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1995
- 1413 Endogenous distortions in product and labor markets
by Rama, Martin & Tabellini, Guido
- 1412 Foreign technology imports and economic growth in developing countries
by Xiaoming Zhang & Heng-fu Zou
- 1411 Income inequality, welfare, and poverty : an illustration using Ukranian data
by Kakwani, Nanak
- 1410 Macroeconomic effects of terms-of-trade shocks : the case of oil-exporting countries
by Spatafora, Nikola & Warner, Andrew
- 1409 Restructuring Uganda's debt : the commercial debt buy - back operation
by Kapoor, Kapil
- 1408 Macroeconomic management and intergovernmental relations in China
by Jun Ma
- 1407 Pakistan's agriculture sector : is 3 to 4 percent annual growth sustainable?
by Faruqee, Rashid
- 1406 Structural breaks and long-run trends in commodity prices
by Leon, Javier & Soto, Raimundo
- 1405 Growth and poverty in rural India
by Ravallion, Martin & Datt, Gaurav
- 1392 Some economic consequences of the transition from civil war to peace
by Azam, Jean-Paul & Bevan, David & Collier, Paul & Dercon, Stefan & Gunning, Jan & Pradhan, Sanjay
1994
- 13310 Policy, Research working paper series : numbers 1281-1302
by Dec
- 13009 Policy, Research working paper series : numbers 1248-1280
by Dec
- 1404 The Republic of Korea's small and medium size enterprises and their support systems
by Linsu Kim*Nugent, Jeffrey B.
- 1403 Small and medium-size enterprise support policies in Japan
by Motoshige Itoh & Shujiro Urata
- 1402 Indonesia's small and medium-size exporters and their support systems
by Berry, Albert & Levy, Brian
- 1401 Colombia's small and medium-size exporters and their support systems
by Berry, Albert & Escandon, Jose
- 1400 Technical and marketing support systems for successful small and medium-size enterprises in four countries
by Levy, Brian & Berry, Albert & Motoshige Itoh & Linsu Kim & Nugent, Jeffrey & Shujiro Urata
- 1399 How important to India's poor is the urban - rural composition of growth?
by Ravaillon, Martin & Datt, Gaurav
- 1398 The cost of air pollution abatement
by Hartman, Raymond & Wheeler, David & Singh, Manjula
- 1397 Are private capital flows to developing countries sustainable?
by Dadush, Uri & Dhareshwar, Ashok & Johannes, Ron
- 1396 A typology of foreign exchange auction markets in sub-Saharan Africa : dynamic models for auction exchange rates
by Aron, Janine & Elbadawi, Ibrahim
- 1395 A typology of foreign auction markets in sub-Saharan Africa
by Aron, Janine & Elbadawi, Ibrahim
- 1394 Macroeconomic reform and growth in Africa : adjustment in Africa revisited
by Bouton, Lawrence & Jones, Christine & Kiguel, Miguel
- 1393 The interface of trade, investment, and competition policies : issues and challenges for Latin America
by Guasch, J. Luis & Rajapatirana, Sarath
- 1391 Where in the world is population growth bad?
by Kling, Jeff & Pritchett, Lant
- 1390 Regional integration and the Baltics : which way?
by Sorsa, Piritta
- 1389 Ruble overhang and ruble shortage : were they the same thing?
by Conway, Patrick
- 1388 Does voice matter? : for public accountability, yes
by Paul, Samuel
- 1387 Fiscal decentralization and the size of the government : an extension with evidence from cross-country data
by Ehdaie, Jaber
- 1386 EU Bananarama III
by Borrell, Brent
- 1385 Fiscal federalism : dimensions of tax reform in developing countries
by Boadway, Robin & Roberts, Sandra & Shah, Anwar
- 1384 Fiscal decentralization and intergovernmental finances in the Republic of Albania
by Sewell, David & Wallich, Christine
- 1383 Rural demand for drought insurance
by Gautam, Madhur & Hazell, Peter & Alderman, Harold
- 1382 Saving, investment, and growth in developing countries : an overview
by Schmidt-Hebbel, Klaus & Serven, Luis & Solimano, Andres
- 1381 Welfare economics, political economy, and policy reform in Ghana
by Kanbur, Ravi
- 1380 Transfers and the transition from socialism : key tradeoffs
by Krumm, Kathie & Milanovic, Branko & Walton, Michael
- 1379 Financing infrastructure in developing countries : lessons from the Railway Age
by Eichengreen, Barry
- 1378 Mexico after the debt crisis : is growth sustainable?
