Abdul G. Abiad

International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Research Department

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Early Warning Systems: A Survey and a Regime-Switching Approach

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Early Warning Systems: A Survey and a Regime-Switching Approach

IMF Working Paper No. 03/32
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 05 Jan 2005
Abdul G. Abiad
International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Research Department
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Currency crisis, early warning system, regime-switching, Markov-switching

Early-Warning Systems: A Survey and a Regime-Switching Approach

IMF Working Paper No. 03/32
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 29 Jan 2006
Abdul G. Abiad
International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Research Department
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Currency crisis, early warning system, regime switching, Markov switching

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A New Database of Financial Reforms

IMF Working Paper No. 08/266
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 18 Dec 2008
Abdul G. Abiad, Enrica Detragiache and Thierry Tressel
International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) - European Department and International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Research Department
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Economic reforms, Economic databases, Financial sector, Economic policy

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Financial Reform: What Shakes it? What Shapes it?

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Financial Reform: What Shakes it? What Shapes it?

IMF Working Paper No. 03/70
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 06 Feb 2005
Abdul G. Abiad and Ashoka Mody
International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Research Department and International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Research Department
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Financial reform, financial liberalization, political economy, status quo bias

Financial Reform: What Shakes it? What Shapes it?

IMF Working Paper No. 03/70
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 28 Jan 2006
Abdul G. Abiad and Ashoka Mody
International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Research Department and International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Research Department
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Financial reform, political economy, status quo bias

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Markov Chains in Predictive Models of Currency Crises - with Applications to Southeast Asia

PIER Working Paper No. 02-013
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 27 May 2002
Roberto S. Mariano, Abdul G. Abiad, Bulent Gultekin, Tayyeb Shabbir and Augustine H.H. Tan
Singapore Management University, International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Research Department, University of Pennsylvania - Finance Department, University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics and Singapore Management University - School of Social Sciences
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The Quality Effect: Does Financial Liberalization Improve the Allocation of Capital?

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The Quality Effect: Does Financial Liberalization Improve the Allocation of Capital?

IMF Working Paper No. 04/112
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 06 Feb 2005
Abdul G. Abiad, Nienke Oomes and Kenichi Ueda
International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) and University of Tokyo - Faculty of Economics
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Tobin's Q, financial liberalization, investment, allocative efficiency, inequality

The Quality Effect: Does Financial Liberalization Improve the Allocation of Capital?

IMF Working Paper No. 04/112
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 15 Feb 2006
Abdul G. Abiad, Nienke Oomes and Kenichi Ueda
International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) and University of Tokyo - Faculty of Economics
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Tobin`s Q, financial liberalization, investment, allocative efficiency, inequality

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International Finance and Income Convergence: Europe is Different

IMF Working Paper No. 07/64
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 26 Mar 2007
Abdul G. Abiad, Daniel Leigh and Ashoka Mody
International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) and International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Research Department
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Creditless Recoveries

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Creditless Recoveries

IMF Working Paper No. 11/58
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 22 Mar 2011
Abdul G. Abiad, Bin (Grace) Li and Giovanni Dell'Ariccia
International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Research Department, International Monetary Fund and International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Research Department
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Bank credit, Banking crisis, Business cycles, Credit expansion, Cross country analysis, Developed countries, Economic growth, Economic recovery, Emerging markets, Financial crisis, Industrial investment, Private sector

Creditless Recoveries

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 21 Mar 2011
Abdul G. Abiad, Giovanni Dell'Ariccia and Bin (Grace) Li
International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Research Department and International Monetary Fund
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credit cycles, credit crunch, banking crisis, financial dependence

Creditless Recoveries

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP8301
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 28 Mar 2011
Abdul G. Abiad, Giovanni Dell'Ariccia and Bin (Grace) Li
International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Research Department and International Monetary Fund
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credit crunch, Credit cycles, financial crises, financial dependence

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Financial Integration, Capital Mobility, and Income Convergence

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Financial Integration, Capital Mobility, and Income Convergence

Number of pages: 70 Posted: 09 Feb 2009
Abdul G. Abiad, Daniel Leigh and Ashoka Mody
International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) and International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Research Department
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Current account deficits, capital flows, capital mobility, financial integration, growth, convergence

Financial Integration, Capital Mobility, and Income Convergence

Economic Policy, Vol. 24, Issue 58, pp. 241-305, April 2009
Number of pages: 65 Posted: 27 Apr 2009
Abdul G. Abiad, Daniel Leigh and Ashoka Mody
International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) and International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Research Department
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What’s the Damage? Medium-Term Output Dynamics after Banking Crises

IMF Working Paper No. 09/245
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 24 Nov 2009
Abdul G. Abiad, Ravi Balakrishnan, Petya Koeva Brooks, Daniel Leigh and Irina Tytell
International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Fiscal Affairs Department, affiliation not provided to SSRN, International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Fidelity Investments
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Asset management, China, People's Republic of, Governance, Investment policy, Pension funds, Pension supervision, Savings promotion

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Underlying Factors Driving Fiscal Effort in Emerging Market Economies

IMF Working Paper No. 05/106
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 03 Mar 2006
Abdul G. Abiad and Taimur Baig
International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Research Department and International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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Public debt, fiscal balance, fiscal sustainability

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Evaluating Historical CGER Assessments: How Well Have They Predicted Subsequent Exchange Rate Movements?

IMF Working Paper No. 09/32
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 18 Mar 2009
Abdul G. Abiad, Prakash Kannan and Jungjin Lee
International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) and International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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Exchange rate assessments, Developed countries, Emerging markets, Exchange rate policy surveillance, Real effective exchange rates, Current account balances, Economic models, Cross country analysis

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The Macroeconomic Effects of Public Investment: Evidence from Advanced Economies

IMF Working Paper No. 15/95
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 02 Jun 2015
Abdul G. Abiad, Davide Furceri and Petia B. Topalova
International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) and International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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Public investment, Infrastructure, Developed countries, OECD, Econometric models, Time series, Fiscal policy, Growth, Debt., private investment, capital, investment spending, interest, interest rates, government investment

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The Rising Resilience of Emerging Market and Developing Economies

IMF Working Paper No. 12/300
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 28 Feb 2013
Abdul G. Abiad, John C. Bluedorn, Jaime Guajardo and Petia B. Topalova
International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) and International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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Developing countries, Economic growth, Economic recovery, Emerging markets, developing countries, development, emerging markets, expansion, growth, low-income countries, recovery.

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How Does Trade Evolve in the Aftermath of Financial Crises?

IMF Working Paper No. 11/3
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 01 Feb 2011
Abdul G. Abiad, Prachi Mishra and Petia B. Topalova
International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Research Department and International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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Bilateral trade, Cross country analysis, Economic models, Financial crisis, Imports, Time series