Identifying Structural Reform Gaps in Emerging Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia /

Using data from the World Economic Forum's Global Competitiveness Report as an example, this paper compares structural indicators for 25 countries in Emerging Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia with a generic country with similar charactersitics that is 40 percent richer as well as a countr...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Funke, Norbert (Author), Isakova, Asel (Author), Ivanyna, Maksym (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2017.
Series:IMF working paper ; WP/17/82.
Subjects:
Monetary policy > Europe > Econometric models.
Monetary policy > Caucasus > Econometric models.
Monetary policy > Asia, Central > Econometric models.
Business cycles > Econometric models.
Economics > Psychological aspects > Econometric models.
Politique monétaire > Europe > Modèles économétriques.
Politique monétaire > Caucase > Modèles économétriques.
Politique monétaire > Asie centrale > Modèles économétriques.
Cycles économiques > Modèles économétriques.
Économie politique > Aspect psychologique > Modèles économétriques.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Finance.
Business cycles > Econometric models
Monetary policy > Econometric models
Central Asia
Caucasus
Europe
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; CONTENTS; Abstract; I. Introduction; II. Structural Reform Gaps: Estimation; III. Benchmarking: Results; IV. Reform Gaps Disaggregated; V. Robustness Checks; V.1 Reform Gaps over Time and across Income Groups; V.2 Reform Gaps with Doing Business Indicators; V.3 Reform Gaps Using Stochastic Frontier Analysis; V.4 Reform Gaps: Additional Alternative Specifications; VI. Conclusions; References; TABLES; Table 1. Regression Results: Initial Specification.
  • Table 2. Reform Needs Based on Comparing Structural Reform Indicators in Emerging ECA Relative to a Generic Country with 40 Percent Higher per Capita IncomeTable 3. Reform Needs Based on Benchmarking Structural Reform Indicators in Emerging ECA Relative to EU Average Income; Table 4. Largest Reform Gaps at a More Disaggregated Level; Table 5. GCR and. Doing Business Indicators Gaps; FIGURES; Figure 1. GCR score and GDP per capita in 2015; Figure 2. Global Competitiveness and Real GDP Per Capita, 2015; Figure 3. Reform Gaps: Comparing Structural Reform Indicators to Various Benchmarks.

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