background variable affecting consumption and income in Tanzania. Without appropriate policy actions, there are few chances for …The paper investigates the structure and dynamics of consumption inequality and inequality of opportunity in Tanzania …

whether credit extended to households and firms has an impact on the share of exports in gross domestic product and on the … trade balance. The analysis finds that although household credit is not positively related to export shares or trade … balances, firm credit is significantly related to both. The relationship with export shares is particularly strong and robust …

This paper analyzes the impact of introducing credit information-sharing systems on firms' access to finance. The … results reveal that credit bureau reforms, but not credit registry reforms, have a significant and robust effect on firm … financing. After the introduction of a credit bureau, the likelihood that a firm has access to finance increases, interest rates …

Whether the likelihood of a credit boom ending is dependent on its age or not, or whether the respective behavior is … that gap, exploring those issues with a proper duration analysis. Credit booms are identified considering two criteria well … whether credit booms are duration dependent or not. The findings show that the likelihood of credit booms ending increases …

This paper examines why some countries experience economic recoveries without pick-up of bank credit (credit-less) and … how different this recovery pattern is from the case where credit is increased as an economy recovers (credit-with). To … that more than 25 percent of all recoveries are credit-less and around 45 percent of all credit-less recoveries occurred in …

The last several years before the global downturn of 2008-2009 saw rapid credit growth in Poland. The credit …

The Czech Republic had experienced a credit boom similar to those in other converging economies in the pre-crisis years …. Nevertheless, the consequences of this credit boom were limited as was the impact of the global crisis on domestic financial … tame credit booms in small converging economies, a concerted set of microprudential and macroprudential measures, including …

Croatia employed macroprudential measures to manage credit growth and capital inflows during the boom years of the 2000 … requiring banks to hold high liquidity and capital buffers, and less effective in slowing credit growth and capital inflows …

against the increase of credit risk arising from the credit boom. The paper also outlines the future challenges facing …

highlight that information spillovers between lenders may operate outside credit registries …