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The Travails of Current Macroeconomic and Exchange Rate Management in China: The Complications of Switching to a New Growth Engine
Woo, Wing Thye - EconWPA - 2003
Just when China’s leaders receive conflicting signals of “overheating” and “below-potential growth”, they encounter tremendous external pressure to revalue the Renminbi (RMB) substantially. Our conclusion is that the major macroeconomic challenges have their roots in China’s...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005062405
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De schuld van het Nederlandse huishouden?
Groeneveld, Hans; Haas, Ralph de - EconWPA - 2002
De afgelopen jaren bereikten de aandelenkoersen met grote regelmaat nieuwe recordhoogten en zijn de Nederlandse huizenprijzen flink gestegen. De hausse op de aandelen- en huizenmarkt hangt voor een belangrijk deel samen met het gunstige economische klimaat en de relatief lage rente in combinatie...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005561751
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The impact of the 1988 Basel Accord on banks' capital ratios and credit risk-taking: an international study
Roy, Patrick Van - EconWPA - 2005
The purpose of this paper is to see whether and how G-10 banks have complied with the 1988 Basel Accord. The interest of this study lies in the fact that the standardized approach to credit risk in the New Basel Accord is conceptually similar to the 1988 agreement. However, very little is known...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005134754
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A PUSH TO GEORGE ( IN ) BUSH
DR.VSR.SUBRAMANIAM - EconWPA - 2005
Pumping wealth from developed nations. A Notional Balance sheet of USA, balances only with a Loss to the Assets(Debit). This …. Even the currencies of poor nations are galloping upward in $ parity, because they are linked to Euro. This is due to USA …'s approach to control other nations in the world,through unilateral Army power,tie up of domestic markets towards USA, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005556940
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Collateral-Based Lending in Emerging Markets: Evidence from Thailand
Menkhoff, Lukas; Neuberger, Doris; Suwanaporn, Chodechai - EconWPA - 2005
This paper examines the role and determinants of collateral in emerging markets compared to mature ones. Analyzing a data set of 560 credit files of Thai commercial banks, we find that both the incidence and degree of collateralization are higher there than in developed markets. Thai banks use...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005134744
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Income Diversity in Rural Lithuania: Benefits, Barriers, and Incentives
Bezemer, Dirk; Rutkauskaite, Jurgita; Zemeckis, Romualdas - EconWPA - 2003
Economic hardship, agricultural policy reform and price developments have adversely affected incomes from agricultural production in Lithuania, and many farm households have accessed additional sources of income in the rural economy. In an analysis of recently collected survey data we find that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005062455
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Ist eine höhere bauliche Dichte wünschenswert? Evidenz aus den Preisen von Einfamilienhäusern im Kanton Zürich
Salvi, Marco - EconWPA - 2003
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005062511
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Why Are Companies Disappearing in Transitional Agriculture? Evidence from Lithuania
Bezemer, Dirk J.; Stanikunas, Donatas; Zemeckis, Romualdas - EconWPA - 2003
In most transition economies, agricultural reforms have led to the emergence of family farms and household food production and to the decline of corporate farms. This study explores the extent of that trend for the case of Lithuania based on secondary information and primary survey data. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005118702
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Corruption, the Resource Curse and Genuine Saving
Dietz, Simon; Neumayer, Eric; Soysa, Indra de - EconWPA - 2004
Genuine saving is an established indicator of weak sustainable development that measures the net level of investment a country makes in produced, natural and human capital less depreciation. Maintaining this net level of investment above zero is a necessary condition for sustainable development....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005556036
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Household Credit and Saving: Does Policy Matter?
Lawrence, Peter - EconWPA - 2002
This paper surveys the existing literature on the determinants of household savings and credit in developing countries and examines the ways in which macro-level policies might impact on household financial behaviour.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005556083