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1997
- 1825 Current accounts in debtor and creditor countries
by Kraay, Aart & Ventura, Jaume - 1824 Winners and losers from utility privatization in Argentina : lessons from a general equilibrium model
by Chisari, Omar & Estache, Antonio & Romero, Carlos - 1823 Antidumping in law and practice
by Krishna, Raj - 1822 Intergovernmental fiscal transfer in nine countries : lessons for developingcountries
by Jun Ma - 1821 The"IPO-Plus": a new approach to privatization
by Goldberg, Itzhak & Jedrzejczak, Gregory & Fuchs, Michael - 1820 Private pension funds in Argentina's newintegrated pension system
by Vittas, Dimitri - 1819 The Argentine pension reform and its relevance for Eastern Europe
by Vittas, Dimitri - 1818 What affects the Russian regional governments'propensity to subsidize?
by Freinkman, Lev & Haney, Michael - 1817 Should core labor standards be imposed through international trade policy?
by Maskus, Keith E. - 1816 Returns to regionalism : an evaluation of nontraditional gains from regional trade agreements
by Fernandez, Raquel - 1815 Unfair trade? Empirical evidence in world commodity markets over te past 25 years
by Morisset, Jacques - 1814 Making education in China equitable and efficient
by Hossain, Shaikh I. - 1813 Tackling health transition in China
by Hossain, Shaikh I. - 1812 Managing guarantee programs in support of infrastructure investment
by Klein, Michael - 1811 Agricultural development : issues, evidence, and consequences
by Mundlak, Yair & Larson, Donald F. & Crego, Al - 1810 Inspections and emissions in India : puzzling survey evidence about industrial pollution
by Pargal, Sheoli & Mani, Muthukumara & Huq, Mainul - 1809 Institutions in transition : reliability of rules and economic performance in former Socialist countries
by Brunetti, Aymo & Kisunko, Gregory & Weder, Beatrice - 1808 Economic transition and the distributions of income and wealth
by Ferreira, Francisco H. G. - 1807 The ghost of financing gap : how the Harrod-Domar growth model still haunts development economics
by Easterly, William - 1806 An international statistical survey of government employment and wages
by Schiavo-Campo, Salvatore & de Tommaso, Giulio & Mukherjee, Amitabha - 1805 Regional economic integration and agricultural trade
by Goto, Junichi - 1804 Financial sector adjustment lending : a mid-course analysis
by Cull, Robert J. - 1803 Field adjustments in transition economies : social transfers and the efficiency of public spending - a comparison with OECD countries
by Fakin, Barbara & de Crombrugghe, Alain - 1802 Are there synergies between World Bank partial credit guarantees and private lending?
by Huizinga, Harry - 1801 Regional integration as diplomacy
by Schiff, Maurice & Winters, L. Alan - 1800 Single-equation estimation of the equilibrium real exchange rate
by Baffes, John & Elbadawi, Ibrahim A. & O'Connell, Stephen A. - 1799 More for the poor is less for the poor : the politics of targeting
by Gelbach, Jonath B. & Pritchett, Lant H. - 1798 Poor areas, or only poor people?
