Trade Openness and Growth: Pursuing Empirical Glasnost, IMF Working Paper No....

Trade Openness and Growth: Pursuing Empirical Glasnost IMF Working Paper No. 07/156 : Summary: Studies of the impact of trade openness on growth are based either on cross-country analysis-which lacks transparency-or...

Posted on: January 1, 2009

What Drives Stock Market Development in the Middle East and Central...

What Drives Stock Market Development in the Middle East and Central Asia--Institutions, Remittances, or Natural Resources? Summary: In this paper, we assess the macroeconomic determinants of stock market capitalization in...

Posted on: January 1, 2009

Cooperative Banks in Europe--Policy Issues , IMF Working Paper No. 07/159:...

Cooperative Banks in Europe--Policy Issues: IMF Working Paper No. 07/159 Summary: This paper explains the continuing success of European cooperative banks through evolving comparative advantages. It points out that a...

Posted on: January 1, 2009

Globalization, Gluts, Innovation or Irrationality: What Explains the Easy Financing of...

Globalization, Gluts, Innovation or Irrationality: What Explains the Easy Financing of the U.S. Current Account Deficit? Summary: This paper examines the roles of U.S. financial innovation, financial globalization, and the...

Posted on: January 1, 2009

On the Buyability of Voting Bodies; IMF Working Paper No. 07/165...

On the Buyability of Voting Bodies; IMF Working Paper No. 07/165 Summary: We study vote buying by competing interest groups in a variety of electoral and contractual settings. While increasing the...

Posted on: January 1, 2009

Real Effects of Common Currencies in East Asia ; IMF Working...

Real Effects of Common Currencies in East Asia ; IMF Working Paper No. 07/166 Summary: Since the 1997 Asian currency crisis, new interest has emerged in the formation of a common...

Posted on: January 1, 2009

Globalization and Income Inequality: A European Perspective; IMF Working Paper No....

Globalization and Income Inequality: A European Perspective; IMF Working Paper No. 07/169:  Full Text

Posted on: January 1, 2009

Seventh Review of the IMF's Data Standards Initiatives

IMF Policy Paper: Seventh Review of the Fund's Data Standards Initiatives Studies of the financial crises in the 1990s concluded that, at least in part, they derived from data deficiencies. Following...

Posted on: December 31, 2008

Greenhouse gas emission trends and projections in Europe 2008

European Environment Agency Report: Greenhouse gas emission trends and projections in Europe 2008 Summary: This report presents an assessment of the current and projected progress of EU Member States, EU candidate...

Posted on: December 29, 2008

Secretary General of OIC receives Koyre Medal of History

The Paris-based International Academy of History of Sciences awarded Alexandre Koyré Medal, a distinction award granted once every two years since 1968, to Professor Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, Secretary General of the...

Posted on: December 22, 2008