SSRN International Monetary Fund (IMF) Research Paper Series

1.

What Do We Talk About When We Talk About Output Gaps?

IMF Working Paper No. 20/259

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 05 Jan 2021

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Jelle Barkema, Tryggvi Gudmundsson and Mico Mrkaic

International Monetary Fund (IMF), International Monetary Fund (IMF) and International Monetary Fund (IMF)

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2.

Technological and Economic Decoupling in the Cyber Era

IMF Working Paper No. 20/257

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 05 Jan 2021

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Daniel Garcia-Macia and Rishi Goyal

International Monetary Fund (IMF) - European Department and International Monetary Fund (IMF)

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3.

Local Currency Bond Markets Law Reform: A Methodology for Emerging Markets and Developing Economies

IMF Working Paper No. 20/258

Number of pages: 62 Posted: 05 Jan 2021

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Wouter Bossu, Cory Hillier and Wolfgang Bergthaler

International Monetary Fund (IMF), International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Fiscal and Financial Law Unit and International Monetary Fund (IMF)

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4.

Legal Aspects of Central Bank Digital Currency: Central Bank and Monetary Law Considerations

IMF Working Paper No. 20/254

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 05 Jan 2021

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Wouter Bossu, Masaru Itatani, Catalina Margulis, Arthur Rossi, Hans Weenink and Akihiro Yoshinaga

International Monetary Fund (IMF), International Monetary Fund (IMF), International Monetary Fund (IMF), International Monetary Fund (IMF), International Monetary Fund (IMF) and International Monetary Fund (IMF)

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5.

Energy, Efficiency Gains and Economic Development: When Will Global Energy Demand Saturate?

IMF Working Paper No. 20/253

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 05 Jan 2021

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Christian Bogmans, Lama Kiyasseh, Akito Matsumoto and Andreas Pescatori

International Monetary Fund (IMF), International Monetary Fund (IMF), International Monetary Fund (IMF) and International Monetary Fund (IMF)

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6.

Monetary Policy Surprises and Inflation Expectation Dispersion

IMF Working Paper No. 20/252

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 05 Jan 2021

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Francesco Grigoli, Bertrand Gruss and Sandra Lizarazo

International Monetary Fund (IMF), International Monetary Fund (IMF) and International Monetary Fund (IMF)

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7.

Labor Market Informality and the Business Cycle

IMF Working Paper No. 20/256

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 05 Jan 2021

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Frederic Lambert, Andreas Pescatori and Frederik Toscani

International Monetary Fund (IMF), International Monetary Fund (IMF) and International Monetary Fund

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8.

Dirty Money: Does the Risk of Infectious Disease Lower Demand for Cash?

IMF Working Paper No. 20/255

Number of pages: 16 Posted: 05 Jan 2021

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Serhan Cevik

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

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9.

Banking Across Borders: Are Chinese Banks Different?

IMF Working Paper No. 20/249

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 05 Jan 2021

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Eugenio Cerutti, Cathérine Koch and Swapan-Kumar Pradhan

International Monetary Fund (IMF), Bank for International Settlements (BIS) and Bank for International Settlements (BIS)

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10.

Improving the Short-Term Forecast of World Trade During the COVID-19 Pandemic Using Swift Data on Letters of Credit

IMF Working Paper No. 20/247

Number of pages: 72 Posted: 05 Jan 2021

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Benjamin Carton, Nan Hu, Joannes Mongardini, Kei Moriya and Aneta Radzikowski

Centre d'Etudes Prospectives et d'Info. Internationales (CEPII), Hong Kong Monetary Authority - Hong Kong Institute for Monetary and Financial Research, International Monetary Fund (IMF), International Monetary Fund (IMF) and International Monetary Fund (IMF)

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11.

Imported Food Price Shocks and Socio-Political Instability: Do Fiscal Policy and Remittances Matter?

IMF Working Paper No. 20/248

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 05 Jan 2021

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Carine Meyimdjui

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

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12.

India's Inflation Process Before and after Flexible Inflation Targeting

IMF Working Paper No. 20/251

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 05 Jan 2021

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Patrick Blagrave and Weicheng Lian

International Monetary Fund (IMF) and International Monetary Fund (IMF)

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13.

Enhancing Fiscal Transparency and Reporting in India

IMF Working Paper No. 20/250

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 05 Jan 2021

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Patrick Blagrave and Fabien Gonguet

International Monetary Fund (IMF) and International Monetary Fund (IMF)

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14.

Non-Linearities in Fiscal Policy:The Role of Debt

IMF Working Paper No. 20/246

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 05 Jan 2021

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Alexandra Fotiou

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

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15.

Tax Evasion from Cross-Border Fraud: Does Digitalization Make a Difference?

