TABLE OF CONTENTS

Volume 56, Issue 2 (June 2009)

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Original Articles

The Dynamics of Provincial Growth in China: A Nonparametric Approach

Bulent Unel, and Harm Zebregs

IMF Staff pap 56: 239-262; advance online publication, March 11, 2008; doi:10.1057/imfsp.2008.1

Central Bank Autonomy: Lessons from Global Trends

Marco Arnone, Bernard J Laurens, Jean-François Segalotto, and Martin Sommer

IMF Staff pap 56: 263-296; advance online publication, September 23, 2008; doi:10.1057/imfsp.2008.25

Do Unit Value Export, Import, and Terms-of-Trade Indices Misrepresent Price Indices?

Mick Silver

IMF Staff pap 56: 297-322; advance online publication, September 23, 2008; doi:10.1057/imfsp.2008.24

Why Has the Grass Been Greener on One Side of Hispaniola? A Comparative Growth Analysis of the Dominican Republic and Haiti

Laura Jaramillo, and Cemile Sancak

IMF Staff pap 56: 323-349; advance online publication, March 3, 2009; doi:10.1057/imfsp.2008.40

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Special Section: Global Reach? Perspectives on U.S. International Spillovers

Introduction

John Lipsky

IMF Staff pap 56: 350-352; doi:10.1057/imfsp.2009.10

Foreign Entanglements: Estimating the Source and Size of Spillovers Across Industrial Countries

Tamim Bayoumi, and Andrew Swiston

IMF Staff pap 56: 353-383; advance online publication, September 9, 2008; doi:10.1057/imfsp.2008.23

Yen Carry Trade and the Subprime Crisis

Masazumi Hattori, and Hyun Song Shin

IMF Staff pap 56: 384-409; advance online publication, March 24, 2009; doi:10.1057/imfsp.2009.2

Rhyme or Reason: What Explains the Easy Financing of the U.S. Current Account Deficit?

Ravi Balakrishnan, Tamim Bayoumi, and Volodymyr Tulin

IMF Staff pap 56: 410-445; doi:10.1057/imfsp.2009.11