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What Should Macroeconomists Know About Health Care Policy?
Heller, Peter S. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007
This primer aims to provide IMF macroeconomists with the essential information they need to address issues concerning health sector policy, particularly when they have significant macroeconomic implications. Such issues can also affect equity and growth and are fundamental to any strategy of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005599256
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What Should Macroeconomists Know About Health Care Policy: A Primer
Hsiao, William C. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2000
This primer aims to provide IMF macroeconomists with the essential information they need in situations where they must address issues concerning health sector policy and when they have significant macroeconomic implications. Such issues can also affect equity and growth and are fundamental to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005825737
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Budget Rigidity and Expenditure Efficiency in Slovenia
Mattina, Todd D.; Gunnarsson, Victoria - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007
This paper assesses the relative efficiency and flexibility of public spending in Slovenia compared to the advanced and new EU member states. Spending on health care, education, and social protection is relatively high in Slovenia without achieving correspondingly better outcomes. Inefficiencies...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005826042
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Informal Labour and Credit Markets: A Survey
Levine, Paul; Lotti, Emanuela; Batini, Nicoletta; Kim, … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2010
This paper reviews the literature on the informal economy, focusing first on empirical findings and then on existing approaches to modeling informality within both partial and general equilibrium environments. We concentrate on labour and credit markets, since these tend to be most affected by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008519512
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Mexico; Experiences with Pro-Poor Expenditure Policies
Corbacho, Ana; Schwartz, Gerd - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2002
Against the background of Mexico's persistently high degree of inequality, this paper analyzes the country's experience with pro-poor policies over the last decade. A number of important government initiatives, implemented since the mid-1990s, have aimed at improving distributional equity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005248152
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Sudden stops, time inconsistency, and the duration of sovereign debt
Hatchondo, Juan Carlos; Martinez, Leonardo - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2013
We study the sovereign debt duration chosen by the government in the context of a standard model of sovereign default …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010790324
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Optimal Maturity Structure of Sovereign Debt in Situation of Near Default
Desgranges, Gabriel; Rochon, Céline - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2014
We study the relationship between default and the maturity structure of the debt portfolio of a Sovereign, under … uncertainty. The Sovereign faces a trade-off between a future costly default and a high current fiscal effort. This results into a … uncertainty about future fundamentals is then a source of default through its effect on long term interest rates and the optimal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959469
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Credit Booms and Lending Standards : Evidence From the Subprime Mortgage Market
Dell'Ariccia, Giovanni - 2008
This paper links the current sub-prime mortgage crisis to a decline in lending standards associated with the rapid expansion of this market. We show that lending standards declined more in areas that experienced larger credit booms and house price increases. We also find that the underlying...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014409025
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The Use of Blanket Guarantees in Banking Crises
Laeven, Luc - 2008
In episodes of significant banking distress or perceived systemic risk to the financial system, policymakers have often opted for issuing blanket guarantees on bank liabilities to stop or avoid widespread bank runs. In theory, blanket guarantees can prevent bank runs if they are credible....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012677371
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Credit Booms and Lending Standards
Dell'Ariccia, Giovanni - 2008
This paper links the current sub-prime mortgage crisis to a decline in lending standards associated with the rapid expansion of this market. We show that lending standards declined more in areas that experienced larger credit booms and house price increases. We also find that the underlying...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012677586