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Fintech in Latin America and the Caribbean: Stocktaking

Author/Editor: Pelin Berkmen, Kimberly Beaton, Dmitry Gershenson, Javier Arze del Granado, Kotaro Ishi, Marie Kim, Emanuel Kopp, Marina V Rousset.

Release Date:March, 2019

In Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), financial technology has been growing rapidly and is on the agenda of many policy makers. Fintech provides opportunities to deepen financial development, more...



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Investment in the Euro Area : Why Has It Been Weak?

Author/Editor: Bergljot B Barkbu, Pelin Berkmen, Pavel Lukyantsau, Sergejs Saksonovs, Hanni Schoelermann.

Release Date:February, 2015

Investment across the euro area remains below its pre-crisis level. Its performance has been weaker than in most previous recessions and financial crises. This paper shows that a part of this more...



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Fragmentation and Monetary Policy in the Euro Area

Author/Editor: Ali J Al-Eyd, Pelin Berkmen.

Release Date:October, 2013

The ECB has taken a range of actions to address bank funding problems, eliminate excessive risk in sovereign markets, and safeguard monetary transmission. But euro area financial markets have more...



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Bank of Japan's Quantitative and Credit Easing: Are They Now More Effective

Author/Editor: Pelin Berkmen.

Release Date:January, 2012

This paper asks whether the BoJ's recent experience with unconventional monetary easing has been effective in supporting economic activity and inflation. Using a structural VAR model, the paper finds more...



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The Impact of Fiscal Consolidation and Structural Reformson Growth in Japan

Author/Editor: Pelin Berkmen.

Release Date:January, 2011

With Japan’s public debt reaching historical levels, the need for fiscal consolidation and structural reforms have increased. As fiscal consolidation will require a sustained and large adjustment more...



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Macroeconomic Responses to Terms-of-Trade Shocks : A Framework for Policy Analysis for the Argentine Economy

Author/Editor: Pelin Berkmen.

Release Date:May, 2009

This paper presents a version of the global integrated monetary fiscal (GIMF) model adapted and calibrated to the Argentine economy. The model replicates the effect of the strong improvement in more...



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Precautionary Monetary and Fiscal Policies

Author/Editor: Pelin Berkmen.

Release Date:February, 2007

This paper explains why the debt reduction motive for countries that are subject to borrowing constraints and a volatile environment is greater than for those with a more stable environment and more...



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Exchange Rate Policy and Liability Dollarization : An Empirical Study

Author/Editor: Pelin Berkmen, Eduardo A Cavallo.

Release Date:February, 2007

The paper identifies the contemporaneous relationship between exchange rate policy and liability dollarization using three different definitions of dollarization. The presence of endogeneity makes more...



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Macroeconomic Implications of the Transition to Inflation Targeting and Capital Account Liberalization in Romania

Author/Editor: Nikolay Gueorguiev, Pelin Berkmen.

Release Date:December, 2004

In the near future, Romania will introduce inflation targeting and fully liberalize its capital account. This paper aims to analyze, in a dynamic general-equilibrium model with sticky prices and more...



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