The US Securities and Exchange Commission has conducted a public consultation on a ’roadmap" it proposed late last year to adopt International Financial Reporting Standards…
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A US strategy for IFRS adoption
22nd April 2009
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Estimating the size of the European stimulus packages
15th April 2009
David Saha and Jakob von Weizsäcker present the latest breakdown of the fiscal stimuli in the 13 largest EU economies and compare the total European…
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Reshaping the global economy
31st March 2009
Jean Pisani-Ferry and Indhira Santos observe that the crisis and the national responses to it have started to reshape the global economy. But beyond the…
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International governance- is the G20 the right forum?
30th March 2009
Jean Pisani-Ferry puts forward the idea that the G20 is a significantly less suitable forum for discussion of regulatory matters than of macroeconomic issues and…
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Weathering the storm- Fair weather versus stormy-weather governance in the euro area
18th March 2009
Jean Pisani-Ferry and André Sapir believe that the euro has proved attractive as a fair-weather currency for countries and investors well beyond its borders. But…
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Rating agencies: an information privilege whose time has passed
4th February 2009
Nicolas Véron argues rating agencies have failed the marketplace in the run-up to the crisis, as their risk assessment processes have been found wanting on…
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The International agenda: immediate priorities and longer-term challenges
4th December 2008
This policy contribution comprises Jean Pisani-Ferry's remarks at the Asian Development Bank Institute Annual Conference. For him, the challenge policymakers are facing, is to not…
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Will the current crisis trigger a revival of the IMF?
31st October 2008
In this Policy Contribution, Jean Pisani-Ferry, takes a look at the way the IMF his gradually making its come-back from an era of crisis confidence…
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Empower users of financial information as the IASC Foundation‘s stakeholders
10th July 2008
Nicolas Véron comments on the proposal for governance reform (constitution review‘) published in May 2008 by the IASC Foundation, the private-sector body which oversees the…
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Policy-makers and the R&D-patent relationship
29th May 2008
This policy contribution by Bruno van Pottelsberghe and Gaétan De Rassenfosseargue that the number of priority filings should be used as a patent-based measure of…
