------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Papers received as of Tue Apr 1 00:01:08 CST 2003. (To retrieve abstracts without full papers, use e.g. get 0304001.abs ) get 9404003 95011002.abs 9303001 , e.g., returns multiple papers. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ \\ Paper: ewp-mac/0304001 From: kbkumar@usc.edu Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2003 12:43:57 -0600 ( 0kb + 492kb ) Title: Entry Costs, Intermediation, and Capital Flows Author: Ayse Imrohoroglu (University of Southern California) and Krishna B. Kumar (University of Southern California) Contact: kbkumar@usc.edu Comments: Type of Document - Acrobat PDF; prepared on IBM PC ; to print on HP PostScript; pages: 36; figures: included Keywords: Capital flows, Financial intermediation JEL: E22, F21, G20 EWPA-references: Report-no: KBK-2003-03 \\ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ \\ Paper: ewp-mac/0304002 From: dgalbi@fcc.gov Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:13:40 -0600 ( 0kb + 215kb ) Title: Growth in the “New Economy”: U.S. Bandwidth Use and Pricing Across the 1990s Author: Douglas A. Galbi (FCC) Contact: dgalbi@fcc.gov Comments: Type of Document - Keywords: media, communications, advertising, time, e-government, regulation, reading, newspapers, television, radio JEL: L, D EWPA-references: Report-no: BWTREND-D-1.4 \\ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ \\ Paper: ewp-mac/0304003 From: smidkova@cnb.cz Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2003 07:45:09 -0500 ( 0kb + 339kb ) Title: Targeting Inflation under Uncertainty: Policy Makers’ Perspective Author: Katerina Smidkova (Czech National Bank) Contact: smidkova@cnb.cz Comments: Type of Document - ; pages: 36 . CNB Research and Policy Note 2003/2 Keywords: Inflation targeting Uncertainty Decision analysis Pay-off matrix JEL: E520 E580 E590 EWPA-references: Report-no: KS-03-osmypaper \\ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ \\ Paper: ewp-mac/0304004 From: smidkova@cnb.cz Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2003 08:08:37 -0500 ( 0kb + 683kb ) Title: Exchange-rate System between the Czech and Slovak Republics Author: Katerina Smidkova (Czech National Bank) Contact: smidkova@cnb.cz Comments: Type of Document - ; pages: 20 . IE CNB Working paper 1994/16 Keywords: Currency Union Czech Slovak Dissolution JEL: EWPA-references: Report-no: KS-03-devatypaper \\ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ \\ Paper: ewp-mac/0304005 From: smidkova@cnb.cz Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2003 08:15:01 -0500 ( 0kb + 108kb ) Title: The Emergence of Financial Markets in Transition: The Czech Experience Author: Katerina Smidkova (Czech National Bank) Contact: smidkova@cnb.cz Comments: Type of Document - ; pages: 48 . IE CNB Working paper 1996/59 Keywords: financial markets Czech emergence transition JEL: EWPA-references: Report-no: KS-03-desatypaper \\ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ \\ Paper: ewp-mac/0304006 From: smidkova@cnb.cz Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2003 08:54:18 -0500 ( 0kb + 227kb ) Title: Inflation targeting in the UK: Lessons for the Czech Republic Author: Katerina Smidkova Contact: smidkova@cnb.cz Comments: Type of Document - ; pages: 21 . This policy note from 1998 has not been published elsewhere. Keywords: Czech inflation targeting strategy JEL: EWPA-references: Report-no: KS-03-jedenactypaper \\ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ \\ Paper: ewp-mac/0304007 From: michal.skorepa@cnb.cz Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2003 04:13:27 -0500 ( 0kb + 592kb ) Title: Inflation Targeting: to Forecast or to Simulate Author: Michal Skorepa (Czech National Bank) and Viktor Kotlan (Czech National Bank) Contact: michal.skorepa@cnb.cz Comments: Type of Document - ; pages: 19. CNB Internal Research and Policy Note 1/03 Keywords: inflation targeting, forecast, simulation, central bank, decision making, communication JEL: E 52, E 58 EWPA-references: Report-no: MSVK-IRPN1 \\ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ \\ Paper: ewp-mac/0304008 From: alicia.garcia-herrero@bde.es Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2003 06:38:23 -0500 ( 0kb + 103kb ) Title: Implications of the design of monetary policy for financial stability Author: Alicia García Herrero (Banco de España) and Pedro del Río López (Banco de España) Contact: alicia.garcia-herrero@bde.es Comments: Type of Document - Acrobat PDF; prepared on PC; to print on HP; pages: 34 ; figures: included Keywords: Monetary policy design, monetary policy objectives, monetary policy strategy, financial stability, and banking crisis JEL: E52, E44, G21 EWPA-references: Report-no: AGH-PDR-03 \\ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ \\ Paper: ewp-mac/0304009 From: tiina.saajasto@bof.fi Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2003 02:36:57 -0500 ( 0kb + 308kb ) Title: The political economy of reforms: Empirical evidence from post- communist transition in the 1990s Author: Byung-Yeon Kim (University of Essex, Department of Economics) and Jukka Pirttilä (Bank of Finland Institute for Economies in Transition) Contact: bykim@essex.ac.uk JOP22@econ.cam.ac.uk Comments: Type of Document - pdf; prepared on IBM PC ; to print on HP/PostScript/Franciscan monk; pages: 31 ; figures: included. Keywords: Political constraints, economic reform, transition, growth, dynamic panel models JEL: P26, O11, C33 EWPA-references: Report-no: bpfdp0403.pdf \\ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ \\ Paper: ewp-mac/0304010 From: tiina.saajasto@bof.fi Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2003 05:08:03 -0500 ( 0kb + 302kb ) Title: What drives financial crises in emerging markets? Author: Tuomas Komulainen (Bank of Finland Institute for Economies in Transition (BOFIT)) and Johanna Lukkarila (University of Helsinki) Contact: tuomas.komulainen@bof.fi johanna.lukkarila@helsinki.fi Comments: Type of Document - pdf; prepared on IBM PC ; to print on HP/PostScript/Franciscan monk; pages: 30 ; figures: included Keywords: currency crises, banking crises, emerging markets, liberalisation, probit model JEL: F31, F32, F41, F47 EWPA-references: Report-no: bofdp0503.pdf \\ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ \\ Paper: ewp-mac/0304011 From: Oya.Erdogdu@politics.ankara.edu.tr Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2003 07:32:51 -0500 ( 0kb + 340kb ) Title: Who Controls the Price Level? Author: Oya S. Erdogdu (Ankara University) Contact: Oya.Erdogdu@politics.ankara.edu.tr Comments: Type of Document - MSWord/PDF; prepared on PC; to print on any printer; pages: 21 ; figures: included Keywords: inflation, FTPL, non-Ricardian JEL: E31 EWPA-references: Report-no: SBF-OSE-01 \\ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ \\ Paper: ewp-mac/0304012 From: oerdogdu@politics.ankara.edu.tr Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2003 13:17:06 -0500 ( 0kb + 335kb ) Title: Who Controls the Price Level? Author: Oya S. Erdogdu (Ankara University) Contact: oerdogdu@politics.ankara.edu.tr Comments: Type of Document - MSWord/PDF; prepared on PC ; to print on any printer; pages: 21 ; figures: included Keywords: inflation, price level, FTPL, non Ricardian JEL: E31 EWPA-references: Report-no: OSE-001 \\