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can have substantial negative effects on the economy, for instance by increasing the level and volatility of real house …
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Policy reforms aimed at boosting long-run growth often have side effects – positive or negative – on an economy’s vulnerability to shocks and their propagation. Macroeconomic shocks as severe and protracted as those since 2007 warrant a reconsideration of the role growth-promoting policies...
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Policy reforms aimed at boosting long-run growth often have side effects – positive or negative – on an economy’s vulnerability to shocks and their propagation. Macroeconomic shocks as severe and protracted as those since 2007 warrant a reconsideration of the role growth-promoting policies...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011276802
The decline in macroeconomic volatility from the 1980s to the onset of the Great Recession did not, in general …, translate into more microeconomic stability. While microeconomic volatility can reflect growth-generating processes, such as … creative destruction and re-allocation of resources, consumption growth volatility weighs on households’ welfare. This study …
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The crisis revealed the need for a strategic review of the existing social protection system in Estonia. Extreme income fluctuations on one side and low social benefits on the other side exposed fragile groups in the population to a significant poverty risk. The government has recently...
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Monetary and fiscal policies face huge challenges: the banking sector has collapsed; the economy is in the midst of a deep recession; the exchange rate has plunged; capital flows have been frozen; inflation is elevated; public debt has risen; source of revenues have disappeared; social needs have...
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behaviour. We find that the impact of regulation on investment is both sector and firm specific. A reduction in the degree of …
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new regulation on the voluntary basis to identify the most successful solutions that can be later rolled out to the whole …
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As a result of reforms and financial sector development, the People’s Bank of China (PBoC) now exerts significant control over money market interest rates. With money market conditions increasingly influencing effective commercial lending rates, the PBoC is also able to affect the cost of...
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significant. Despite impressive progress, product market regulation remains more burdensome than in most OECD countries, partly … autorités de régulation sectorielles dans les industries de réseau et les prérogatives de l'Autorité de la concurrence peuvent … régulation sectorielles n'aient pas instauré des règles du jeu équitables, garantissant l'accès des tiers aux infrastructures …
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