How Effective is China’s Monetary Policy? An assessment of the link between the growth of monetary aggregates and inflation during the 2000s [PDF]
The effectiveness of China’s monetary policy hinges on the existence of a robust link between the growth of monetary aggregates and inflation. This paper considers this link during the 2000s using Structural VAR models and simulated out-of-sample ...
Callan Windsor, James S Laurenceson
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Local Financial Development and the Aid-Growth Relationship [PDF]
With official development assistance (ODA) set to rise as countries strive to meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), aid effectiveness remains an important area of development policy. An increasing number of studies support the notion that ODA can
Nkusu, Mwanza, Sayek, Selin
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Economic Benefits of Using Sterile Insect Technique and Mating Disruption to Control Codling Moth
In the Okanagan/Similkameen region, the tree fruit industry value chain forms a significant part of the Agricultural Products Cluster. In 2011, 8677 acres of apples comprised 38% of the total horticulture land base. The remaining acreage was planted primarily to sweet cherries (3500 acres) and wine grapes (8100 acres).
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Managed floating and the independence of interest rates [PDF]
Interest rates ; Foreign exchange rates ...
Adrian W. Throop
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Driven by the Markets? ECB Sovereign Bond Purchases and the Securities Markets Programme [PDF]
After the dramatic rescue package for the euro area, the governing council of the European Central Bank decided to purchase European government bonds – to ensure an “orderly monetary policy transmission mechanism”.
Ansgar Belke
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Aid volatility, monetary policy rules and the capital account in African economies [PDF]
We examine the properties of simple quantity-based monetary policy rules of the kind widely used in low-income African economies. Using a DSGE model and focusing our attention on responses to positive aid shocks, we suggest that policy rules involving ...
Christopher Adam +2 more
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Introduction The use of sterile gloves is a deeply entrenched standard of care for surgical procedures, including the repair of cutaneous wounds and lacerations, to prevent surgical site infections (SSIs). However, this practice is resource-intensive and its necessity for minor, non-operating room procedures is increasingly questioned.
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Theories on the scope for foreign exchange market intervention [PDF]
Exchange Rate;Foreign Exchange Market;Interventions ...
Almekinders, G.J.
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Financial Versus Monetary Mercantilism-Long-run View of Large International Reserves Hoarding [PDF]
The sizable hoarding of international reserves by several East Asian countries has been frequently attributed to a modern version of monetary mercantilism -- hoarding international reserves in order to improve competitiveness. From a long-run perspective,
Jaewoo Lee, Joshua Aizenman
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Management of Exchange Rate Regimes in Emerging Asia [PDF]
This paper revisits the issue of exchange rate regimes in emerging Asia. It is divided into two main parts. The first part compares de jure and de facto exchange rate regimes in Asia over the decade 1999–2009.
Rajan, Ramkishen
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