IMF Working Paper No. 20/245

Number of pages: 17 Posted: 05 Jan 2021

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Emmanouil Kitsios, João Tovar Jalles and Genevieve Verdier

International Monetary Fund (IMF), International Monetary Fund (IMF) and International Monetary Fund (IMF) - IMF Institute

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16.

Perfect Storm: Climate Change and Tourism

IMF Working Paper No. 20/243

Number of pages: 19 Posted: 05 Jan 2021

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Serhan Cevik and Manuk Ghazanchyan

International Monetary Fund (IMF) and International Monetary Fund (IMF)

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17.

Optimal Simple Objectives for Monetary Policy When Banks Matter

IMF Working Paper No. 20/244

Number of pages: 60 Posted: 05 Jan 2021

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Lien Laureys, Roland Meeks and Boromeus Wanengkirtyo

Bank of England, International Monetary Fund and Bank of England

There are 3 versions of this paper

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18.

Fintech in Europe: Promises and Threats

IMF Working Paper No. 20/241

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 05 Jan 2021

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Chikako Baba, Cristina Batog, Enrique Flores, Borja Gracia, Izabela Karpowicz, Piotr Kopyrski, James Roaf, Anna Shabunina, Rachel van Elkan and Xin Cindy Xu

International Monetary Fund (IMF), affiliation not provided to SSRN, International Monetary Fund (IMF), Yale University, International Monetary Fund (IMF), affiliation not provided to SSRN, International Monetary Fund (IMF), International Monetary Fund (IMF), International Monetary Fund (IMF) and International Monetary Fund (IMF)

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19.

Inflation Expectations in the U.S.: Linking Markets, Households, and Businesses

IMF Working Paper No. 20/240

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 05 Jan 2021

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Peter D. Williams

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

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20.

Pre- and Post-GFC Policy Multipliers

IMF Working Paper No. 20/237

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 05 Jan 2021

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Céline Rochon and Sam Ouliaris

International Monetary Fund (IMF) and International Monetary Fund (IMF)

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21.

Monetary and Macroprudential Policy with Endogenous Risk

IMF Working Paper No. 20/236

Number of pages: 56 Posted: 05 Jan 2021

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Tobias Adrian, Fernando Duarte, Nellie Liang and Pawel Zabczyk

International Monetary Fund, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Brookings Institution and International Monetary Fund MCMMP

There are 2 versions of this paper

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22.

Stress Testing U.S. Leveraged Corporates in a COVID-19 World

IMF Working Paper No. 20/238

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 05 Jan 2021

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Carlos Caceres, Diego Cerdeiro, Dan Pan and Suchanan Tambunlertchai

International Monetary Fund (IMF), International Monetary Fund (IMF), International Monetary Fund (IMF) and International Monetary Fund (IMF)

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23.

The Great Lockdown: International Risk Sharing Through Trade and Policy Coordination

IMF Working Paper No. 20/242

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 05 Jan 2021

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Philipp Engler, Nathalie Pouokam, Diego Rodriguez Guzman and Irina V. Yakadina

International Monetary Fund (IMF), International Monetary Fund (IMF), International Monetary Fund (IMF) and International Monetary Fund (IMF)

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24.

China's Rebalancing: Opportunities and Challenges for LAC Exporters

IMF Working Paper No. 20/239

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 05 Jan 2021

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nitya aasaavari, Fabio Di Vittorio, Ana Lariau, Yuebo Li, Rui C. Mano and Pedro Rodriguez

Independent, International Monetary Fund (IMF), International Monetary Fund (IMF), International Monetary Fund (IMF), International Monetary Fund and International Monetary Fund (IMF)

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25.

An Apocalypse Foretold: Climate Shocks and Sovereign Defaults

IMF Working Paper No. 20/231

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 05 Jan 2021

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Serhan Cevik and João Tovar Jalles

International Monetary Fund (IMF) and International Monetary Fund (IMF)

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26.

Protecting Lives and Livelihoods with Early and Tight Lockdowns

IMF Working Paper No. 20/234

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 05 Jan 2021

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Francesca Caselli, Francesco Grigoli, Weicheng Lian and Damiano Sandri

International Monetary Fund (IMF), International Monetary Fund (IMF), International Monetary Fund (IMF) and International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Research Department

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27.

COVID-19 Impact and Mitigation Policies: A Didactic Epidemiological-Macroeconomic Model Approach

IMF Working Paper No. 20/233

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 05 Jan 2021

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John P. Ansah, Natan P. Epstein and Valeriu Nalban

International Monetary Fund (IMF), International Monetary Fund (IMF) and International Monetary Fund (IMF)

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28.

Climate-Related Stress Testing: Transition Risks in Norway

IMF Working Paper No. 20/232

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 05 Jan 2021

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Pierpaolo Grippa and Samuel Mann

International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Monetary and Capital Markets Department and International Monetary Fund (IMF)

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29.

