Ralph Chami

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

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Washington, DC 20431

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“  Aside from my work on remittances and banking, I am currently working on a new project that looks at what's different about macroeconomic policy in states experiencing fragility. The first meeting of experts will be at Oxford, December 10-11, 2018, and the book is slated for late 2019.  ”

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1.

Do Workers' Remittances Promote Economic Growth?

IMF Working Paper No. 09/153
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 04 Aug 2009
Adolfo Barajas, Ralph Chami, Connel Fullenkamp, Michael Gapen and Peter J. Montiel
International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Western Hemisphere Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF), Duke University - Department of Economics, International Monetary Fund (IMF) - International Capital Markets Department and Williams College - Department of Economics
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Capital accumulation, Capital flows, Developing countries, Economic growth, Foreign labor, Labor markets, Migration, Poverty reduction, Private capital flows, Transfers of foreigners income, Welfare, Workers remittances

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On Valuing Nature-Based Solutions to Climate Change: A Framework with Application to Elephants and Whales

Economic Research Initiatives at Duke (ERID) Working Paper No. 297
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 04 Sep 2020
Duke University - Economics Submitter, Ralph Chami, Connel Fullenkamp, Fabio Berzaghi, Sonia Español-Jiménez, Milton Marcondes and Jose Palazzo
Independent, International Monetary Fund (IMF), Duke University - Department of Economics, Università degli studi della Tuscia, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Baleia Jubarte and Baleia Jubarte
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Climate Change, Valuation, Carbon Capture, Behavioral Economics

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Are Immigrant Remittance Flows a Source of Capital for Development?

IMF Working Paper No. 03/189
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 06 Feb 2006
Ralph Chami, Connel Fullenkamp and Samir Jahjah
International Monetary Fund (IMF), Duke University - Department of Economics and International Monetary Fund - INS
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remittances, altruism, asymmetric information, private income transfers, moral hazard, economic growth

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What's Different About Family Businesses?

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 16 Mar 1998
Ralph Chami
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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What is Different About Family Businesses?

IMF Working Paper No. 01/70
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 14 Feb 2006
Ralph Chami
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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altruism, asymmetric information, family business, trust, nonmarket transactions, moral hazard, corporate governance

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Emerging Issues in Banking Regulation

IMF Working Paper No. 2003/101
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 17 Jun 2003
Ralph Chami
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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WP, bank, capital, market, market discipline, regulator, banking, regulation, Basel standards, bank regulator, problem bank, bank capital, risk-management process, insurance fund, bank behavior, risk management system, bank VaR model, capital requirement, bank association, bank management, Nonbank financial institutions, Financial statements, Deposit insurance, Bank supervision, Global

7.

The Nature of Capital Adequacy Constraints Under the Basel Accord

Number of pages: 10 Posted: 07 Nov 2003
Ralph Chami and Thomas F. Cosimano
International Monetary Fund (IMF) and University of Notre Dame
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Capital Requirements, Basel Accord, Bank Regulation

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Trust and Efficiency

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Trust and Efficiency

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 15 Mar 2000
Ralph Chami and Connel Fullenkamp
International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Duke University - Department of Economics
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Trust, Altruism, Efficiency, Principal-Agent, Moral Hazard, Asymmetric Information

Trust and Efficiency

Journal of Banking and Finance, Forthcoming
Posted: 28 Nov 2001
Ralph Chami and Connel Fullenkamp
International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Duke University - Department of Economics

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Trust, Altruism, Efficiency, Principal-Agent, Moral Hazard, Asymmetric Information

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Monetary Policy with a Touch of Basel

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Monetary Policy with a Touch of Basel

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 01 Aug 2001
Ralph Chami and Thomas F. Cosimano
International Monetary Fund (IMF) and University of Notre Dame
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Basel Accord, Monetary Policy, Capital Requirements

Monetary Policy with a Touch of Basel

IMF Working Paper No. 01/151
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 31 Jan 2006
Ralph Chami and Thomas F. Cosimano
International Monetary Fund (IMF) and University of Notre Dame
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capital requirements, monetary policy

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The Stock Market Channel of Monetary Policy

IMF Working Paper No. 99/22
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 10 Feb 2006
Ralph Chami, Thomas F. Cosimano and Connel Fullenkamp
International Monetary Fund (IMF), University of Notre Dame and Duke University - Department of Economics
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inflation tax, channel of monetary policy, asset pricing

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Remittances and Institutions: Are Remittances a Curse?