by Oks, Daniel & van Wijnbergen, Sweder
- 1377 Macroeconomic adjustment to capital inflows : Latin American style versus East Asian style
by Corbo, Vittorio & Hernandez, Leonardo
- 1376 How trade, aid, and remittances affect international migration
by Schiff, Maurice
- 1375 Policy lessons from a simple open - economy model
by Devarajan, Shantayanan & Go, Delfin S. & Lewis, Jeffrey D. & Robinson, Sherman & Sinko, Pekka
- 1374 Infrastructure finance : issues, institutions, and policies
by Chandavarkar, Anand
- 1373 Firm behavior and the labor market in the Hungarian transition
by Commander, Simon & Kollo, Janos & Ugaz, Cecilia
- 1372 Administrative charges in pensions in Chile, Malaysia, Zambia, and the United States
by Valdes-Prieto, Salvador
- 1371 The evolution of trade treaties and trade creation : lessons for Latin America
by Rajapatirana, Sarath
- 1370 Is East Asia less open than North America and the European Economic Community? No
by Dhar, Sumana & Panagariya, Arvind
- 1369 Economic policy reform, government debt guarantees, and financial bailouts
by Brock, Philip L. & DECVP
- 1368 Sustained inflation in response to price liberalization
by Conway, Patrick
- 1367 The economics of cash shortage
by Conway, Patrick
- 1366 Distributive concerns when replacing a pay-as-you-go system with a fully funded system
by Valdes-Prieto, Salvador
- 1365 The macroeconomics of adjustment in sub-Saharan African countries : results and lessons
by Husain, Ishrat
- 1364 Why do some economies adjust more successfully than others? lessons from seven African countries
by Husain, Ishrat
- 1363 Brazil's sugarcane sector : a case of lost opportunity
by Borrell, Brent & Bianco, Jose R. & Bale, Malcolm D.
- 1361 External shocks and performance responses during systemic transition : the case of Ukraine
by McCarthy, F. Desmond & Pant, Chandrashekar & Kangbin Zheng & Zanalda, Giovanni
- 1360 Are portfolio flows to emerging markets complementary or competitive?
by Gooptu, Sudarshan
- 1359 When method matters : toward a resolution of the debate about Bangladesh's poverty measures
by Ravallion, Martin & Sen, Binayak
- 1358 Patterns of behavior in biodiversity preservation
by Metrick, Andrew & Weitzman, Martin L.
- 1357 Does participation improve project performance : establishing causality with subjective data
by Isham, Jonathan & Narayan, Deepa & Pritchett, Lant
- 1356 Central bank independence : a critical view
by Mas, Ignacio
- 1355 Export incentives : the impact of recent policy changes
by Kathuria, Sanjay
- 1354 The effects of fiscal consolidation in the OECD
by McKibbin, Warwick J.
- 1353 Nontariff measures and developing countries : has the Uruguay Round leveled the playing field?
by Low, Patrick & Yeats, Alexander
- 1352 Trade and growth in Ecuador : a partial equilibrium view
by Hentschel, Jesko
- 1351 NAFTA's Implications for East Asian exports
by Braga, Carlos A. Primo & Safadi, Raed & Yeats, Alexa
- 1350 Economic parameters of deforestation
by von Amsberg, Joachim & DEC
- 1349 The new regionalism and the threat of protectionism
by Hallet, Andrew Hughes & Braga, Carlos A. Primo & DEC
- 1348 Quality change and other influences on measures of export prices of manufactured goods
by Lipsey, Robert E.
- 1347 Antitrust-based remedies and dumping in international trade
by Hoekman, Bernard M. & Mavroidis, Petros C.
