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In the past few years, corporate governance has become a popular area of discussionin continental Europe. Having been a …
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Housing market developments are in the spotlight in Europe. Over-stretched valuations amid tightening financial …-related systemic risk in Europe, providing design solutions to avoid unintended consequences during a tightening phase, and navigating …
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We study the properties of the IMF-WEO estimates of real-time output gaps for countries in the euro area as well as the determinants of their revisions over 1994-2017. The analysis shows that staff typically saw economies as operating below their potential. In real time, output gaps tend to have...
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This paper examines the drivers, and reestimates the size of shadow economies in Europe, with a focus on the emerging … economies, and recommends policies to increase formality. The size of shadow economies declined across Europe in recent years … but remains significant, especially in Eastern Europe. In the emerging European economies, the key determinants of shadow …
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Using data on commercial banks in the United States and Europe, this paper analyses the impact of the new Basel III … Europe over the post-2008 financial crisis period. Additionally, liquidity indicators have positive but perverse effects on …
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Europe after the global financial crisis (GFC). We find that the post-GFC recoveries in Europe have been weaker than previous …
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Estimates of the natural interest rate are often useful in the analysis of monetary and other macroeconomic policies. The topic gathered much attention following the great financial crisis and the Euro Area debt crisis due to the uncertainty regarding the timing of monetary policy normalization...
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a time of continued fiscal austerity in Europe, gender budgeting can help inform fiscal policies to ensure gender …
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the term sovereign risk. Developments in Europe since early 2010 presented new challenges for the functioning of private … shows that exposure to sovereign risk may have limited the ability of banks in Europe to attract deposits. The results are …
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The paper seeks to identify strategies of commercial banks in response to higher capital requirements of Basel III reform and its phase-in. It focuses on a sample of nine EU emerging market countries and picks up 5 largest banks in each country assessing their response. The paper finds that all...
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