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Arnold, Jens - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2011

Low investment rates are limiting Brazil’s future potential growth rate. This paper analyses a number of potential … reasons for these low investment rates and discusses policy options to achieve faster capital accumulation. A shortage of … domestic saving appears to be a major constraint to higher investment rates in Brazil. Due to high levels of current …

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Banks' Restructuring and Smooth Deleveraging of the Private Sector in Slovenia

Havrylchyk, Olena - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2013

Slovenia is facing the legacy of a boom-bust cycle that has been compounded by weak corporate governance of state-owned banks. The levels of non-performing loans and capital adequacy ratios compare poorly in international perspective and may deteriorate further, which could require significant...

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Portugal: Rebalancing the Economy and Returning to Growth Through Job Creation and Better Capital Allocation

Pina, Álvaro; Abreu, Ildeberta - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2012

possible to finance internationally high levels of consumption and investment relative to gross domestic product (GDP) through … banks vulnerable to shifts in investor sentiment. However, investment and credit were mostly directed to sheltered sectors … commitments, this will require reforming public policies that have long distorted investment allocation, ensuring that banks …

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Moving Towards a More Dynamic Business Sector in Spain

Pandiella, Alberto González - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2014

Policy efforts to revitalise entrepreneurship and investment in Spain are key to generating growth and new jobs. The …

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Making the Banking Sector More Resilient and Reducing Household Debt in the Netherlands

Kierzenkowski, Rafał; Havrylchyk, Olena; Beynet, Pierre - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2014

Dutch banks were put under heavy strains early in the global downturn and have comparatively weak financial buffers to cope with new shocks. Falling house prices have increased the share of households with negative home equity to nearly 35% for home-owning households and 40% for mortgage...

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Deconstructing Canada's Housing Markets: Finance, Affordability and Urban Sprawl

Cheung, Calista - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2014

House prices have increased significantly in Canada over the past decade, driving household debt and residential construction activity to historical highs. Although macro-prudential tightening has slowed the pace of household borrowing in the last few years, house prices have continued to trend...

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Housing Price and Investment Dynamics in Finland

André, Christophe; García, Clara - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2012

prices and investment recovered to reach new peaks. This paper uses a small econometric model to assess the role of … fundamentals in housing price and investment developments. Current housing valuations and residential investment are broadly in …

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The Benefits and Costs of Highly Expansionary Monetary Policy

Rawdanowicz, Łukasz; Bouis, Romain; Watanabe, Shingo - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2013

How far to go – and to remain – in the direction of highly expansionary monetary policy hinges on the balance of marginal benefits and costs of additional monetary easing and its expected evolution over time. This paper sketches a framework for assessing this balance and applies it to four...

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Overcoming the Banking Crisis in Ireland

McGowan, Muge Adalet - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2011

Ireland is recovering from an extremely large banking crisis born of over-exuberant property lending. The government has taken a wide range of measures to tackle the crisis over the past 3 years. Larger bad property loans have been transferred to a government controlled “bad bank”, NAMA, and...

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A Revival of the Private Rental Sector of the Housing Market?: Lessons from Germany, Finland, the Czech Republic and the Netherlands

Boer, Rik de; Bitetti, Rosamaria - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2014

This Working Paper studies ways to stimulate the private rental sector (PRS) of the housing market – and compares experiences with policies and reforms in Germany, the Netherlands, Finland and the Czech Republic. Although in many countries the PRS has decreased in importance since the Second...

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