IMF Working Paper No. 08/29
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 18 Feb 2008
Yasser Abdih, Jihad C. Dagher, Ralph Chami and Peter J. Montiel
International Monetary Fund (IMF), Milken Institute, International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Williams College - Department of Economics
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Corruption, Workers remittances, Economic growth

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Beware of Emigrants Bearing Gifts: Optimal Fiscal and Monetary Policy in the Presence of Remittances

IMF Working Paper No. 06/61
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 26 Apr 2006
Ralph Chami, Thomas F. Cosimano and Michael Gapen
International Monetary Fund (IMF), University of Notre Dame and International Monetary Fund (IMF) - International Capital Markets Department
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Remittances, Ramsey policies, optimal monetary policy, optimal taxation

13.

Libya Beyond the Revolution: Challenges and Opportunities

International Monetary Fund Middle East and Central Asia Department; ISBN: 978-1-61635-385-8
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 06 Nov 2017 Last Revised: 13 Nov 2017
Ralph Chami, Ahmed I. Al-Darwish, Ahmed I. Al-Darwish, Serhan Cevik, Joshua Charap, Susan Mary George, Borja Gracia, Simon Gray and Sailendra Pattanayak
International Monetary Fund (IMF), International Monetary Fund (IMF)Government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency (SAMA), International Monetary Fund (IMF), International Monetary Fund (IMF), International Monetary Fund (IMF), Yale University, International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Independent
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Did the Basel Accord Cause a Credit Slowdown in Latin America?

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Did the Basel Accord Cause a Credit Slowdown in Latin America?

ECONOMIA: The Journal of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association, Fall 2004
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 25 Oct 2004 Last Revised: 26 Dec 2008
Thomas F. Cosimano, Ralph Chami and Adolfo Barajas
University of Notre Dame, International Monetary Fund (IMF) and International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Western Hemisphere Department
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Capital requirements, Basel Accord, Capital channel, Latin America

Did the Basel Accord Cause a Credit Slowdown in Latin America?

IMF Working Paper No. 05/38
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 15 Feb 2006
Adolfo Barajas, Ralph Chami and Thomas F. Cosimano
International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Western Hemisphere Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) and University of Notre Dame
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Capital Requirements, Basel Accord, Capital Channel

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The Global Financial Crisis and Workers' Remittances to Africa: What's the Damage?

IMF Working Paper No. 10/24
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 15 Feb 2010
Adolfo Barajas, Ralph Chami, Connel Fullenkamp and Anjali Garg
International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Western Hemisphere Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF), Duke University - Department of Economics and International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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Africa, Capital flows, Cross country analysis, Economic forecasting, Economic growth, Financial crisis, Global Financial Crisis 2008-2009, Migration, Workers remittances

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Remittances: An Automatic Output Stabilizer?

IMF Working Paper No. 09/91
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 28 Apr 2009
Ralph Chami, Dalia Hakura and Peter J. Montiel
International Monetary Fund (IMF), International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Williams College - Department of Economics
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The Market Value of Family Values

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The Market Value of Family Values

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 12 May 1997
Ralph Chami and Connel Fullenkamp
International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Duke University - Department of Economics
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The Market Value of Family Values

The Cato Journal, Vol. 16, No. 3, January 1997
Posted: 10 Feb 1998
Ralph Chami and Connel Fullenkamp
International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Duke University - Department of Economics

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A Model of the IMF as a Coinsurance Arrangement

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A Model of the IMF as a Coinsurance Arrangement

BIS Working Paper No. 170, IMF Working Paper No. 04/219
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 20 Sep 2007
Ralph Chami, Sunil Sharma and Ilhyock Shim
International Monetary Fund (IMF), George Washington University - Elliott School of International Affairs and Bank for International Settlements (BIS)
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IMF, moral hazard, coinsurance, samartian's dilemma, last word

A Model of the IMF as a Coinsurance Arrangement

IMF Working Paper No. 04/219
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 09 Feb 2006
Ralph Chami, Sunil Sharma and Ilhyock Shim
International Monetary Fund (IMF), George Washington University - Elliott School of International Affairs and Bank for International Settlements (BIS)
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IMF, coinsurance arrangement, conditionality, moral hazard, Samaritan`s dilemma, King Lear`s dilemma