by Ravallion, Martin & Wodon, Quentin - 1797 Formal and informal regulation of industrial pollution : comparative evidence from Indonesia and the United States
by Pargal, Sheoli & Hettige, Hemamala & Singh, Manjula & Wheeler, David - 1796 Cents and sociability : household income and social capital in rural Tanzania
by Narayan, Deepa & Pritchett, Lant - 1795 What educational production functions really show : a positive theory of education spending
by Pritchett, Lant & Filmer,Deon - 1794 Ownership structure, corporate governance, and corporate performance : the case of Chinese stock companies
by Xiaonian Xu & Yan Wang - 1793 Wage and pension pressure on the Polish budget
by de Crombrugghe, Alain - 1792 Tradeoffs from hedging oil pricerisk in Ecuador
by Satyanarayan, Sudhakar & Somensatto, Eduardo - 1791 Toward better regulation of private pension funds
by Shah, Hemant - 1790 Interpreting the coefficient of schooling in the human capital earnings function
by Chiswick, Barry R. - 1789 Competition law in Bulgaria after central planning
by Hoekman, Bernard & Djankov, Simeon - 1788 An economic analysis of woodfuel management in the Sahel : the case of Chad
by Chomitz, Kenneth M. & Griffiths, Charles - 1787 Trading arrangements and industrial development
by Puga, Diego & Venables, Anthony J. - 1786 The economics of customs unions in the Commonwealth of Independent States
by Michalopoulos, Constantine & Tarr, David - 1785 The causes of government and the consequences for growth and well-being
by Commander, Simon & Davoodi, Hamid R. & Lee, Une J. - 1784 Analyzing the sustainability of fiscal deficitsin developing countries
by Cuddington, John T. - 1783 Trade policy options for Chile : a quantitative evaluation
by Harrison, Glenn W. & Rutherford, Thomas F. & Tarr, David G. - 1782 Regional integration and the prices of imports : an empirical investigation
by Winters, L. Alan & Won Chang - 1781 Technology accumulation and diffusion : is there a regional dimension?
by Padoan, Pier Carlo - 1780 High-level rent-seeking and corruption in African regimes : theory and cases
by Coolidge, Jacqueline & Rose-Ackerman, Susan - 1779 Water allocation mechanisms : principles and examples
by Dinar, Ariel & Rosegrant, Mark W. & Meinzen-Dick, Ruth - 1778 How government policies affect the relationship between Polish and world wheat prices
by Figiel, Szczepan & Scott, Tom & Varangis, Panos - 1777 Aid, policies, and growth
by Burnside, Craig & Dollar, David - 1776 From prices to incomes: agricultural subsidization without protection?
by Baffes, John & Meerman, Jacob - 1775 Can high-inequality developing countries escape absolute poverty?
by Ravallion, Martin - 1774 The demand for base money and the sustainability of public debt
by Garcia, Valeriano F. - 1773 The costs and benefits of regulation : implications for developing countries
by Guasch, J. Luis & Hahn, Robert W. - 1772 What drives deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon? Evidence from satellite and socioeconomic data
by Pfaff, Alexander S.P. - 1771 Government employment and pay : a global and regional perspective
by Schiavo-Campo, Salvatore & de Tommaso, Giulio & Mukherjee, Amitabha - 1770 Poverty and social transfers in Hungary
by Grootaert, Christiaan - 1769 Information, incentives, and commitment : an empirical analysis of contracts between government and state enterprises
by Shirley, Mary M. & L. Colin Xu - 1768 Is there a quantity-quality tradeoff as enrollments increase? Evidence from Tamil Nadu, India
by Duraisamy, P. & James, Estelle & Lane, Julia & Jee-Peng Tan - 1767 Pension reform : is there a tradeoff between efficiency and equity?
by James, Estelle - 1766 New systems for old age security - theory, practice, and empirical evidence
by James, Estelle - 1765 Explaining agricultural and agrarian policies in developing countries
by Binswanger, Hans P. & Deininger, Klaus - 1764 A reversal of fortune for Korean women : explaining the 1983 upward turn in relative earnings
by van der Meulen Rodgers, Yana - 1763 China and the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency
by Yushu Feng - 1762 Strategies for pricing publicly provided health services
by Gertler, Paul J. & Hammer, Jeffrey S. - 1761 Bending the rules : discretionary pollution control in China
by Dasgupta, Susmita & Huq, Mainul & Wheeler, David - 1760 Credibility of rules and economic growth : evidence from a worldwide survey of the private sector
by Brunnetti, Aymo & Kisunko, Gregory & Weder, Beatrice - 1759 Institutional obstacles to doing business : region-by-region results from a worldwide survey of the private sector
by Brunetti, Aymo & Kisunko, Gregory & Weder, Beatrice - 1758 The restructuring of large firms in Slovakia
by Djankov, Simeon & Pohl, Gerhard - 1757 Using economic policy to improve environmental protection in Pakistan
by Faruqee, Rashid - 1756 World crude oil resources : evidence from estimating supply functions for 41 countries
by Watkins, G. C. & Streifel, Shane - 1755 Survey responses from women workers in Indonesia's textile, garment, and footwear industries
by Pangestu, Mari & Hendytio, Medelina K. - 1754 Research on land markets in South Asia : what have we learned?
