Can Italy Grow Out of Its NPL Overhang? A Panel Threshold Analysis

This paper examines whether a tipping point exists for real GDP growth in Italy above which the ratio of non-performing loans (NPLs) to total loans falls significantly. Estimating a... Read more »

Taking Stock of Monetary and Exchange Rate Regimes in Emerging Europe

29\11\2016 – The demands on monetary and exchange rate regimes in CESEE have evolved, in line with the region’s development. In the 1990s, the immediate challenge was to rein... Read more »

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Cyclical Behavior of Fiscal Policy among Sub-Saharan African Countries

Excessively procyclical fiscal policy can be harmful. This paper investigates to what extent the fiscal policies of sub-Saharan African countries were procyclical in recent years and the reasons for... Read more »