A Model of the Imf as a Coinsurance Arrangement

Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal, Vol. 2, 2008-14
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 18 Dec 2010
Ralph Chami, Sunil Sharma and Ilhyock Shim
International Monetary Fund (IMF), George Washington University - Elliott School of International Affairs and Bank for International Settlements (BIS)
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IMF, coinsurance arrangement, moral hazard, Samaritan?s dilemma, King Lear?s dilemma

A Model of the Imf as a Coinsurance Arrangement

Economics Discussion Paper No. 2007-26
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 29 Nov 2010
Ralph Chami, Sunil Sharma and Ilhyock Shim
International Monetary Fund (IMF), George Washington University - Elliott School of International Affairs and Bank for International Settlements (BIS)
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IMF, coinsurance arrangement, moral hazard, Samaritan´s dilemma, King Lear´s dilemma

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Ownership of Capital in Monetary Economies and the Inflation Tax on Equity

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Ownership of Capital in Monetary Economies and the Inflation Tax on Equity

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 19 Jun 1998
Ralph Chami, Thomas F. Cosimano and Connel Fullenkamp
International Monetary Fund (IMF), University of Notre Dame and Duke University - Department of Economics
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Ownership of Capital in Monetary Economies and the Inflation Tax on Equity

IMF Working Paper No. 99/167
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 14 Feb 2006
Ralph Chami, Thomas F. Cosimano and Connel Fullenkamp
International Monetary Fund (IMF), University of Notre Dame and Duke University - Department of Economics
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inflation tax, channel of monetary policy, asset pricing

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U.S. Bank Behavior in the Wake of the 2007-2009 Financial Crisis

IMF Working Paper No. 10/131
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 04 Jun 2010
Ralph Chami, Dalia Hakura, Thomas F. Cosimano and Adolfo Barajas
International Monetary Fund (IMF), International Monetary Fund (IMF), University of Notre Dame and International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Western Hemisphere Department
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Bank credit, Capital, Interest rates on loans, Global Financial Crisis 2008-2009, Liquidity

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Trust as a Means of Improving Corporate Governance and Efficiency

IMF Working Paper No. 02/33
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 29 Jan 2006
Ralph Chami and Connel Fullenkamp
International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Duke University - Department of Economics
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asymmetric information, efficiency, trust, moral hazard, corporate governance

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A Framework for Financial Market Development

IMF Working Paper No. 09/156
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 04 Aug 2009
Ralph Chami, Connel Fullenkamp and Sunil Sharma
International Monetary Fund (IMF), Duke University - Department of Economics and George Washington University - Elliott School of International Affairs
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Banking sector, Banks, Bond markets, Capital markets, Demand for money, Financial instruments, Financial risk, Financial sector, Financial systems, Loans, Risk management, Securities markets, Stock markets

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Workers' Remittances and the Equilibrium Real Exchange Rate: Theory and Evidence

IMF Working Paper No. 10/287
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 01 Feb 2011
Adolfo Barajas, Ralph Chami, Dalia Hakura and Peter J. Montiel
International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Western Hemisphere Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF), International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Williams College - Department of Economics
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Capital inflows, Developing countries, Economic models, Exchange rate appreciation, Low-income developing countries, Real effective exchange rates, Workers remittances

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Bank Capital and the Cost of Equity

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Bank Capital and the Cost of Equity

Number of pages: 58 Posted: 03 Dec 2019
Mohamed Belkhir, Sami Ben Naceur, Ralph Chami and Anis Samet
United Arab Emirates University (UAEU), International Monetary Fund (IMF), International Monetary Fund (IMF) and American University of Sharjah - School of Business and Management
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Cost of equity, Bank capital, Banking regulation, Financial stability

Bank Capital and the Cost of Equity

IMF Working Paper No. 19/265
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 23 Jan 2020
Mohamed Belkhir, Sami Ben Naceur, Ralph Chami and Anis Samet
United Arab Emirates University (UAEU), International Monetary Fund (IMF), International Monetary Fund (IMF) and American University of Sharjah - School of Business and Management
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Financial statistics, Financial crises, Bank capital, Stock markets, Capital regulation, Cost of equity, Banking regulation, Financial stability, WP, Coe, country-level, ROA, equity

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What's Different About Monetary Policy Transmission in Remittance-Dependent Countries?

