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Saving-Investment Correlations : Immobile Capital. Government Policy or Endogenous Behavior?

International Monetary Fund - 1989

This paper analyzes reasons for the high post-war correlations of saving and investment, both across countries and over time. It is concluded that the main reason for the observed high correlations over the recent period is probably government policy

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Moreon the Effectiveness of Public Spendingon Health Care and Education : A Covariance Structure Model

International Monetary Fund - 2002

Using data for a sample of developing and transition countries, this paper estimates the relationship between government spending on health care and education, and social indicators. Unlike previous studies, where social indicators are used as proxies for the unobservable health and education...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014399239

Group of Twenty : Measures Which are Both Macroprudential and Capital Flow Management Measures

International Monetary Fund - 2015

The global financial crisis underscored the costs of systemic instability at both the national and global levels and highlighted the importance of dedicated macroprudential and capital flow management policies. The IMF has been assisting its members with policy advice as well as developing and...

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Model Uncertainty. Learning, and the Gains from Coordination

International Monetary Fund - 1988

The paper considers gains from international economic policy coordination when there is uncertainty concerning the functioning of the world economy, but also learning about the “true” model on the part of policymakers. The paper reports estimates of plausible alternative versions of a...

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Asset Prices and Time-Varying Risk

International Monetary Fund - 1988

time-varying risk. Some work by Abel provided us with the insights needed to produce such formulas. This paper gives a …

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Switzerland : Financial Sector Assessment Program: Technical Note: An Assessment of Insurance Core Principles for the Reinsurance Industry

International Monetary Fund - 2007

This technical note discusses key findings of the assessment of Insurance Core Principles (ICP) for the reinsurance … industry for Switzerland. It reveals that the Swiss reinsurance market is dominated by three large players with a strong … international presence. The reinsurance industry comprises 20 professional reinsurers and 50 reinsurance captives with gross …

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Germany; Financial Sector Assessment Program: Detailed Assessment of Observance on Insurance Core Principles

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2011

Insurance regulation and supervision is of a high standard, and most of the enhancements suggested have been put in place. Further enhancements will be required, in the context of the forthcoming introduction of Solvency II requirements, in such areas as the frequency of onsite inspections, the...

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Jersey; Financial Sector Assessment Program Update: Detailed Assessment of Observance of the Insurance Core Principles

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2009

This report presents a Detailed Assessment of the Observance of the Insurance Core Principles Report on Jersey. Other than the international business, most cover is obtained from insurers based overseas by the large insurance broker community on the island. There is no ombudsman and no...

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Germany; Financial Sector Assessment Program: Detailed Assessment of Observance on Basel Core Principles for Effective Banking Supervision

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2011

The design of the German banking supervision framework is structurally sound, with a robust legislative and operational framework that largely complies with the Basel Core Principles for effective banking supervision (BCP). Various improvements to the German supervisory framework have been...

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Germany; Report on the Observance of Standards and Codes (ROSC)

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2011

This paper presents the report on observance of standards and codes (ROSC) for the financial sector prepared in connection with the financial sector assessment program (FSAP). The FSAP covers the Basel Core Principles for effective banking, the International Association of Insurance Supervisors...

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