, grew larger and more diverse since 658 employees perished in the September 2001 attack...
Provided by Vanderbilt University (Owen)
-
Podcasts
Chicago GSB Podcast: CEO Goalsetting
Jul 2007
This broadcast features William McComb, '87, CEO of Liz Claiborne and Mary Ann Tolan, '92 (XP-61), founder and CEO of Accretive Health, moderated by Dean Edward Snyder. They discuss how to make...
Provided by University of Chicago (Booth)
-
White Papers
Beyond Macroeconomic Stability: The Quest For Industrialization In Uganda
Jul 2008
Rapid private sector credit growth in the Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia has been a result of strong economic growth, financial deepening, and banks' willingness to explore consumer...
Provided by International Monetary Fund
-
White Papers
Monetary Transmission In An Emerging Targeter: The Case Of Brazil
Jun 2008
This paper develops an analytical framework that helps to quantify the optimal level of international reserves for a small open economy with limited access to foreign capital and subject to...
Provided by International Monetary Fund
-
White Papers
Why Are Saving Rates Of Urban Households In China Rising?
Apr 2008
The authors present a stylized real model of the Chinese economy with the objective of explaining two features: (1) domestic production is highly competitive in the sense that an accumulation of...
Provided by International Monetary Fund
-
White Papers
Trade Sensitivity To Exchange Rates In The Context Of Intra-Industry Trade
Apr 2008
This paper derives risk indicators for the major Chilean banks based on contingent claims analysis, an extension of Black-Scholes-Merton option-pricing theory. These risk indicators are clearly...
Provided by International Monetary Fund
-
White Papers
The Capital Markets Of Emerging Europe: Institutions, Instruments And Investors
Mar 2008
The authors identify structural breaks in economic growth in 140 countries and use these to define "growth spells:" periods of high growth preceded by an upbreak and ending either with a downbreak...
Provided by International Monetary Fund
-
White Papers
Global Aging And Declining World Interest Rates
Mar 2008
While many have celebrated India's accelerating economic growth, some have expressed concern about the distributional impacts of the growth process. Cognizant of the vulnerability of its large...
Provided by International Monetary Fund
-
White Papers
Price Dynamics In The Eastern Caribbean
Feb 2008
This paper investigates the sensitivity of Colombian GDP growth to the surrounding macroeconomic environment. The authors estimate a Bayesian VAR model with informative steady-state priors for the...
Provided by International Monetary Fund
-
White Papers
Is Central Bank Intervention Effective Under Inflation Targeting Regimes? The Case Of Colombia
Feb 2008
Natural disasters are an important source of vulnerability in the Caribbean region. Despite being one of the more disaster-prone areas of the world, it has one of the lowest levels of insurance...
Provided by International Monetary Fund
-
White Papers
Striving To Be "Clearly Open" And "Crystal Clear" : Monetary Policy Communication Of The CNB
Feb 2008
This paper proposes a new framework for the analysis of public sector debt sustainability. The framework uses concepts and methods from modern practice of contingent claims to develop a...
Provided by International Monetary Fund
-
White Papers
Real Implications Of Financial Linkages Between Canada And The United States
Dec 2007
This paper examines the changing nature of growth spillovers between developed economies, the North, and developing countries, the South, driven by the process of globalization¯the phenomenon of...
Provided by International Monetary Fund
-
White Papers
Capital Account Liberalization And Risk Management In India
Oct 2007
This paper takes a closer look at the prudential and regulatory measures needed to prepare India's financial system to manage the risks arising from fuller capital account convertibility (FCAC)....
Provided by International Monetary Fund
-
White Papers
Decomposing Financial Risks And Vulnerabilities In Eastern Europe
Oct 2007
This paper assesses how various types of financial risk such as credit risk, market risk, and liquidity risk affect banking stability in the ten countries that joined the European Union most...
Provided by International Monetary Fund
-
White Papers
The Role Of Fiscal Transparency In Sustaining Stability And Growth In Latin America
Sep 2007
Latin America has experienced a resurgence in growth in recent years. However, it is also a region that has been prone to crises while growth has not delivered a significant reduction in poverty...
Provided by International Monetary Fund
-
White Papers
Economic Growth In Croatia: Potential And Constraints
Aug 2007
This paper examines the factors and constraints that affect recent and potential growth in Croatia, as well as policies that can influence it. On current productivity trends, it estimates...
Provided by International Monetary Fund
-
White Papers
Structuring And Restructuring Sovereign Debt: The Role Of A Bankruptcy Regime
Aug 2007
In an environment characterized by weak contractual enforcement, sovereign lenders can enhance the likelihood of repayment by making their claims more difficult to restructure ex post. The authors...
Provided by International Monetary Fund
-
White Papers
Money For Nothing And Checks For Free: Recent Developments In U.S. Subprime Mortgage Markets
Jul 2007
After a number of warning signs, the U.S. "subprime mortgage crisis" became a headline issue in February 2007. Notwithstanding the bankruptcy of numerous mortgage companies, historically high...