IMF Working Paper No. 16/44
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 08 Apr 2016
Adolfo Barajas, Ralph Chami, Christian Ebeke and Anne Oeking
International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Western Hemisphere Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF), Centre d’Etudes et de Recherches sur le Développement International, CERDI-CNRS and International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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Worker’s Remittances, lending channel, banking sector, bank balance sheets, balance sheets, exchange, General, Fiscal and Monetary Policy in Development, All Countries, banking sector.,

26.

(Why) Do Self-Employed Parents Have More Children?

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 28 Jan 2004
Nzinga Broussard, Ralph Chami and Gregory D. Hess
Independent, International Monetary Fund (IMF) and CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute for Economic Research)
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self-employed, children, familiy business, matching.

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Capital Trading, Stock Trading, and the Inflation Tax on Equity

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Capital Trading, Stock Trading, and the Inflation Tax on Equity

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 19 Oct 2000
Ralph Chami, Thomas F. Cosimano and Connel Fullenkamp
International Monetary Fund (IMF), University of Notre Dame and Duke University - Department of Economics
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Capital Trading, Stock Trading, and the Inflation Tax on Equity

Review of Economic Dynamics
Posted: 09 Feb 2001
Ralph Chami, Thomas F. Cosimano and Connel Fullenkamp
International Monetary Fund (IMF), University of Notre Dame and Duke University - Department of Economics

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Recent Credit Stagnation in the MENA Region: What to Expect? What Can Be Done?

IMF Working Paper No. 10/219
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 01 Feb 2011
Adolfo Barajas, Ralph Chami, Raphael A. Espinoza and Heiko Hesse
International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Western Hemisphere Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF), International Monetary Fund (IMF) and International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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Bank credit, Banking sector, Credit expansion, Cross country analysis, Economic growth, Middle East, Monetary policy, North Africa

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Fiscal Sustainability in Remittance-Dependent Economies

IMF Working Paper No. 09/190
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 21 Sep 2009
Michael Gapen, Yasser Abdih, Amine Mati and Ralph Chami
International Monetary Fund (IMF) - International Capital Markets Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF), International Monetary Fund (IMF) and International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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Capital inflows, Debt burden, Debt sustainability, Demand for money, Developing countries, Economic models, Fiscal management, Fiscal sustainability, Gross domestic product, Lebanon, Private savings, Public debt, Workers remittances

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Should Subsidized Private Transfers Replace Social Insurance?

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 15 Apr 1998
Ralph Chami and Connel Fullenkamp
International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Duke University - Department of Economics
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Altruism, charity, asymmetric information, social insurance, nonmarket transfers, non-governmental organizations (NGOs)

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Capital Trading, Stock Trading, and the Inflation Tax on Equity: A Note

FRB of Cleveland Working Paper No. 03-21
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 02 Nov 2007
Scott L. Baier, Charles T. Carlstrom, Ralph Chami, Thomas F. Cosimano, Timothy S. Fuerst and Connel Fullenkamp
Clemson University - John E. Walker Department of Economics, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, International Monetary Fund (IMF), University of Notre Dame, University of Notre Dame and Duke University - Department of Economics
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used-capital market, indeterminacy

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Workers' Remittances: An Overlooked Channel of International Business Cycle Transmission?

IMF Working Paper No. 12/251
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 07 Nov 2012
Adolfo Barajas, Ralph Chami, Christian Ebeke and Sampawende Tapsoba
International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Western Hemisphere Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF), Centre d’Etudes et de Recherches sur le Développement International, CERDI-CNRS and International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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Workers remittances, Business cycles, Terms of trade, Capital inflows, Remittances, Business Cycle Synchronization, Trade, Spillovers., remittance, remittances, business cycle, business cycle synchronization, remittance flows, remittance inflows, business cycles, real gdp, migration, bilateral remittance, impact of remittances, effect of remittance, migrant, effect of remittances, impact of remittance, remittance channel, workers ? remittances, economic growth, bilateral remittances, remittance outflows, gdp growth, determinants of remittances, remittance data, growth rate, remittance sending, immigrant remittance, remittances data, role of remittance, variation in remittances, remittance se

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For Better or for Worse? State-Level Marital Formation and Risk Sharing

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 23 Jun 2002
Ralph Chami and Gregory D. Hess
International Monetary Fund (IMF) and CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute for Economic Research)
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Consumption Insurance, Marriage