by Faruqee, Rashid & Carey, Kevin - 1753 Can capital markets create incentives for pollution control?
by Lanoie, Paul & Laplante, Benoit & Roy, Maite - 1752 Ghana's labor market (1987-92)
by Canagarajah, Sudharshan & Thomas, Saji - 1751 Using tariff indices to evaluate preferential trading arrangements : an application to Chile
by Bond, Eric - 1750 Regional integration and foreign direct investment : a conceptual framework and three cases
by Blomstrom, Magnus & Kokko, Ari - 1749 Applying economic analysis to technical assistance projects
by McMahon, Gary - 1748 Has agricultural trade liberalization improved welfare in the least-developed countries? Yes
by Ingco, Merlinda D. - 1747 Protection and trade in services : a survey
by Hoekman, Bernard & Primo Braga, Carlos A. - 1746 The role of long term finance : theory and evidence
by Caprio Jr., Gerard & Demirguc-Kunt, Asli - 1745 How foreign investment affects host countries
by Blomstrom, Magnus & Kokko, Ari - 1744 Moving to greener pastures : multinationals and the pollution-haven hypothesis
by Eskeland, Gunnar S. & Harrison, Ann E. - 1743 How China's government and state enterprises partitioned property and control rights
by Lixin Colin Xu - 1742 Transport costs and"natural"integration in Mercosur
by Amjadi, Azita & Winters, L. Alan - 1741 Privatization, public investment, and capital income taxation
by Huizinga, Harry & Nielsen, Soren Bo - 1740 When is foreign aid policy credible : aid dependence and conditionality
by Svensson, Jakob - 1739 Safe and sound banking in developing countries : we're not in Kansas anymore
by Caprio Jr., Gerard - 1738 Some aspects of poverty in Sri Lanka : 1985-90
by Datt, Gaurav & Gunewardena, Dileni - 1737 Ownership and corporate governance : evidence from the Czech Republic
by Claessens, Stijn & Djankov, Simeon & Pohl, Gerhard - 1736 Creating incentives for private infrastructure companies to become more efficient
by Alexander, Ian & Mayer, Colin - 1735 Competition policy and the global trading system : a developing country perspective
by Hoekman, Bernard - 1734 Are markets learning? : behavior in the secondary market for Brady bonds
by Barbone, Luca & Forni, Lorenzo - 1733 The usefulness of private and public information for foreign investment decisions
by Mody, Ashoka & Yuko Kinoshita - 1732 Agricultural trade and rural development in the Middle East and North Africa: recent developments and prospects
by DeRosa, Dean A. - 1731 Pension reform, growth, and the labor market in Ukraine
by Riboud, Michelle & Hoaquan Chu - 1730 Have trade policy reforms led to greater openness in developing countries : evidence from readily available trade data
by Andriamananjara, Shuby & Nash, John - 1729 Does Mercosur's trade performance raise concerns about the effects of regional trade arrangements?
by Yeats, Alexander - 1728 Regional labor markets during deregulation in Indonesia : have the Outer Islands been left behind?