Climate Mitigation Policy in Denmark: A Prototype for Other Countries

IMF Working Paper No. 20/235

Number of pages: 59 Posted: 05 Jan 2021

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Nicoletta Batini, Ian Parry and Philippe Wingender

International Monetary Fund (IMF), International Monetary Fund (IMF) and International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Fiscal Affairs Department

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30.

External Private Financing and Domestic Revenue Mobilization: A Dilemma?

IMF Working Paper No. 20/230

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 05 Jan 2021

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Hippolyte Balima, Deirdre Daly and Boileau Loko

International Monetary Fund (IMF), Federal Reserve Bank of New York and International Monetary Fund (IMF)

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31.

COVID-19 and the CPI: Is Inflation Underestimated?

IMF Working Paper No. 20/224

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 05 Jan 2021

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Marshall Reinsdorf

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

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32.

Twenty Years of Unconventional Monetary Policies: Lessons and Way Forward for the Bank of Japan

IMF Working Paper No. 20/226

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 05 Jan 2021

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Niklas Westelius

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

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33.

Crouching Beliefs, Hidden Biases: The Rise and Fall of Growth Narratives

IMF Working Paper No. 20/228

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 05 Jan 2021

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Reda Cherif, Marc Engher and Fuad Hasanov

International Monetary Fund (IMF), International Monetary Fund (IMF) and International Monetary Fund

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34.

Caught in the Crosswinds: The Experiences of Selected Economies Responding to External Volatility with Multiple Policy Levers

IMF Working Paper No. 20/225

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 05 Jan 2021

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Ghada Fayad and Hélène Poirson

International Monetary Fund (IMF) and International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Research Department

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35.

Constrained Efficient Borrowing with Sovereign Default Risk

IMF Working Paper No. 20/227

Number of pages: 62 Posted: 05 Jan 2021

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Juan Carlos Hatchondo, Leonardo Martinez and Francisco Roch

Indiana University Bloomington, International Monetary Fund (IMF) - IMF Institute and International Monetary Fund (IMF)

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36.

Optimism Bias in Growth Forecasts-The Role of Planned Policy Adjustments

IMF Working Paper No. 20/229

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 05 Jan 2021

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Kareem Ismail, Roberto Perrelli and Jessie Yang

International Monetary Fund (IMF), International Monetary Fund (IMF) and International Monetary Fund (IMF)

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37.

The Economic Consequences of Conflict in Sub-Saharan Africa

IMF Working Paper No. 20/221

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 05 Jan 2021

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Xiangming Fang, Siddharth Kothari, Cameron McLoughlin and Mustafa Yenice

International Monetary Fund (IMF), International Monetary Fund (IMF), International Monetary Fund (IMF) and International Monetary Fund (IMF)

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38.

External Financing Dependence and Corporate Saving in ASEAN5

IMF Working Paper No. 20/223

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 05 Jan 2021

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Xin Li

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

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39.

The Sources of Fiscal Fluctuations

IMF Working Paper No. 20/220

Number of pages: 66 Posted: 05 Jan 2021

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Antoine Levy, Luca A. Ricci and Alejandro M. Werner

International Monetary Fund (IMF), International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Research Department and International Monetary Fund (IMF)

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40.

Mobile Phone Ownership and Welfare: Evidence from South Africa's Household Survey

IMF Working Paper No. 20/222

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 05 Jan 2021

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Ken Miyajima

Bank for International Settlements (BIS) - Monetary and Economic Department

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41.

Mexico Needs a Fiscal Twist: Response to COVID-19 and Beyond

IMF Working Paper No. 2020/215

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 08 Dec 2020

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Swarnali Ahmed Hannan, Keiko Honjo and Mehdi Raissi

International Monetary Fund (IMF), International Monetary Fund (IMF) and International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Fiscal Affairs Department

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42.

A Vicious Cycle: How Pandemics Lead to Economic Despair and Social Unrest

IMF Working Paper No. 2020/216

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 08 Dec 2020

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Tahsin Saadi-Sedik and Rui Xu

International Monetary Fund (IMF) and International Monetary Fund (IMF)

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43.

COVID-19 and Inequality in Asia: Breaking the Vicious Cycle

IMF Working Paper No. 2020/217

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 08 Dec 2020

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Emilia Jurzik, Medha Madhu Nair, Nathalie Pouokam, Tahsin Saadi-Sedik, Anthony Tan and Irina V. Yakadina

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44.

Exiting from Lockdowns: Early Evidence from Reopenings in Europe

IMF Working Paper No. 2020/218

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 08 Dec 2020

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Jeffrey R. Franks, Bertrand Gruss, Carlos Mulas Granados, Manasa Patnam and Sebastian Weber

International Monetary Fund, International Monetary Fund (IMF), International Monetary Fund (IMF), International Monetary Fund (IMF) and International Monetary Fund (IMF)

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