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International Monetary Fund - 2005

It is widely perceived that competition in the Indian banking sector has increased since the inception of the financial … competitive conditions and earns revenues as if under monopolistic competition …

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Assessing Competitiveness Using Industry Unit Labor Costs : An Application to Slovakia

International Monetary Fund - 2012

Conceptual ambiguities and statistical weaknesses hamper the assessment of external competitiveness. The term competitiveness, while applied extensively, is often imprecisely defined, which can result in analytical errors and mistaken policy advice. Furthermore, aggregate statistical measures of...

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Italy : Assessing Competition and Efficiency in the Banking System

International Monetary Fund - 2007

The paper assesses the degree of banking competition and efficiency in Italy?over time as well as compared to that in … other countries, such as France, Germany, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The paper finds competition in …. The degree of competition falls within the range of estimates for a set of comparator countries. Greater contestability …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014400137

Competitiveness in the Baltics in the Run-Up to EU Accession

International Monetary Fund - 2003

This paper analyzes competitiveness in the Baltics in the run-up to European Union accession. Several factors appear to have driven movements in equilibrium real exchange rates in the Baltics since the start of the transition process. In the earlier years of transition, price liberalization,...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014407140

Republic of Kazakhstan : Financial Sector Assessment Program Update—Technical Note—Bank Profitability and Competition

International Monetary Fund - 2004

competition in the banking sector. In spite of significant gains in efficiency made in recent years, operational costs and …

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Optimum currency areas : new analytical and policy developments

Bléjer, Mario I. (ed.) - International Monetary Fund - 1997

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Options for Low Income Countries' Effective and Efficient Use of Tax Incentives for Investment : Tools for the Assessment of Tax Incentives

International Monetary Fund - 2015

This background paper describes five different tools that can be used for the assessment of tax incentives by governments in low income countries' (LICs). The first tool (an application of cost-benefit analysis) provides an overarching framework for assessment. Evaluations of the various costs...

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COVID-19 : The Regulatory and Supervisory Implications for the Banking Sector

International Monetary Fund - 2020

This note provides a set of high-level recommendations that can guide national regulatory and supervisory responses to the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic and offers an overview of measures taken across jurisdictions to date. The banking sector plays a critical role in mitigating the...

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The International Monetary 1972-1978 : Cooperation on Trial Volume III: Documents

International Monetary Fund - 1996

IMF economists work closely with member countries on a variety of issues. Their unique perspective on country experiences and best practices on global macroeconomic issues are often shared in the form of books on diverse topics such as cross-country comparisons, capacity building, macroeconomic...

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Structural Reforms and Macroeconomic Performance : Country Cases

International Monetary Fund - 2015

As a companion piece to the Board paper on Structural Reforms and Macroeconomic Performance: Initial Considerations for the Fund, this paper presents a selection of case studies on the structural reform experiences of member countries. These papers update the Board on work since the Triennial...

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