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Riding the Yield Curve: Risk Taking Behavior in a Low Interest Rate Environment

IMF Working Paper No. 20/53
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 20 Apr 2020
Ralph Chami, Thomas Cosimano, Céline Rochon and Julieta Yung
International Monetary Fund (IMF), Independent, International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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Interest rate increases, Discount rates, Risk premium, Financial markets, Financial instruments, Interest rate risk, non-linear stochastic discount factor, investment portfolio, termstructure model, risk aversion distribution, low interest rate environment, WP, yield curve, interest-rate, risk aversion, conditional mean, treasury security

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Remittances Channel and Fiscal Impact in the Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia

IMF Working Paper No. 12/104
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 27 Aug 2012
Yasser Abdih, Adolfo Barajas, Ralph Chami and Christian Ebeke
International Monetary Fund (IMF), International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Western Hemisphere Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Centre d’Etudes et de Recherches sur le Développement International, CERDI-CNRS
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Private Demand, Tax Revenues, Instrumental Variables, Panel Data, International Factor Movements And International Business, Taxation, Subsidies, And Revenue, remittances, remittance, tax revenues, tax revenue, fiscal impact, impact of remittances, remittance inflows, migration, workers ? remittances, bilateral remittances, value of remittances, tax bases, remittance flows, effect of remittances, determinants of remittances, remittance channel, public finances, fiscal balance, primary fiscal balance, bilateral remittance, amount of remittances, fiscal space, capita remittances, remittances inflows, fiscal balances, per capita remittances, tax base, remitter, utilization of remittances, capit

36.

The Finance and Growth Nexus Re-Examined: Do All Countries Benefit Equally?

IMF Working Paper No. 13/130
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 18 Jun 2013
Adolfo Barajas, Ralph Chami and Seyed Reza Yousefi
International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Western Hemisphere Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) and International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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Economic growth, Middle East, North Africa, Latin America, Caribbean, Oil exporting countries, Nonoil developing countries, Low-income developing countries, Banking sector, Stock markets, Access to capital markets, Economic models, Time series, Growth, Financial Development, Inclusive Growth, Financial Access, oil, banking, bank deposits, banking sector, bank supervision, banking services, banking system, bank credit, banking systems, banking crises, bank ownership, bank intermediation, state bank, bank financing, access to banking, access to bank, macroeconomic stability, capital adequacy, bank branches, banking supervision, bank depositors

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What's Different About Bank Holding Companies?

IMF Working Paper No. 17/26
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 09 Aug 2017
Ralph Chami, Thomas F. Cosimano, Jun Ma and Celine Rochon
International Monetary Fund (IMF), University of Notre Dame, Northeastern University - Department of Economics and University of Oxford
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Banking, Banking, Banks, Financial stability, Loans, Monetary policy, Financial markets, Bank Holding Company, Term Structure, Basel III, Bank Capital, Macro Prudential, Ring-Fencing, Financial Markets and the Macroeconomy, General, General

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Do Remittances Enhance Financial Inclusion in LMICs and in Fragile States?

IMF Working Paper No. 20/66
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 18 Jun 2020
Sami Ben Naceur, Ralph Chami and Mohamed Trabelsi
International Monetary Fund (IMF), International Monetary Fund (IMF) and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Remittances; Financial inclusion; Financial Stability, Financial Development

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Are Remittances Good for Labor Markets in LICs, MICs and Fragile States?

IMF Working Paper No. 18/102
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 01 Aug 2018
Ralph Chami, Ekkehard Ernst, Connel Fullenkamp and Anne Oeking
International Monetary Fund (IMF), International Labour Organization (ILO), Duke University and International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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Remittances, Labor markets, Low income countries, Inclusive growth, Income distribution, Labor force participation, Cross-country analysis, fragile countries, middle income countries, Dutch Disease, Factor Income Distribution

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Back to the Future: The Nature of Regulatory Capital Requirements

IMF Working Paper No. 17/181
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 20 Feb 2018
Ralph Chami, Thomas F. Cosimano, Emanuel Kopp and Celine Rochon
International Monetary Fund (IMF), University of Notre Dame, International Monetary Fund (IMF) and University of Oxford
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Financial regulation and supervision, Balance sheets, Bank capital, Capital adequacy, Capital requirements, Moral hazard, United States, Western Hemisphere, Banking sector, Legislation, Liquidity management, regulatory requirements, Dodd-Frank Act, Financial CHOICE Act, leverage ratio, liquidity standards, regulatory arbitrage, Government Policy and Regulation

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Should Subsidized Private Transfers Replace Government Social Insurance?

