The IFC's contribution to the 52nd ISI Session, Helsinki, 1999

The IFC's contribution to the 52nd ISI Session, Helsinki, 1999

IFC Bulletin | No 5 |

01 October 1999

| 130 pages

	page
Editorial	1

Administrative Meeting	2

Articles
Analytic Hierarchy Process in Banking Czesław Domañski and Jarosław Kondrasiuk	4
New data on Financial Derivatives for the UK National Accounts and Balance of Payments Andrew Grice	11

Helsinki Meeting	20

Globalization of Markets

Invited Papers
Internationalization of Financial Markets and Implications for Data Collection and Statistics Robert Hamilton	22
Discussant's Comments Hans-Peter Glaab	28
The Effects of the Globalization of Financial Markets on the Obtaining of Statistical Information on Cross-border Transactions: the Spanish Experience Daniel Pérez Cid, María Pérez Jurado and Ana Sánchez	29
Discussant's Comments Hans-Peter Glaab	38
Postscript Daniel Pérez Cid, María Pérez Jurado and Ana Sánchez	39
Distinction between Capital Gain and Income Gain Satoru Hagino	40
Discussant's Comments Orlando Caliço	44
Postscript Satoru Hagino	47
Globalization: Implications for International Standards in Statistics Jan A J Bové and Carol S Carson	48
Discussant's Comments Orlando Caliço	51
Postscript Carol S Carson	53

Contributed Papers
Accruals Methodology: Statistical problems in the Estimation of Interest for new Financial Instruments in the context of Globalization of Financial Markets Aureliano Gentilini and Valeria Pellegrini	54
Globalization of Financial Markets: Implications for Domestic Macroeconomic Management P J Obaseki and C M Okafor	61
Implementation of the new international guidelines for the measurement of financial derivatives in the balance of payments and the international investment position Raymond F D D Chaudron	73

Central Banks' Statistical Function	75

Contributed Papers
The Role of the Central Bank of Barbados in the Field of Statistics on the Barbados Economy Daniel O Boamah	75
The Central Bank's Function in the Field of Statistics: the Experience of the Czech Republic during the Transition Period Petr Vojtisek	79
Enhancement of Statistics Provided by the Research and Statistics Department of the Bank of Japan Shousaku Murayama	83
An Overview of Nigeria's Central Bank Statistics within the National Statistical Information System Sani I Doguwa	89

How to Measure Deregulation?	97

Invited Papers
How to Measure Price Deregulation in Central and Eastern European Countries Edvard Outrata and Hana Hanková	97
Measuring the Effects of Deregulation in the Banking Sector: Some First Results on the Share Portfolio Rudi Acx	101
The Deregulation of Interest Rates Rudi Acx and Olivier Coene	104
Discussant's Comments Raymond Chaudron	108

Fisher's Short Stories
Fisher's Short Stories on Wealth 22-32	110
The Three Inspirations of the Young Irving Fisher	117
Short Stories on Wealth	118