Provided by International Monetary Fund
-
White Papers
Volatility And Jump Risk Premia In Emerging Market Bonds
Jul 2007
There is strong evidence that interest rates and bond yield movements exhibit both stochastic volatility and unanticipated jumps. The presence of frequent jumps makes it natural to ask whether...
Provided by International Monetary Fund
-
White Papers
Rapid Growth In Transition Economies: Panel Regression Approach
Jul 2007
This paper analytically explores and empirically tests a number of hypotheses to explain the rapid growth in transition economies. The paper finds that growth in the Commonwealth of Independent...
Provided by International Monetary Fund
-
White Papers
Disaster Recovery Planning For Time-Critical Business Information Technology Systems
Oct 2010
When disasters interrupt services provided by vital information technology (IT) systems, many businesses never recover (Decker, 2005). This review of literature published between 2001 and 2008...
Provided by UO Continuing Education
-
White Papers
Taking Stock In The Real World
Aug 2009
Steve Griffiths '09 thought he was making a safe investment decision during the fall quarter of the Asset Management Practicum. The student portfolio manager was so excited and optimistic about a...
Provided by Northwestern University (Kellogg)
-
White Papers
Sharing India's Success
Apr 2009
Social responsibility can go hand in hand with profitability in India, business leaders affirmed April 18 at the 2009 Kellogg India Business Conference. The conference, themed "Riding the...
Provided by Northwestern University (Kellogg)
-
White Papers
Economics, Innovation And Persistence
Apr 2009
Richard Sandor, chairman and CEO of the Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX), which helps companies minimize their greenhouse gas emissions through a cap and trade system, delivered a guest lecturer at...
Provided by Northwestern University (Kellogg)
-
Podcasts
Risky Business: Analysis From An Engineering Perspective
Jan 2010
Don't set sail without thinking first: this sage advice sums up risk analysis for Elisabeth Paté-Cornell, department chair of Management Science and Engineering at Stanford University. She...
Provided by Stanford University
-
White Papers
A Defensive Strategy
Feb 2009
With the recession spreading worldwide like pandemic flu, globalization has revealed its darker side. Sylvia Nasar, for one, isn't surprised. "Anyone who has read economic history knows that...
Provided by Northwestern University (Kellogg)
-
White Papers
The Asian Century
Jul 2008
China has been growing, on average, about 9 percent per year for the last 17 years, says Krishnamurthi. "That kind of growth is going to put tremendous pressure on factory inputs." In addition,...
Provided by Northwestern University (Kellogg)
-
White Papers
Zell Center Guest Thomas Zelibor: Risk Can Be Positive
Apr 2008
Mention "risk" and many hastily associate it with a negative conclusion. But its meaning, as pointed out by retired Navy Admiral Thomas E. Zelibor, is neutral. "It's typically defined as the...
Provided by Northwestern University (Kellogg)
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White Papers
Portfolio Risk Analysis
Mar 2010
In the investment world, timing is everything. You want to buy assets low before the rest of the world figures out that those assets are cheap, and sell them for a premium before the market...
Provided by Northwestern University (Kellogg)
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White Papers
Live From The Operations Room
Mar 2010
Pointing at the obvious hole in the business plan, Lariviere addressed a laughing crowd of Kellogg students at Wieboldt Hall during "Operations Room Live!," an in-person showcase of the engaging...
Provided by Northwestern University (Kellogg)
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White Papers
The Power Of The Pyramid
Jul 2007
When conducting international business, companies have more than a language barrier to navigate. Cultural differences, legal frameworks and taxes all influence strategic decisions. But something...
Provided by Northwestern University (Kellogg)
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White Papers
Workforce Planning & Hiring Strategy: A Workshop To Align Your Hiring Strategy With Your Business Plan
Apr 2008
Traditionally, growth was limited by access to capital. Today, and for the foreseeable future, growth will be limited by access to talent. The most successful companies will be those that...
Provided by Coolhires
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White Papers
Merging Two Sales Forces: An Opportunity For Disaster
Feb 2010
With increasing frequency, one is encountering sales forces that are in the process of merging with other sales organizations. These mergers are not always the result of corporate acquisitions,...
Provided by Vantage Point Performance
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White Papers
Realising Benefits From Current ERP And CRM Implementations: An Empirical Study
Jun 2010
This paper presents the findings of a study that examines the benefits that organizations are realizing from the implementation and use of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Customer...
Provided by University of Koblenz-Landau
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Webcasts
Company Building As Shakespearean Tragedy
Oct 2008
Silicon Valley lore includes anecdotes of company founders being thrown out of their own companies. But starting a company and growing a company are two different skill sets, says serial...
Provided by Stanford University
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White Papers
Getting More From Lean: Seven Success Factors
Mar 2010
When Toyota created its lean production system in the late 1950s - drawing on the thinking of Henry Ford and W. Edwards Deming - the Japanese company revolutionized auto manufacturing. Since then,...
Provided by Boston Consulting Group
