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    Universal banking and the financing of industrial development

    Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1995
    Developing countries designing financial systems should take a lesson from U.S.
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    Regulation and bank stability : Canada and the United States, 1870 - 1980

    Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1995
    Three lessons for developing and transition economies from a historical comparison of U.S. and Canadian banking. First, restricting nationwide branch banking is a mistake. Second, the benefits of long run stability and efficiency outweigh the cost of concentrated economic power.
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    Some new evidence on determinants of foreign direct investment in developing countries

    Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1995
    An export orientation is the strongest variable explaining why a country attracts foreign direct investment.Singh and Jun expand on earlier studies of the determinants of foreign direct investment (FDI) by empirically analyzing various factors --- including political risk, business conditions, and macroeconomic variables --- that influence direct investment flows to developing countries.They
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    Foreign direct investment, other capital flows and current account deficits : what causes what? / Maxwell J. Fry ... [et al.]

    Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1995
    The more liberal a country's foreign exchange system, the more foreign direct investment is likely to be independent of current account and other capital flows.Fry, Claessens, Burridge, and Blanchet examine flows of foreign direct investment to 46 developing countries to test whether such flows are autonomous or accommodating vis a vis the current account and other capital flows.Using Grange
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    Do we face a global "capital shortage"?

    Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1995
    A severe global capital squeeze and a big increase in global real interest rates (which some fear) are unlikely if industrial countries continue fiscal consolidation --- especially the reform of social security systems.
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    Economic performance in small open economies : the Caribbean experience, 1980 - 1992

    Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1995
    Six small Caribbean islands did remarkably well during a period of significant economic problems, while four larger islands did poorly. Why? The difference in performance cannot be explained by external shocks alone.McCarthy and Zanalda study the economic performance of ten Caribbean islands from 1980 to 1992.
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    The combined incidence of taxes and public expenditures in the Philippines

    Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1995
    In the Philippines, the combined effect of taxation and spending policies is progressive, because the incidence pattern of spending is progressive while that of taxation is neutral. Indirect taxes, the main source of government revenue, are only slightly regressive.
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    Inflation, growth and central banks : theory and evidence

    Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1996
    Inflation limits economic growth by reducing the efficiency of investment rather than its level.
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    Bank regulation : the case of the missing model

    Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1996
    The success of financial reform and the stability of financial systems depend partly on a regulatory framework that rewards prudent risk taking and is attuned to both institutions and the structure of the economy.
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    North - South customs unions and international capital mobility

    Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1996
    NorthSouth trade accords can serve as "credibility enhancing" mechanisms for the treatment of foreign investment, inducing additional inflows of foreign capital.The presence of sovereign risk changes the trade-offs between trade creation and diversion, enhancing the potential for welfare increasing, trade diverting North South regional trade accords.

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