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Credit to the private sector has risen rapidly in many Central and Eastern European EU Member States (MS) and acceding countries (AC) in recent years. The lending boom has recently been particularly strong in the segment of loans to households, primarily mortgagebased housing loans, and in those...
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We investigate the effects of economic crises on the subsequent economic performance, economic reform, democratization … economic crises during the 1990s. We find that the severity of crisis has had a positive impact on the subsequent pace of … economic reform, economic growth and, with a delay, on investment and institutional change. Episode of high inflation, moreover …
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booms, asset price bubbles increase financial crisis risks; upon collapse they tend to be followed by deeper recessions and …
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Two separate narratives have emerged in the wake of the Global Financial Crisis. One speaks of private financial excess … appears to be a constraint in the aftermath of a crisis, then and now. …
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We develop a simple model that highlights the costs and benefits of fixed exchange rates as they relate to trade, and show that negative export-price shocks reduce fiscal revenue and increase the likelihood of an expected currency devaluation. Using a new high-frequency data set on...
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We use the demise of silver-based standards in the 19th century to explore price dynamics when a commodity-based money ceases to function as a global unit of account. We develop a general equilibrium model of the global economy with gold and silver money. Calibration of the model shows that...
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U.S. banking crisis of the 20th century. Our systemic risk measure captures both the credit risk of an individual bank … banking crisis that occurred between 1930{33 raised systemic risk per bank by 33% and increased the riskiness of the very …
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Does international financial integration boost economic growth? The question has been discussed controversially for a long time. As of yet, robust evidence for a positive impact is lacking (Edison et al., 2002). However, there is substantial narrative evidence from economic history that...
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Capital flow and commodity cycles have long been connected with economic crises. Sparse historical data, however, has made it difficult to connect their timing. We date turning points in global capital flows and commodity prices across two centuries and provide estimates from alternative data...
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This paper offers a meta-regression analysis of the literature on the drivers of financial development. Our results based on 1900 estimates suggest that institutional quality is positively correlated to both private sector credit and stock market capitalization (both as share of GDP). Domestic...
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