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Euro Area Policies; Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2004
This Selected Issues paper on Euro Area Policies underlies global rebalancing of accounts. From a growth-accounting perspective, slower growth in the capital-labor ratio seems to be the main driver behind the deceleration in labor productivity. The increase in bilateral trade was accompanied by...
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United States; Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2004
This Selected Issues paper examines the role of information and communication technology (ICT) in the recent acceleration of labor productivity growth in the United States. The analysis reveals that the increase of total factor productivity (TFP) growth is a broad phenomenon that encompasses...
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Canada; Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2004
This paper explores the factors that have led to a Canada-U.S. productivity gap using a sectoral growth accounting approach. Both fiscal and monetary policies have had significant effects on the saving rate. The Canadian dollar’s appreciation was followed by a protracted period of...
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Botswana; Report on the Observance of Standards and Codes—Data Module—Response by the Authorities—Update
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2004
This report on the Observance of Standards and Codes for Botswana highlights the Data Module and response by the authorities. National accounts are computed on an enterprise basis and where a full set of accounts is compiled. Data on financial accounts are captured but not fully analyzed because...
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Vietnam; Statistical Appendix
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2006
In recent years, the IMF has released a growing number of reports and other documents covering economic and financial developments and trends in member countries. Each report, prepared by a staff team after discussions with government officials, is published at the option of the member country.
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Treatment of Mobile Phone Licences in the National Accounts
Mæhle, Nils Øyvind; Dippelsman, Robert - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2001
The treatment of license payments in the national accounts has become increasingly important in recent years; with mobile phone licenses being auctioned for substantial values in several countries. Because the text of the System of National Accounts 1993 does not provide specific guidance on...
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VIVAT, CVAT and All That; New Forms of Value-Added Tax for Federal Systems
Keen, Michael - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2000
Conventional wisdom has it that the value-added tax is not a suitable instrument for lower-level jurisdictions (‘provinces’) in a federal system. The problems that arise when it is so used have become a serious constraint on the development of the VAT—and closer economic integration—in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005826272
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An Economist's Guide to Digital Music
Peitz, Martin; Waelbroeck, Patrick - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2004
In this guide, we discuss the impact of digitalization on the music industry. We rely on market and survey data at the international level as well as expert statements from the industry. The guide investigates recent developments in legal and technological protection of digital music and...
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Blogs and the Economics of Reciprocal Attention
Gaudeul, Alexia; Mathieu, Laurence; Peroni, Chiara - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
Blogs differ from other media in that authors are usually not remunerated and inscribe themselves in communities of similarly minded individuals. Bloggers value reciprocal attention, interaction with other bloggers and information from reading other blogs; they value being read but also writing...
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Internet CV surveys – a cheap, fast way to get large samples of biased values?
Lindhjem, Henrik; Navrud, Ståle - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
With the current growth in broadband penetration, Internet is likely to be the data collection mode of choice for … panel of respondents, either to an Internet or in-person interview mode. Our design is better able than previous mode … 10 percent level. Results are quite encouraging for the use of Internet as values do not seem to be significantly …
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