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Macroeconomic Volatility : The Policy Lessons from Latin America
Singh, Anoop - 2006
Intro -- Contents -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. MACROECONOMIC VOLATILITY IN LATIN AMERICA: A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE -- III. ROLE OF MACROECONOMIC POLICIES -- IV. WHAT'S NEW THIS TIME AROUND? -- V. REMAINING AGENDA -- VI. CONCLUDING REMARKS -- REFERENCES.
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Public Investment as an Engine of Growth
Warner, Andrew M. - 2014
This paper looks at the empirical record whether big infrastructure and public capital drives have succeeded in accelerating economic growth in low-income countries. It looks at big long-lasting drives in public capital spending, as these were arguably clear and exogenous policy decisions. On...
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What Role Can Financial Policies Play in Revitalizing SMEs in Japan?.
Lam, Raphael W - 2012
Performance of SMEs, by Risk Groups -- 5. Japan: Slow SME Restructuring -- 6. Limited Availability of Risk-based Capital and …The paper discusses the role the financial sector can play in supporting growth in Japan. While overall credit …). Firm-level SME data and sectoral corporate balance sheets show that many SMEs have faced structural challenges of high …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012690154
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How to Stop a Herd of Running Bears? Market Response to Policy Initiatives during the Global Financial Crisis
Fund, International Monetary - 2009
United Kingdom, the euro area, and Japan during the recent crisis on interbank credit and liquidity risk premia …
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Credit Booms and Lending Standards
Dell'Ariccia, Giovanni - 2008
This paper links the current sub-prime mortgage crisis to a decline in lending standards associated with the rapid expansion of this market. We show that lending standards declined more in areas that experienced larger credit booms and house price increases. We also find that the underlying...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012677586
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Credit Booms and Lending Standards : Evidence From the Subprime Mortgage Market
Dell'Ariccia, Giovanni - 2008
This paper links the current sub-prime mortgage crisis to a decline in lending standards associated with the rapid expansion of this market. We show that lending standards declined more in areas that experienced larger credit booms and house price increases. We also find that the underlying...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014409025
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Creating Sustainable Fiscal Space for Infrastructure; The Case of Tanzania
Ter-Minassian, Teresa; Hughes, Richard; Hajdenberg, … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008
A common dilemma facing governments around the world is how to meet the sizeable fiscal costs of providing and maintaining infrastructure networks. Over the past decade, developed and developing countries have looked to fiscal rules, budgetary reforms, tax policy and administration measures,...
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What Role Can Financial Policies Play in Revitalizing SMEs in Japan?
Lam, Raphael W.; Shin, Jongsoon - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2012
The paper discusses the role the financial sector can play in supporting growth in Japan. While overall credit …). Firm-level SME data and sectoral corporate balance sheets show that many SMEs have faced structural challenges of high … support measures should be phased out and SME restructuring be accelerated. Efforts are also needed to deepen capital markets …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010790387
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Social spending in Korea : can it foster sustainable and inclusive growth?
Elekdaǧ, Selim Ali - 2012
Going forward, Korea faces two closely related challenges: sustaining economic growth against the backdrop of a rapidly aging population and ameliorating income inequality. This paper argues that a gradual increase in social spending could promote more sustainable and inclusive growth in Korea....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009659803
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FX funding risks and exchange rate volatility : Korea’s case
Ree, Jack Joo K.; Yoon, Kyoungsoo; Park, Hail - 2012
This paper examines how exchange rate volatility and Korean banks' foreign exchange liquidity mismatches interacted with each other during the Global Financial Crisis, and whether the vulnerability stemming from this interaction has been reduced since then. Structural and cyclical changes after...
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