Purpose: The authors examine the optimal consumption decisions of households in a micro-founded framework that introduces endogenous default. They study default in the context of a two-period process, assuming three non-overlapping steps of non-payment: delinquency, non-performing loans and...

Inflationserwartungen und Geldnachfrage: Die Erfahrungen Griechenlands In der Geldnachfragefunktion für Griechenland werden Inflationserwartungen als Alternative zum Zinssatz der Oppotunitätskostenvariablen eingesetzt. Es werden zwei Hypothesen zur Erwartungsbildung berücksichtigt, und Geld...

The aim of this paper is to study the main macroeconomic, financial and structural factors that shaped current account developments in Greece over the period from 1960 to 2007 and discuss these developments in relation to the issue of external sustainability. Concerns over Greece’s external...

Heterogeneity in the response of banks to a change in monetary policy is an important element in the transmission of this policy through banks. This paper examines the role of bank liquidity, capitalization and market power as internal factors influencing banks’ reaction in terms of lending...