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Mauritius »
Source: Mauritius : Selected Issues
Volume/Issue: 2008/237
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 21 July 2008
ISBN: 9781451827859
Keywords: exchange rate, competitiveness, real exchange rate, exchange rates, real exchange
This Selected Issues paper assesses the external competitiveness of Mauritius over the period 1980-2007, with particular attention to the most recent years. The paper estimates the equilibrium real exchange rate us...

Mauritius: Selected Issues »
Source: Mauritius : Selected Issues
Volume/Issue: 2008/237
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 21 July 2008
ISBN: 9781451827859
Keywords: exchange rate, competitiveness, real exchange rate, exchange rates, real exchange
This Selected Issues paper assesses the external competitiveness of Mauritius over the period 1980-2007, with particular attention to the most recent years. The paper estimates the equilibrium real exchange rate us...

Contagion »
Source: Contagion : Monsoonal Effects, Spillovers, and Jumps Between Multiple Equilibria
Volume/Issue: 1998/142
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Paul Masson
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 September 1998
ISBN: 9781451856224
Keywords: contagion, spillovers, multiple equilibria, currency crises, debt crisis, competitiveness
Several concepts of contagion are distinguished. It is argued that only models that admit of multiple equilibria are capable of producing true contagion. A simple balance of payments model is presented to illustrat...

What Happened to Asian Exports During the Crisis? »
Source: What Happened to Asian Exports During the Crisis?
Volume/Issue: 2000/200
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Antonio Spilimbergo , and Rupa Duttagupta
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 December 2000
ISBN: 9781451860153
Keywords: Cointegration, Competitive Depreciation, Export Demand and Supply, East Asia, export prices, equations, equation, asian exports
After the large exchange rate depreciations following the 1997 East Asian crisis, export volumes from East Asian countries responded with a notable lag. Two main explanations for this lag have been proposed: that t...

Mauritius »
Source: Mauritius : A Competitiveness Assessment
Volume/Issue: 2008/212
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Camelia Minoiu , and Patrick Imam
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 September 2008
ISBN: 9781451870701
Keywords: equilibrium real exchange rate, structural competitiveness, exchange rate, real exchange rate, equilibrium exchange rate, exchange rates, structural competitveness,
We assess the competitiveness of Mauritius in recent years using two approaches. First, we estimate the difference between the equilibrium and the actual real exchange rate using four methods: the macroeconomic bal...

Reviving the Competitive Storage Model »
Source: Reviving the Competitive Storage Model : A Holistic Approach to Food Commodity Prices
Volume/Issue: 2011/64
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Norbert Funke , Weifeng Wu , and Yanliang Miao
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 March 2011
ISBN: 9781455228065
Keywords: Food commodity prices, Competitive storage model, Rational expectation equilibrium, real interest rate, price elasticity, kurtosis, skewness, real interest rates, Computational Techniques,
We revive in this paper the empirical relevance of the competitive storage model by taking a holistic approach to food commodity prices. We augment the seminal Deaton and Laroque (1992, 1996) model by incorporating...

Assessing Competitiveness and Real Exchange Rate Misalignment in Low-Income Countries »
Source: Assessing Competitiveness and Real Exchange Rate Misalignment in Low-Income Countries
Volume/Issue: 2007/201
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Mark Lewis , Aurelie Martin , and Gabriel Di Bella
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 August 2007
ISBN: 9781451867657
Keywords: Competitiveness, Equilibrium Exchange Rates, Low-Income Countries, reer, exchange rate, export volume, exchange rates, real exchange rate, Comparative Studies of Countries,
Assessing a country's competitiveness routinely starts with an analysis of the real exchange rate. However, in low-income countries, empirical analysis of the real exchange rate is often subject to important limita...

Cambodia: Staff Report for the 2013 Article IV Consultation »
Source: Cambodia : Staff Report for the 2013 Article IV Consultation
Volume/Issue: 2014/33
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Asia and Pacific Dept
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 04 February 2014
ISBN: 9781475566451
Keywords: Article IV consultations, Cambodia, Bank supervision, Economic growth, Debt sustainability analysis, Economic indicators, Fiscal consolidation, Global competitiveness, Fiscal policy, Monetary policy
This Debt Sustainability Analysis update highlights Cambodia's continued low debt distress rating: all debt burden indicators are projected to remain below the respective thresholds. The authorities have made progr...

Cambodia: Staff Report for the 2013 Article IV Consultation—Debt Sustainability Analysis 1 »
Source: Cambodia : Staff Report for the 2013 Article IV Consultation
Volume/Issue: 2014/33
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Asia and Pacific Dept
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 04 February 2014
ISBN: 9781475566451
Keywords: Article IV consultations, Cambodia, Bank supervision, Economic growth, Debt sustainability analysis, Economic indicators, Fiscal consolidation, Global competitiveness, Fiscal policy, Monetary policy
This Debt Sustainability Analysis update highlights Cambodia's continued low debt distress rating: all debt burden indicators are projected to remain below the respective thresholds. The authorities have made progr...

Cambodia: Staff Report for the 2013 Article IV Consultation—Informational Annex »
Source: Cambodia : Staff Report for the 2013 Article IV Consultation
Volume/Issue: 2014/33
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Asia and Pacific Dept
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 04 February 2014
ISBN: 9781475566451
Keywords: Article IV consultations, Cambodia, Bank supervision, Economic growth, Debt sustainability analysis, Economic indicators, Fiscal consolidation, Global competitiveness, Fiscal policy, Monetary policy
This Debt Sustainability Analysis update highlights Cambodia's continued low debt distress rating: all debt burden indicators are projected to remain below the respective thresholds. The authorities have made progr...