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The German Banking System: Lessons from the Financial Crisis

Hüfner, Felix - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2010

The German banking system came under pressure during the financial crisis, not least due to its significant exposure to toxic assets which originated in the US. In the short run, the stability of the system has been achieved, in large part through substantial government support measures....

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Systemically Important Banks and Capital Regulation Challenges

Slovik, Patrick - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2012

Bank regulation might have contributed to or even reinforced adverse systemic shocks that materialised during the financial crisis. Capital regulation based on risk-weighted assets encourages innovation designed to circumvent regulatory requirements and shifts banks’ focus away from their core...

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Overcoming the Banking Crisis in Ireland

McGowan, Muge Adalet - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2011

Ireland is recovering from an extremely large banking crisis born of over-exuberant property lending. The government has taken a wide range of measures to tackle the crisis over the past 3 years. Larger bad property loans have been transferred to a government controlled “bad bank”, NAMA, and...

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Impact de la crise sur la croissance potentielle. Une approche par les modèles à composantes inobservables

Chetouane, Mabrouk; Lemoine, Matthieu; De la Serve, … - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2011

This article aims at evaluating potential growth for France, Germany and the euro area during the period from after the 2007-2008 credit crisis until 2012. Such an assessment plays a central role in the determination of the structural deficit and therefore in the definition of consolidation...

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Overcoming the Financial Crisis in the United States

Michelis, Andrea de - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2009

The global financial crisis that emerged in mid 2007 has caused considerable economic disruptions in the United States and elsewhere, and exposed major flaws in the global financial system. After examining the origins of the crisis, this paper recommends specific policy responses to resolve the...

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The Effect of Financial Crises on Potential Output: New Empirical Evidence from OECD Countries

Furceri, Davide; Mourougane, Annabelle - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2009

The aim of this paper is to assess the impact of financial crises on potential output. For this purpose a univariate autoregressive growth equation is estimated on an unbalanced panel of OECD countries over the period 1960 to 2007. Our results suggest that the occurrence of a financial crisis...

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Financial Crises: Past Lessons and Policy Implications

Furceri, Davide; Mourougane, Annabelle - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2009

This overview paper examines the financial crisis in light of past country experience and economic theory and sets out some preliminary policy recommendations. A number of facets of the crisis are detailed, including its origins and spreading factors as well as crisis resolution policies and...

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Financial Market Stability in the European Union: Enhancing Regulation and Supervision

Lawson, Jeremy; Barnes, Sebastian; Sollie, Marte - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2009

Financial innovation and integration have spurred financial development and enhanced consumer choice. Financial integration has also been associated with the emergence of large, complex, cross-border financial institutions (LCFIs). This has changed risk profiles and made cross-border contagion...

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The Macroeconomic Consequences of Banking Crises in OECD Countries

Haugh, David; Ollivaud, Patrice; Turner, David - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2009

This paper examines the characteristics of downturns and subsequent recoveries following past banking crises in OECD countries as well as evidence of any effects on potential output growth. It is differentiated from previous analyses because it makes use of OECD measures of the output gap and...

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Taking Stock of the Credit Crunch: Implications for Development Finance and Global Governance

Mold, Andrew; Paulo, Sebastian; Prizon, Annalisa - Centre de développement, Organisation de Coopération … - 2009

that the prospects for the developing world depend not only on how the financial crisis evolves in the OECD countries, but … also increasingly on how growth holds up in the rest of the developing world. In this sense, the paper discusses the … developing world to be effective.<BR>Ce Document examine l’impact de la crise financière mondiale sur les différentes formes du …

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