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Japan's Growth Challenge
Imai, Yutaka - In: CESifo Forum 4 (2003) 4, pp. 12-15
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005013157
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Convergence in institutions and market outcomes: cross-country and time-series evidence from the business environment and enterprise performance surveys in transition economies
Mitra, Pradeep; Muravyev, Alexander; Schaffer, Mark E. - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2009
This paper uses firm-level data from the Business Environment and Enterprise Performance Surveys to study the process of convergence of transition countries with developed market economies. The study focuses on competition and market structure, finance and the structure of lending to firms, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005106885
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Growth Dynamics; The Myth of Economic Recovery
Saxena, Sweta Chaman; Cerra, Valerie - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2005
Using panel data for a large number of countries, we find that economic contractions are not followed by offsetting fast recoveries. Trend output lost is not regained, on average. Wars, crises, and other negative shocks lead to absolute divergence and lower long-run growth, whereas we find...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005604978
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How costly was the crisis of the 1990s? A comparative analysis of the deepest crises in Finland and Sweden over the last 130 years.
Jonung, Lars; Hagberg, Thomas - Directorate-General Economic and Financial Affairs, … - 2005
In the 1990s the world economy was hit by a series of unusually deep crises with far-reaching consequences, the first … greatest crisis in modern history. The crises of the 1990s in Finland and Sweden were as severe as those that hit the world … during the exceptionally crisis-ridden interwar period. However, the output losses in both countries during World War I and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008459195
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Economic Crisis and Economic Policies in Japan since the 1990s
Okumura, Hirohiko - In: CESifo Forum 4 (2003) 4, pp. 3-11
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005013188
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Government Involvement in Corporate Debt Restructuring; Case Studies From the Great Recession
Grigorian, David A.; Raei, Faezeh - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2010
The paper examines recent episodes of government involvement in corporate debt restructurings. It argues that corporate debt restructuring is an important step toward recovery from a financial crisis. We then discuss the rationale for, and modalities of, the state intervention in corporate debt...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008727803
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Systemic Banking Crises; A New Database
Valencia, Fabian; Laeven, Luc - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008
This paper presents a new database on the timing of systemic banking crises and policy responses to resolve them. The database covers the universe of systemic banking crises for the period 1970-2007, with detailed data on crisis containment and resolution policies for 42 crisis episodes, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005599378
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Cyclical Patterns in Government Health Expenditures Between 1995 and 2010
Velenyi, Edit V.; Smitz, Marc F. - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2014
a third of the developing world has been able to escape the procyclicality trap. Yet, little is known about the evidence …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010829327
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Chile; Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2013
This Selected Issues paper for Chile describes the postcrisis recovery experience. The recovery from the 2008–2009 global crisis has been markedly different both among advanced and emerging economies. The steady improvement in the labor wedge-distortions related to the consumption leisure...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011243850
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Responding to Banking Crises; Lessons From Cross-Country Evidence
Detragiache, Enrica; Ho, Giang - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2010
A common legacy of banking crises is a large increase in government debt, as fiscal resources are used to shore up the banking system. Do crisis response strategies that commit more fiscal resources lower the economic costs of crises? Based on evidence from a sample of 40 banking crises we find...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008519484