- 1346 Linking competition and trade policies in Central and Eastern European countries
by Hoekman, Bernard M. & Mavroidis, Petros C. & DEC
- 1345 The decentralization of public services : lessons from the theory of the firm
by Cremer, Jaques & Estache, Antonio & Seabright, Paul & DEC
- 1344 Which foreign investors worry about foreign exchange risk in South Asia and why?
by Bond, Eric & Estache, Antonio & DEC
- 1343 Strategic interdependence in the East-West gas trade : a hierarchical Stackelberg game approach
by Grais, Wafik & Kangbin Zheng & DEC
- 1342 Winners and losers in transition : returns to education, experience, and gender in Slovenia
by Orazem, Peter F. & Vodopivec, Milan
- 1341 Explaining Pakistan's high growth performance over the past two decades : can it be sustained ?
by Ahmed, Sadiq
- 1340 Opportunity cost and prudentiality : an analysis of futures clearinghouse behavior
by Baer, Herbert L. & France, Virginia G. & Moser, James T.
- 1339 China's emergence : prospects, opportunities, and challenges
by Boltho, Andrea & Dadush, Uri & Dong He & Shigeru Otsubo
- 1338 Commodity exports and the adding up problem in developing countries : trade, investment, and lending policy
by Schiff, Maurice
- 1337 The countrywide effects of aid
by White, Howard & Luttik, Joke & DEC
- 1336 Modernizing payment systems in emerging economies
by Listfield, Robert & Montes-Negret, Fernando
- 1335 Labor regulations and the informal economy
by Loayza, Norman V.
- 1334 Taxation, public services, and the informal sector in a model of endogenous growth
by Braun, Juan & Loayza, Norman V.
- 1333 A test of the international convergence hypothesis using panel data
by Loayza, Norman V. & DEC
- 1332 Poverty and household size
by Lanjouw, Peter & Ravallion, Martin & DEC
- 1331 Russian Federation - The myth of monopoly : a new view of industrial structure in Russia
by Brown, Annette N. & Ickes, Barry W. & Ryterman, Randi
- 1330 Revenue uncertainty and the choice of tax instrument during the transition in Eastern Europe
by Go, Delfin S.
- 1329 The regulation and supervision of domestic financial conglomerates
by Scott, David H. & EXT
- 1328 The use of New York cotton futures contracts to hedge cotton price risk in developing countries
by Varangis, Panos & Thigpen, Elton & Satyanarayan, Sudhakar & DEC
- 1327 Is the debt crisis history? Recent private capital inflows to developing countries
by Dooley, Michael & Fernandez-Arias, Eduardo & Kletzer, Kenneth & DEC
- 1326 Banks, capital markets, and corporate governance : lessons from Russia for Eastern Europe
by Pohl, Gerhard & Claessens, Stijn & DEC
- 1325 The economics of research and development : how research and development capital affects production and markets and is affected by tax incentives
by Shah, Anwar & DEC
- 1324 Voucher funds in transitional economies : the Czech and Slovak experience
by Anderson, Robert E.
- 1323 Energy pricing and air pollution : econometric evidence from manufacturing in Chile and Indonesia
by Eskeland, Gunnar S. & Jimenez, Emmanuel & Lili Liu & DEC
- 1322 Reducing regulatory barriers to private - sector participation in Latin America's water and sanitation services
by Richard, Barbara & Triche, Thelma & Apogee Research, Inc.
- 1321 Institutions and the East Asian miracle : asymmetric information, rent - seeking, and the deliberation council
by Campos, Jose Edgardo & Lien, Donald & DEC
- 1320 Capital structures in developing countries : evidence from ten countries
by Demirguc - Kunt, Asli & Maksimovic, Vojislav & DEC
- 1319 The financial system and public enterprise reform : concepts and cases
by Demirguc-Kunt, Asli & Levine, Ross & DEC
- 1318 Exchange-rate-based stabilization in Argentina and Chile : a fresh look
by Kiguel, Miguel A. & Liviatan, Nissan
- 1317 Estimating the efficiency gains of debt restructuring
by Bulow, Jeremy & Rogoff, Kenneth & Ning S. Zhu & DEC & a descri & Buyback arrangements
- 1316 Preserving the CFA Zone : macroeconomic coordination after the devaluation
by Devarajan, Shantayanan & Walton, Michael & DEC
- 1315 Global tradable carbon permits, participation incentives, and transfers
by Larsen, Bjorn & Shah, Anwar
- 1314 The significance of the"Europe agreements"for Central European industrial exports
by Kaminski, Bartlomiej & DEC
- 1313 New estimates of total factor productivity growth for developing and industrial countries
by Nehru, Vikram & Dhareshwar, Ashok & DEC
- 1312 The new wave of private capital inflows : push or pull?