by Manning, Chris - 1727 The economics of the informal sector : a simple model and some empirical evidence from Latin America
by Loayza, Norman A. - 1726 Roads, population pressures, and deforestation in Thailand, 1976-89
by Cropper, Maureen & Griffiths, Charles & Mani, Muthukumara - 1725 Access to long term debt and effects of firm's performance : lessons from Ecudaor
by Jaramillo, Fidel & Schiantarelli, Fabio - 1724 Debt maturity and firm performance : a panel study of Indian companies
by Schiantarelli, Fabio & Srivastava, Vivek - 1723 The productivity effects of decentralized reforms - an analysis of the Chinese industrial reforms
by Lixin Colin Xu - 1722 Uncertainty, instability, and irreversible investment : theory, evidence, and lessons for Africa
by Serven, Luis - 1721 EU (European Union) accession of central and eastern Europe : bridging the income gap
by Barbone, Luca & Zalduendo, Juan - 1720 The distribution of foreign direct investment in China
by Broadman, Harry G. & Xiaolun Sun - 1719 Shifting responsibility for social services as enterprises privatize in Belarus
by Sewell, David - 1718 Does environmental regulation matter? Determinants of the location of new manufacturing plants in India in 1994
by Mani, Muthukumara & Pargal, Sheoli & Huq, Mainul - 1717 Do labor market regulations affect labor earnings in Ecuador?
by MacIsaac, Donna & Rama, Martin - 1716 Reforming pensions in Zambia : an analysis of existing schemes and options for reform
by Queisser, Monika & Bailey, Clive & Woodall, John - 1715 The evolution of poverty and welfare in Nigeria, 1985-92
by Canagarajan, Sudharshan & Ngwafon, John & Thomas, Saji - 1714 Fiscal federalism in Bosnia-Herzegovina : The Dayton challenge
by Fox, William & Wallich, Christine - 1713 Why did Colombian private savings decline in the early 1990s?
by Lopez, Alejandro - 1711 Issues in comparing poverty trends over time in Cote de'Ivoire
by Jones, Christine & Xiao Ye - 1710 Why paper mills clean up : determinants of pollution abatement in four Asian countries
by Hartman, Raymond S. & Huq, Mainul & Wheeler, David - 1709 Poverty comparisons with non-compatible data: theory and illustrations
by Lanjouw, Jean Olson & Lanjouw, Peter - 1708 Has Latin America's post-reform growth been disappointing?
by Easterly, William & Loayza, Norman & Montiel, Peter - 1707 Trade reorientation and productivity growth in Bulgarian enterprises
by Djankov, Simeon & Hoekman, Bernard - 1706 Monetary policy during transition : an overview
by De Melo, Martha & Denizer, Cevdet - 1705 The Polish experience with bank and enterprise restructuring
by Montes-Negret, Fernando & Papi, Luca - 1704 Citizen complaints as environmental indicators : evidence from China
by Dasgupta, Susmita & Wheeler, David - 1703 Population aging and financing of government liabilities in New Zealand
by Polackova, Hana - 1702 Inflation in nontradables and the macroeconomic policy mix : a model with policy application to transition economies
by Polackova, Hana - 1701 Monitoring environmental standards : do local conditions matter?
by Dion, Catherine & Lanoie, Paul & Laplante, Benoit - 1700 Child nutrition, child health, and school enrollment : a longitudinal analysis
by Alderman, Harold & Behrman, Jere R. & Lavy, Victor & Menon, Rekha - 1699 The maturity structure of debt : determinants and effects on firms'performance - evidence from the United Kingdom and Italy
by Schiantarelli, Fabio & Sembenelli, Alessandro
1996
- 22554 Abstracts : policy research working paper series - numbers 1575 - 1589
by anonymous - 1712 Demand elasticities in international trade : are they really low?
by Shah, Shekhar & Mishra, Deepak & Panagariya, Arvind - 1698 Regulatory structure and risk and infrastructure firms : an international comparison
by Alexander, Ian & Mayer, Colin & Weeds, Helen - 1697 Strategies to develop mortgage markets in transition economies
by Jaffee, Dwight M. & Renaud, Bertrand - 1696 South-North migration and trade : a survey
by Schiff, Maurice - 1695 Are there dynamic gains from a poor-area development program?
by Jalan, Jyotsna & Ravallion, Martin - 1694 What can new survey data tell us about recent changes in distribution and poverty?
