IMF Working Papers

Output Collapse in Eastern Europe: The Role of Credit

By Guillermo Calvo, Fabrizio Coricelli

August 1, 1992

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Guillermo Calvo, and Fabrizio Coricelli. Output Collapse in Eastern Europe: The Role of Credit, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 1992) accessed November 23, 2024
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Summary

Real bank credit in Eastern European countries after their recent stabilization programs is shown to have fallen sharply, except in the case of Hungary. The meaning of the fall is discussed under the present value and liquidity perspectives. Moreover, it is shown that the hypothesis that output contraction may be partly due to credit contraction cannot be ruled out. The hypothesis is tested on a sample of 85 branches of industry in Poland. The rationale for expecting a connection between credit and output and policy options to attenuate the liquidity crunch in post-socialist economies is also subject to analysis.

Subject: Asset and liability management, Bank credit, Banking, Credit, Credit booms, Credit ceilings, Liquidity, Monetary expansion, Money

Keywords: Above-mentioned firm, Bank credit, Credit, Credit booms, Credit ceilings, Credit market, Eastern Europe, Enterprise credit, Enterprise liquidity, Lending firm, Liquidity, Output credit elasticity, WP

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    30

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Working Paper No. 1992/064

  • Stock No:

    WPIEA0641992

  • ISBN:

    9781451848472

  • ISSN:

    1018-5941

Notes

Also published in Staff Papers, Vol. 40, No. 1, March 1993.

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