Volume/Issue: 2011/255
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Nkunde Mwase
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
November
2011
ISBN: 9781463923914
BRICs development financing flows have increased significantly and are expected to become more prominent in the post-crisis era. We investigate the potential implications on the country-allocation of loan commitmen...
Volume/Issue: 2010/290
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
December
2010
ISBN: 9781455211715
In the literature on exports and investment, most productive firms are seen to invest abroad. In the Helpman et al. (2004) model, costs of transportation play a critical role in the decision about whether to serve...
Volume/Issue: 2010/49
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Genevieve Verdier
,
Erasmus Kersting
, and
Era Dabla-Norris
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
February
2010
ISBN: 9781451963250
How do firm-specific actions-in particular, innovation-affect firm productivity? And what is the role of the financial sector in facilitating higher productivity? Using a rich firm-level dataset, we find that innov...
Volume/Issue: 1999/32
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Ajit Singh
,
Rudolph Matthias
, and
Jack Glen
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
March
1999
ISBN: 9781451845099
This large empirical study of corporate profitability in emerging markets during the 1980s and 1990s measures the intensity of competition. Data on corporate rates of return, profit margins, and output-capital rati...
Volume/Issue: 2011/255
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Nkunde Mwase
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
November
2011
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781463923914.001
ISBN: 9781463923914
BRICs development financing flows have increased significantly and are expected to become more prominent in the post-crisis era. We investigate the potential implications on the country-allocation of loan commitmen...
Volume/Issue: 2010/290
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
December
2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781455211715.001
ISBN: 9781455211715
In the literature on exports and investment, most productive firms are seen to invest abroad. In the Helpman et al. (2004) model, costs of transportation play a critical role in the decision about whether to serve...
Volume/Issue: 2010/49
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Genevieve Verdier
,
Erasmus Kersting
, and
Era Dabla-Norris
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
February
2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781451963250.001
ISBN: 9781451963250
How do firm-specific actions-in particular, innovation-affect firm productivity? And what is the role of the financial sector in facilitating higher productivity? Using a rich firm-level dataset, we find that innov...
Volume/Issue: 1999/32
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Ajit Singh
,
Rudolph Matthias
, and
Jack Glen
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
March
1999
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781451845099.001
ISBN: 9781451845099
This large empirical study of corporate profitability in emerging markets during the 1980s and 1990s measures the intensity of competition. Data on corporate rates of return, profit margins, and output-capital rati...
Volume/Issue: 2009/178
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Prakash Kannan
, and
Selim Elekdag
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
August
2009
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781451873252.001
ISBN: 9781451873252
This paper develops a simple procedure for incorporating market-based information into the construction of fan charts. Using the International Monetary Fund (IMF)'s global growth forecast as a working example, the...
Volume/Issue: 2008/188
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
July
2008
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781451870466.001
ISBN: 9781451870466
The volume of credit extended by a bank can be an informative signal of its abilities in loan selection and management. It is shown that, under asymmetric information, banks may therefore rationally lend more than...