by Fernandez-Arias, Eduardo & DEC
- 1311 The supply response to exchange rate reform in sub-Saharan Africa (empirical evidence)
by Rouis, Mustapha & Razzak, Weshah & Mollinedo, Carlos
- 1310 China's economic reforms : pointers for other economies in transition?
by Justin Yifu Lin & Fang Cai & Zhou Li
- 1309 Is demand for polluting goods manageable? an econometric study of car ownership and use in Mexico
by Eskeland, Gunnar S. & Feyzioglu, Tarhan N. & DEC
- 1308 Ownership and corporate control in Poland : why state firms defied the odds
by Pinto, Brian & van Wijnbergen, Sweder
- 1307 How taxation affects foreign direct investment (country - specific evidence)
by Joosung Jun
- 1306 Capital flows and long-term equilibrium real exchange rates in Chile
by Elbadawi, Ibrahim A. & Soto, Raimundo
- 1305 Information and price determination under mass privatization
by Shafik, Nemat
- 1304 Informal gold mining and mercury pollution in Brazil
by Biller, Dan*DEC
- 1303 Conflict and cooperation in managing international water resources
by Barret, Scott & DEC
- 1302 Sustainability : ethical foundations and economic properties
by Asheim, Geir B.
- 1301 Estimating the health effects of air pollutants : a method with an application to Jakarta
by Ostro, Bart
- 1300 Dynamic response to external shocks in classical and Keynesian economies
by Schmidt-Hebbel, Klaus & Serven, Luis & DEC
- 1299 Fiscal policy in classical and Keynesian open economies
by Schmidt-Hebbel, Klaus & Serven, Luis
- 1298 Capital goods imports, the real exchange rate, and the current account
by Serven, Luis
- 1297 How relative prices affect fuel use patterns in manufacturing : plant - level evidence from Chile
by Guo, Charles C. & Tybout, James R.
- 1296 Earnings-related mandatory pensions : concepts for design
by Valdes-Prieto, Salvador & DEC
- 1295 Why higher fiscal spending persists when a boom in primary commodities ends
by Boccara, Bruno & DEC
- 1294 Regulations, institutions, and economic performance : the political economy of the Philippines'telecommunications sector
by Esfahani, Hadi Salehi & DEC
- 1293 Product standards, imperfect competition and completion of the market in the European Union
by Harrison, Glenn & Rutherford, Thomas & Tarr, David & DEC
- 1292 Service as a major source of growth in Russia and other former Soviet states
by Easterly, William & de Melo, Martha & Ofer, Gur & DEC
- 1291 A survey of Viet Nam's legal framework in transition
by Lichtenstein, Natalie G. & DEC
- 1290 Oil price instability, hedging, and an oil stabilization fund : the case of Venezuela
by Claessens, Stijn & Varangis, Panos & DEC
- 1289 A fiscal needs approach to equalization transfers in a decentralized federation
by Shah, Anwar & DEC
- 1288 The public finance of infrastructure : issues and options
by Swaroop, Vinaya & DEC
- 1287 Unstable inflation and seignorage revenues in Latin America : How many times can the government fool people?
by Morisset, Jacques & DEC
- 1286 Economic transformation and the fiscal crisis : a critical look at the Central European experience of the 1990s
by Barbone, Luca & Marchetti, Domenico Jr. & DEC
- 1285 Capital fundamentalism, economic development, and economic growth
by King, Robert G. & Levine, Ross & DEC
- 1284 The Soviet economic decline : historical and republican data
by Easterly, William & Fischer, Stanley & DEC
- 1283 Interest rates in open economies : real interest rate parity, exchange rates, and country risk in industrial and developing countries
by Das Gupta, Dipak & Das Gupta, Bejoy & DEC
- 1282 Copper and the negative price of storage
by Larson, Donald Frederick & DEC
- 1281 Human and physical infrastructure : public investment and pricing policies in developing countries
by Jimenez, Emmanuel & DEC
- 1280 The economic impact of export controls : an application to Mongolian cashmere and Romanian wood products
by Takacs, Wendy E.