IMF Working Paper No. 00/150
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 31 Jan 2006
Ralph Chami and Connel Fullenkamp
International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Duke University - Department of Economics
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Altruism, charity, asymmetric information, social insurance, nonmarket transfers, non-governmental organizations (NGOs)

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Do Private Income Transfers Increase Labor Market Risk?

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Do Private Income Transfers Increase Labor Market Risk?

Number of pages: 15 Posted: 10 Jul 2000
Ralph Chami and Jeffrey H. Fischer
International Monetary Fund (IMF) and U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
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Altruism, Asymmetric information, Wages, Nonmarket transactions

Do Private Income Transfers Increase Labor Market Risk?

Economics Letters
Posted: 26 Jul 2000
Ralph Chami and Jeffrey H. Fischer
International Monetary Fund (IMF) and U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

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Altruism, Asymmetric information, Wages, Nonmarket transactions

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The Role of Blue Carbon in Climate Change Mitigation and Carbon Stock Conservation

The Role of Blue Carbon in Climate Change Mitigation and Carbon Stock Conservation, by Nathalie Hilmi, Ralph Chami, Michael D. Sutherland, Jason M. Hall-Spencer, Lara Lebleu, Maria Belen Benitez, and Lisa A. Levin, Frontiers in Climate, Vol 3, pp. 1-18, 2021.
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 28 Jan 2022
Ralph Chami
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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natural capital, ecosystem services, mitigation, carbon services valuation, governance, environmental economics

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A Template for Analyzing and Projecting Labor Market Indicators

International Monetary Fund Technical Guidance Note, 2012
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 04 Nov 2017
Ralph Chami, Yasser Abdih, Alberto Behar, Serhan Cevik, Davide Furceri, Nick Janus and Paul Zimand
International Monetary Fund (IMF), 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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Unemployment, projections, template, labor market

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A Time to Build: Does Ta Matter for Revenue Mobilization?

IMF Working Paper No. 2021/035
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 09 Mar 2021
Ralph Chami, Elorm Darkey and Oral H. Williams
International Monetary Fund (IMF), International Monetary Fund (IMF) and International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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46.

Do Bequests Increase Labor Market Risk?

Economics Letters, Vol. 69, 2000
Posted: 26 Dec 2008
Ralph Chami and Jeffrey H. Fischer
International Monetary Fund (IMF) and U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

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47.

A General Equilibrium Approach to Asset Pricing in an Efficient Market

Posted: 15 Jul 1998
Ralph Chami, Thomas F. Cosimano and Connel Fullenkamp
International Monetary Fund (IMF), University of Notre Dame and Duke University - Department of Economics

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A Unified Theory of Consumption Smoothing and Asset Returns in an Efficient Market

WPF95
Posted: 14 Jul 1998
Ralph Chami and Thomas F. Cosimano
International Monetary Fund (IMF) and University of Notre Dame

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Persistent Liquidity Effects and Asset Pricing in a General Equilibrium Model with Production

WPS96
Posted: 28 Jun 1998
Thomas F. Cosimano, Ralph Chami and James D. Peterson
University of Notre Dame, International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Charles Schwab Investment Advisory

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50.

Altruism, Matching, and Nonmarket Insurance

ECONOMIC INQUIRY
Posted: 29 Apr 1998
Ralph Chami and Jeffrey H. Fischer
International Monetary Fund (IMF) and U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

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51.

Transfers and Incentives: Some Microeconomic Consequences of German Reunification

Posted: 14 Jan 1997
Ralph Chami and Jeffrey H. Fischer
International Monetary Fund (IMF) and U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

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52.

King Lear's Dilemma: Precommitment Versus the Last Word

ECONOMICS LETTERS
Posted: 11 Sep 1996
Ralph Chami
International Monetary Fund (IMF)

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Private Income Transfers and Market Incentives

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Private Income Transfers and Market Incentives

Posted: 18 Jun 1996
Ralph Chami
International Monetary Fund (IMF)

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Private Income Transfers and Market Incentives

Posted: 15 Oct 1997
Ralph Chami
International Monetary Fund (IMF)

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