by Ravallion, Martin & Shaohua Chen - 1693 Famines and economics
by Ravallion, Martin - 1692 Regulating market risk in banks : a comparison of alternative regulatory regimes
by Stephanou, Constantinos - 1691 Integrating the unofficial economy into the dynamics of post-socialist economies : a framework of analysis and evidence
by Kaufmann, Daniel & Kaliberda, Aleksander - 1690 Stock markets, banks, and economic growth
by Levine, Ross & Zervos, Sara - 1689 Is economic analysis of projects still useful?
by Belli, Pedro - 1688 Risk, taxpayers, and the role of government in project finance
by Klein, Michael - 1687 Regionalism versus multilateralism
by Winters, L. Alan - 1686 Institutions, financial markets, and firms'choice of debt maturity
by Demirguc-Kunt, Asl1 & Maksimovic, Vojislav - 1685 Macroeconomic crises and poverty monitoring : a case study for India
by Datt, Gaurav & Ravallion, Martin - 1684 The whys and why nots of export taxation
by Devarajan, Shantayanan & Go, Delfin & Schiff, Maurice & Suthiwart-Narueput, Sethaput - 1683 High real interest rates, guarantor risk, and bank recapitalizations
by Brock, Philip L. - 1682 Is the"Japan Problem"real? How problems in Japan's financial sector could affect developing regions
by Shigeru Otsubo & Masahiko Tsutsumi - 1681 India in the global economy
by Brahmbhatt, Milan & Srinivasan, T.G. & Murrell, Kim - 1680 Brazil's efficient payment system : a legacy of high inflation
by Listfield, Robert & Montes-Negret, Fernando - 1679 Trade and the accumulation and diffusion of knowledge
by Padoan, Pier Carlo - 1678 Financial development and economic growth : views and agenda
by Levine, Ross - 1677 Reforming Indonesia's pension system
by Leechor, Chad - 1676 The evolution of payments in Europe, Japan, and the U.S. : lessons for emerging market economies
by Humphrey, David B. & Setsuya, Sato & Masayoshi, Tsurumi & Vesala, Jukka M. - 1675 Nations, conglomerates, and empires : the tradeoff between income and sovereignty
by Milanovic, Branko - 1674 How can China provide income security for its rapidly aging population?
by Friedman, Barry & James, Estelle & Kane, Cheikh & Queisser, Monika - 1673 Indonesian labor legislation in a comparative perspective : a study of six APEC countries
by Nayar, Reema - 1672 Controlling industrial pollution : a new paradigm
by Afsah, Shakeb & Laplante, Benoit & Wheeler, David - 1671 Financial constraints, uses of funds, and firm growth : an international comparison
by Demirguc-Kunt, Asli & Maksimovic, Vojislav - 1670 Assessing the welfare impacts of public spending
by van de Walle, Dominique - 1669 International capital flows : do short-term investment and direct investment differ?
by Chuhan, Punam & Perez-Quiros, Gabriel & Popper, Helen - 1668 Small is beautiful : preferential trade agreements and the impact of country size, market share, efficiency, and trade policy
by Schiff, Maurice - 1667 Dealing with commodity price uncertainty
by Varangis, Panos & Larson, Don - 1666 Is growth in Bangladesh's rice production sustainable?
by Baffes, John & Gautam, Madhur - 1665 How important are labor markets to the welfare of the poor in Indonesia?
by Mason, Andrew D. & Baptist, Jacqueline - 1664 Pensions in Germany
by Queisser, Monika - 1663 Internal finance and investment : another look
by Samuel, Cherian - 1662 From learning to partnership : multinational research and development cooperation in developing countries
by Navaretti, Giorgio Barba & Carraro, Carlo - 1661 Determinants of public expenditure on infrastructure : transportation and communication
by Randolph, Susan & Bogetic, Zeljko & Hefley, Dennis - 1660 Mind your P's and Q's : the cost of public investment is not the value of public capital
by Pritchett, Lant - 1659 Unemployment insurance in Algeria : implications for a labor market in transition
by Ruppert, Elizabeth - 1658 Decentralized structures for providing roads : a cross-country comparison
by Humplick, Frannie & Moini-Araghi, Azadeh - 1657 Is there an optimal structure for decentralized provision of roads?
