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in asset prices, especially as regards housing, though no systematic effects are identified on equity markets …
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price correction in these segments spills over into other markets. The country benefits from a sound and effective housing … on loan losses would better align private and social interests. There may be a shortage of rental housing in several … and increase incentives for private-sector development of affordable housing. This Working Paper relates to the 2014 OECD …
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Switzerland has had a long-standing surplus on its current account. But over the past 15 years that surplus has surged to levels unmatched by nearly any other OECD country at any point. This paper looks at the surplus from a balance of payments vantage point as well as from the optic of the...
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This paper provides new empirical results linking financial and housing wealth to household consumption for the United …, especially housing wealth, affects consumption. They further demonstrate that it can be important to take into account wealth …
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This paper examines how the the distributive impact of macroeconomic shocks is shaped by selected institutions. It uses a dynamic stochastic general equilibrium (DSGE) framework with heterogeneous agents and an endogenous collateral constraint. The model is based on the “credit view” of...
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In the run-up to the financial crisis, indebtedness of households and non-financial businesses rose to historically high levels in many OECD countries; gross debt of financial companies rose dramatically relative to GDP. Much of the debt accumulation appears to have been based on excessive...
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Switzerland has had a long-standing surplus on its current account. But over the past 15 years that surplus has surged to levels unmatched by nearly any other OECD country at any point. This paper looks at the surplus from a balance of payments vantage point as well as from the optic of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012445520
Social safety nets protect citizens against hardship. By offering compensation, social safety nets may help overcome the political resistance to trade liberalisation and structural reform, but they can also weaken the incentives to work and save. Depending on their design, safety nets may also...
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The paper examines the linkages between housing markets and the business cycle in OECD countries, focusing on how … differences in the degree of resilience to economic shocks can be affected by the structural characteristics of housing and … mortgage markets. The paper focuses specifically on: the transmission channel from housing wealth to consumption and on the …
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A considerable housing boom has been a key feature of persistently large saving-investment imbalances in New Zealand … households and the banking system heavily exposed to a correction in land and housing markets. Supply rigidities and tax … housing. The economic downturn has increased financial pressures on the social housing sector, with a shortage of public …
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