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emerging Europe. With the help of a general equilibrium theoretical framework, the paper identifies pragmatic directions for …
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Driving infrastructure development, notably mobilizing financial resources for infrastructure projects, has been challenging in many countries. This study includes two parts: an empirical analysis of macroeconomic risks associated with infrastructure booms, and a case study of four emerging...
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corporate sector using midprice quotes for STCDOs referencing the iTraxx Europe index …
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We compare how logit (fixed effects) and probit early warning systems (EWS) predict insample and out-of-sample currency crises in emerging markets (EMs). We look at episodes of currency crises that took place in 29 EMs between January 1995 and December 2012. Stronger real GDP growth rates and...
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This paper examines alternative approaches to building sound financial structures in emerging market economies. The foremost task is to resolve the bad loan problem and to recapitalize insolvent state banks. By restoring an incentive for banks to price accurately the risks of new lending, this...
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selected countries in Central and Eastern Europe. The reforms in the payments system are viewed as closely interrelated with …
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We use bank-level data on 16 CESEE economies over 2005-2014 to assess the role of foreign banks in the region's credit … dynamics. We confirm that macroeconomic fundamentals of both host and home countries matter, as do the bank and parent bank … foreign subsidiaries. Host country macroeconomic fundamentals cease to play a significant role, while bank …
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This paper quantifies the economic impact of changes in U.S. monetary policy on emerging market countries. We explore empirically how country risk, as proxied by sovereign bond spreads, is influenced by U.S. monetary policy, country-specific fundamentals, and conditions in global capital...
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Argentina (until 2001), Eastern Europe, and Asia. An index of precommitment is derived from an analysis of legislative …
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This paper examines the drivers, and reestimates the size of shadow economies in Europe, with a focus on the emerging … economies, and recommends policies to increase formality. The size of shadow economies declined across Europe in recent years … but remains significant, especially in Eastern Europe. In the emerging European economies, the key determinants of shadow …
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