by Humplick, Frannie & Moini-Araghi, Azadeh - 1656 The investment decision : a re-examination of competing theories using panel data
by Samuel, Cherian - 1655 Uncertainty and the price for crude oil reserves
by Considine, Timothy J. & Larson, Donald F. - 1654 Indonesia's palm oil subsector
by Larson, Donald F. - 1653 Grants and debt forgiveness in Africa : a descriptive analysis
by Hernandez, Leonardo & Katada, Saori N. - 1652 Intra-industry trade, foreign direct investment, and the reorientation of Eastern European exports
by Hoekman, Bernard & Djankov, Simeon - 1651 Bank-led restructuring in Poland : bankruptcy and its alternatives
by Gray, Cheryl W. & Holle, Arnold - 1650 Bank-led restructuring in Poland : an empirical look at the bank conciliation process
by Gray, Cheryl W. & Holle, Arnold - 1649 Economic regulation of water companies
by Klein, Michael - 1648 The lender of last resort function under a currency board : the case of Argentina
by Caprio, Gerard Jr. & Dooley, Michael & Leipziger, Danny & Walsh, Carl - 1647 The Baltics - Banking crises observed
by Fleming, Alex & Lily Chu & Bakker, Marie-Renee - 1646 Budgetary institutions and expenditure outcomes : binding governments to fiscal performance
by Campos, Ed & Pradhan, Sanjay - 1645 How prices and macroeconomic policies affect agricultural supply and the environment
by Mamingi, Nlandu - 1644 Pricing industrial pollution in China : an econometric analysis of the levy system
by Hua Wang & Wheeler, David - 1643 The consequences of doubling the minimum wage : the case of Indonesia
by Rama, Martin - 1642 Banking reform in transition countries
by Claessens, Stijn - 1641 Poverty and inequality during structural adjustment in rural Tanzania
by Ferreira, Luisa - 1640 Labor regulations and industrial relations in Indonesia
by Cox Edwards, Alejandra - 1639 Income insecurity and underemployment in Indonesia's informal sector
by Wiebe, Franck - 1638 Private pension funds in Hungary : early performance and regulatory issues
by Vittas, Dimitri - 1637 The benefits of growth for Indonesian Workers
by Agrawal, Nisha - 1636 Open economies work better! Did Africa's protectionist policies cause its marginalization in world trade?
by Ng, Francis & Yeats, Alexander - 1635 Restructuring of enterprise social assets in Russia : trends, problems, possible solutions
by Freinkman, Lev M. & Starodubrovskaya, Irina - 1634 Japanese multinationals in Asia : capabilities and motivations
by Dasgupta, Susmita & Mody, Ashoka & Sinha, Sarbajit - 1633 Essentials for sustainable urban transport in Brazil's large metropolitan areas
by Rebelo, Jorge M. - 1632 Evaluating Bolivia's choices for trade integration
by Rajapatirana, Sarath - 1631 Bank regulation and the network paradigm : policy implications for developing and transition economies
by Honohan, Patrick & Vittas, Dimitri - 1630 Water pollution abatement by Chinese industry : cost estimates and policy implications
by Dasgupta, Susmita & Huq, Minul & Wheeler, David & Chonghua Zhang - 1629 Form of ownership and financial constraints : panel data evidence from leverage and investment equations
by Schiantarelli, Fabio & Sembenelli, Alessandro - 1628 Globalization : a new role for developing countries in an integrating world
by Shigeru Otsubo - 1627 Tradable water rights : a property rights approach to resolving water shortages and promoting investment
by Holden, Paul & Thobani, Mateen