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Household Credit and Saving:Does Policy Matter?
Lawrence, Peter - Centre for Economic Research, School of Economics and … - 2002
This paper surveys the existing literature on the determinants of household savings and credit in developing countries …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005636085
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Household Credit and Saving: Does Policy Matter?
Lawrence, Peter - EconWPA - 2002
This paper surveys the existing literature on the determinants of household savings and credit in developing countries …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005556083
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Forced Saving and Repressed Inflation in the Soviet Union, 1986-90: Some Empirical Results
Cottarelli, Carlo; Blejer, Mario I. - In: IMF Staff Papers 39 (1992) 2, pp. 256-286
In countries like the former Soviet Union, where wealth is mainly stored in monetary assets, the behavior of the money-income ratio is a poor indicator of the growth of undesired monetary balances (monetary overhang). In those countries a monetary overhang is primarily a wealth overhang, which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008915694
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Saving Rates in Latin American: Why Reformers Got It Wrong
Reinhardt, Nola
This study examines the saving behavior of 18 Latin American countries in the 1976-2000 period compared to a group of 25 other middle-income developing countries. Over this period, Latin American saving rates have been consistently below the comparison group, despite extensive economic reforms...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005731452
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Fiscal Policy and National Saving in Mexico, 1980-2006
Villagómez, Alejandro; Roth Rivero, Bernardo - Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE) - 2007
This paper uses structural vector autoregressions (SVAR) to characterize the dynamic impact of fiscal policy on national saving. SVAR´s have extensively been used to characterize the impact of monetary policy on the economy but have not been applied as much to analyzing fiscal policy. This...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010823239
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International Financial Crises: Causes, Prevention, and Cures
Summers, Lawrence H. - In: American Economic Review 90 (2000) 2, pp. 1-16
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005820210
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Oil price shocks and their short- and long-term effects on the Chinese economy
Tang, Weiqi; Wu, Libo; Zhang, ZhongXiang - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
economies. However, there has been a lack of empirical study of this kind on China and other developing countries. This paper … attempts to fill this gap by answering how and to what extent oil-price shocks impact China’s economy, emphasizing on the price … differentiated price control policies for materials and intermediates on the one hand and final products on the other hand in China …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005835871
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Reform Without Losers: An Interpretation of China's Dual-Track Approach to Transition
Lau, Lawrence J; Qian, Yingyi; Roland, Gérard - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1998
worked in product and labour markets in China’s economic reform in practice. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005504255
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Price convergence and geographic dimension of market integration: Evidence from China
Ritola, Maria - Siirtymätalouksien tutkimuslaitos, Suomen Pankki - 2008
This study analyses the level and geographic dimension of China's market integration. The objective is to provide a … broad characterization of China's market integration by performing a variety of empirical tests and providing comparisons to … is first analysed by comparing city-level prices with China's national average price level and then by dividing China …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005648612
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Evaluating conditions in major Chinese housing markets
Wu, Jing; Gyourko, Joseph; Deng, Yongheng - In: Regional Science and Urban Economics 42 (2012) 3, pp. 531-543
High and rising prices in Chinese housing markets have attracted global attention. Price-to-rent ratios in Beijing and seven other large markets across the country have increased by 30% to 70% since the beginning of 2007. Current price-to-rent ratios imply very low user costs of no more than...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010577540