DNB bewaakt de stabiliteit van ons financiële stelsel via het monetaire beleid, het toezicht en de zorg voor het betalingsverkeer. Deze gezamenlijke taakuitoefening biedt belangrijke voordelen.

In order to gain more insight into the relationship between housing prices and mortgage lending, we estimate models for both the Dutch housing and the mortgage market. The empirical analysis presented in this paper offers support for the hypothesis that in the Netherlands housing prices and...

To what extent can the use of financial collateral as a credit risk mitigant affect capital adequacy requirements? This article considers the current and future capital adequacy regimes applying to credit institutions as they relate to collateralised transactions.

De juridische bescherming van banken en aandeelhouders beïnvloedt de omvang en kwaliteit van het financiële systeem en daarmee de economische groei. Gebrekkige (juridische) instituties in transitie-economieën kunnen de economische ontwikkeling van deze landen dan ook afremmen. Zo dragen...

Review of Peter J. Montiel 'Macroeconomics in Emerging Markets'

The current slump in world coffee prices is mainly due to a structural oversupply. Instead of introducing price measures, measures aimed at reducing this excess supply would be a more efficient method of increasing coffee producers'incomes.

In dit artikel wordt ingegaan op een aantal recente ontwikkelingen in de hedgefundsector.

This paper analyses the development of the banking sector in twelve transition countries. Foreign banks have become major players in the financial system of these countries. Still, foreign bank presence and financial development in general vary considerably between these economies. Distance from...

Review of the article "Law and Finance in Transition Economies", K. Pistor, M. Raiser and S. Gelfer, Economics of Transition, 2000, 8(2), pp. 325-368.

Short 1-page review article of research by Mohsin Khan (IMF)on threshold effects in the relationship between inflation and growth and the possible intermediary role played by the financial system. Published in Economisch Statistische Berichten, 06-03-2003, p. 114 (in Dutch)