This paper presents a global empirical analysis of how industrial policies (IPs) affect patent applications, with an instrumental-variable strategy that addresses selection in policy targeting by ...

Comprehensive regulatory reforms, including a simplified and coherent national licensing and permitting policy, can help ...

Until recently, governments could postpone these choices by borrowing on convenient terms. But now, unprecedented debt levels ...

This paper employs a Growth-at-Risk (GaR) framework to assess the impact of macro-financial variables on the growth rate distribution of Malta over a one-to-two-year horizon. The analysis suggests ...

This paper examines how Malta’s justice system impacts the efficiency of debt enforcement and insolvency proceedings, with implications for credit allocation and business and investment environment.

This paper presents a nowcasting model for global trade that allows for regional dynamics and spillovers. World trade growth is driven by common global factors but also regional trends. While existing ...

Capital markets integration, expanding opportunities for workers, and bigger consumer markets will allow companies to grow faster ...

Powering Economic Development - Keynote Speech by IMF Deputy Managing Director Nigel Clarke at the Inter-America Development Bank Annual Meetings in Paraguay ...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) conducted a technical assistance mission to the People's Republic of China to enhance risk assessment methodologies within the State Taxation Administration (STA) ...

Building foreign exchange reserves requires sound policies and takes time, but global efforts to lower the cost of holding ...

After the global financial crisis, the monetary-fiscal policy mix was the key to preventing a more severe and persistent ...

This paper studies the macroeconomic consequences of undermining central bank independence through politically motivated ...