Modal estimates of services barriers

13-Apr-2007

Nora Dihel and Ben Shepherd

OECD Trade Policy Working Paper No. 51.  This paper presents improved approaches to measurement of services barriers by using alternative weighting methods and improved econometric specifications.

The rates and revenue of bank transaction taxes

30-Jun-2006

Jorge Baca Campodónico, Luiz de Mello and Andrei Kirilenko

Bank transaction taxes are not a reliable source of revenue over the medium term. Economics Department Working Paper 494.

Convergence and divergence of sovereign bond spread: lessons from Latin America

01-Nov-2002

Martin Grandes

This paper addresses two important questions concerning Latin American sovereign bonds.

Choice of an exchange-rate arrangement, institutional setting and inflation: empirical evidence from Latin America

11-Oct-2002

Andreas Freytag

This paper argues that it is misleading solely to concentrate on exchange-rate policy to assess the preconditions for stability in an international surrounding.