TABLE OF CONTENTS

Volume 55, Issue 2 (June 2008)

Special Global Economy Model Issue

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Foreword

Foreword

Robert P Flood Editor

IMF Staff pap 55: 211-212; doi:10.1057/imfsp.2008.10

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Original Articles

Getting to Know the Global Economy Model and Its Philosophy

Douglas Laxton

IMF Staff pap 55: 213-242; doi:10.1057/imfsp.2008.11

The Global Economy Model: Theoretical Framework

Paolo Pesenti

IMF Staff pap 55: 243-284; doi:10.1057/imfsp.2008.8

The Impact on the United States of the Rise in Energy Prices: Does the Source of the Energy Market Imbalance Matter?

Jared Bebee, and Ben Hunt

IMF Staff pap 55: 285-296; advance online publication, April 8, 2008; doi:10.1057/imfsp.2008.7

Oil Price Movements and the Global Economy: A Model-Based Assessment

Selim Elekdag, René Lalonde, Douglas Laxton, Dirk Muir, and Paolo Pesenti

IMF Staff pap 55: 297-311; advance online publication, March 25, 2008; doi:10.1057/imfsp.2008.3

Productivity and Global Imbalances: The Role of Nontradable Total Factor Productivity in Advanced Economies

Pietro Cova, Massimiliano Pisani, Nicoletta Batini, and Alessandro Rebucci

IMF Staff pap 55: 312-325; advance online publication, April 22, 2008; doi:10.1057/imfsp.2008.5

Inflation Targeting and Price-Level-Path Targeting in the Global Economy Model: Some Open Economy Considerations

Donald Coletti, René Lalonde, and Dirk Muir

IMF Staff pap 55: 326-338; advance online publication, April 8, 2008; doi:10.1057/imfsp.2008.2

The Macroeconomic Costs and Benefits of Adopting the Euro

Philippe Karam, Douglas Laxton, David Rose, and Natalia Tamirisa

IMF Staff pap 55: 339-355; advance online publication, April 29, 2008; doi:10.1057/imfsp.2008.9

Why It Pays to Synchronize Structural Reforms in the Euro Area Across Markets and Countries

Luc Everaert, and Werner Schule

IMF Staff pap 55: 356-366; advance online publication, April 8, 2008; doi:10.1057/imfsp.2008.6