- 1279 Optimal hedging strategy revisited : acknowledging the existence of nonstationary economic timeseries
by Ying Qian & Duncan, Ronald & DEC
- 1278 The role of regulation and commitment in the development of telecommunications in Chile
by Galal, Ahmed & DEC
- 1277 Private trader response to market liberalization in Tanzania's cashew nut industry
by Jaffee, Steven & DEC
- 1276 Is there persistence in the growth of manufactured exports? Evidence from newly industrializing countries
by Mody, Ashoka & Yilmaz, Kamil & DEC
- 1275 Female - headed households, poverty, and the welfare of children in urban Brazil
by Barros, Ricardo & Fox, Louise & Mendonca, Rosane & DEC
- 1274 The new trade theory and its relevance for developing countries
by Alam, Asad & DEC
- 1273 Desired fertility and the impact of population policies
by Pritchett, Lant H. & DEC
- 1272 The value of superfund cleanups : evidence from U.S. Environmental Protection Agency decisions
by Gupta, Shreekant & Van Houtven, George & Cropper, Maureen L. & DEC
- 1271 Measuring the effect of external shocks and the policy response to them : empirical methodology applied to the Philippines
by McCarthy, F. Desmond & Neary, J. Peter & Zanalda, Giovanni & DEC
- 1270 How land-based targeting affects rural poverty
by Ravallion, Martin & Sen, Binayak & DEC
- 1269 Union - nonunion wage differentials in the developing world : a case study of Mexico
by Panagides, Alexis & Patrinos, Harry Anthony & DEC
- 1268 The reform of mechanisms for foreign exchange allocation : theory and lessons from sub-Saharan Africa
by La Ferrara, Eliana & Castillo, Gabriel & Nash, John
- 1267 The tax base in transition : the case of Bulgaria
by Bogetic, Zeljko & Hillman, Arye L.
- 1266 An efficient frontier for international portfolios with commodity assets
by Satyanarayan, Sudhakar & Varangis, Panos & DEC
- 1265 Parallel exchange rates in developing countries : lessons from eight case studies
by Kiguel, Miguel A. & O'Connell, Stephen A.
- 1264 A rock and a hard place : the two faces of U.S. trade policy toward Korea
by Finger, J. Michael & DEC
- 1263 The effects of barriers on equity investment in developing countries
by Claessens, Stijn & Moon-Whoan Rhee & DEC
- 1262 Flexibility in Sri Lanka's labor market
by Rama, Martin & DEC
- 1261 A political - economy analysis of free trade areas and customs unions
by Panagariya, Arvind & Findlay, Ronald & DEC
- 1260 When is a life too costly to save? : evidence from U.S. environmental regulations
by Van Houtven, George L. & Cropper, Maureen L. & DEC
- 1259 The reform of fiscal systems in developing and emerging market economies : a federalism perspective
by Boadway, Robin & Roberts, Sandra & Shah, Anwar
- 1258 Decentralizing infrastructure : for good or ill?
by Bird, Richard
- 1257 Old age security in transitional economies
by Fox, Louise
- 1256 World fossil fuel subsidies and global carbon emissions in a model with interfuel substitution
by Larsen, Bjorn
- 1255 Intrahousehold resource allocation : an overview
by Haddad, Lawrence & Hoddinott, John & Alderman, Harold & DEC
- 1254 What are OECD trade preferences worth to sub-Saharan Africa?
by Yeats, Alexander J. & DEC
- 1253 Can competition policy control"301"?
by Finger, J. Michael & Fung, K.C. & DEC
- 1252 On the dangers of decentralization
by Prud'homme, Remy & DEC
- 1251 Excise taxes
by Due, John F.
- 1250 Explaining miracles : growth regressions meet the Gang of Four
by Easterly, William & DEC
- 1249 Competitiveness and environmental standards : some exploratory results
by Sorsa, Piritta*DEC
- 1248 Do domestic firms benefit from foreign direct investment? Evidence from panel data
by Aitken, Brian & Harrison, Ann & DEC
- 1247 Complex transactions under uncertainty : Brazil's machine tool industry
by Stone, Andrew & DEC
- 1246 Determinants of cross-country income inequality : an augmented Kuznets hypothesis
by Milanovic, Branko & DEC
- 1245 The adding-up problem : strategies for primary commodity exports in sub-Saharan Africa
by Akiyama, Takamasa & Larson, Donald F. & DEC
- 1244 Difficulties of transferring risk-based capital requirements to developing countries
by Kane, Edward J.*DEC
- 1243 Are institutional investors an important source of portfolio investment in emerging markets?
by Chuhan, Punam & DEC
- 1242 Financial policies in socialist countries in transition
by Pleskovic, Boris
- 1241 Regulation, institutions, and commitment in the British telecommunications sector
by Spiller, Pablo T. & Vogelsang, Ingo & DEC
- 1240 Financing the storm : macroeconomic crisis in Russia, 1992-93
by Easterly, William & da Cunha, Paulo Viera & DEC
- 1239 Principles of regulatory policy design
by Sappington, David E.M. & DEC
- 1238 Structural adjustment in the 1980s : Kenya
by Swamy, Gurushri & DEC
1993
- 14411 Policy research working papers : catalog of numbers 801-1200
by anonymous
- 12427 Policy, Research working paper series : numbers 1163-1197
by anonymous
- 1362 Regulation, institutions and commitment : the Jamaican telecommunications sector
by Spiller, Pablo T. & Sampson, Cezley I.
- 1237 Assessing Bank performance and the impact of financial restructuring in a macroeconomic framework : a new application
by Boray, Yavuz & Sierra, Hector
- 1236 The impact of two tier producer and consumer food pricing in India
by Schiff, Maurice
- 1235 Eastern Europe's experience with banking reform : is there a role for banks in the transition?
by Thorne, Alfredo & DEC
- 1234 Price formation, nominal anchors, and stabilization policies in Hungary : an empirical analysis
by Solimano, Andres & Yuravlivker, David E. & DEC
- 1233 Hedging cotton price risk in Francophone African countries
by Satyanarayan, Sudhakar & Thigpen, Elton & Varangis, Panos & DEC
- 1232 Will GATT enforcement control antidumping?
by Finger, J. Michael & Fung, K.C. & DEC
- 1231 Making a market : mass privatization in the Czech and Slovak Republics
by Shafik, Nemat & DEC
- 1230 Unemployment in Mexico : its characteristics and determinants
by Revenga, Ana & Riboud, Michelle & DEC
- 1229 The structure, regulation, and performance of pension funds in nine industrial countries
by Davis, E.P. & DEC
- 1228 Competition, competition policy, and the GATT
by Hoekman, Bernard M. & Mavroidis, Petros C. & DEC
- 1227 Designing water institutions : market failures and institutional response
by Livingston, Marie Leigh & DEC
- 1226 Forecasting volatility in commodity markets
by Kroner, Kenneth F. & Kneafsey, Devin P. & Claessens, Stijn & DEC
- 1225 Intra - Sub - Saharan African trade : is it too little?
by Foroutan, Faezeh & Pritchett, Lant
- 1224 Devaluation in low-inflation economies
by Kiguel, Miguel A. & Ghei, Nita
- 1223 How robust is a poverty profile?
by Ravallion, Martin & Bidani, Benu
- 1222 Trade reform in ten sub-Saharan African countries : achievements and failures
by Foroutan, Faezeh
- 1221 Does results and development (R&D) contribute to economic growth in developing countries?
by Birdsall, Nancy & Rhee, Changyong
- 1220 Developing countries and the Uruguay Round : negotiations on services
by Hoekman, Bernard & DEC
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