IMF Working Papers

Money Demand, Bank Credit, and Economic Performance in Former Socialist Economies

By Manmohan S. Kumar, Guillermo Calvo

January 1, 1994

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Manmohan S. Kumar, and Guillermo Calvo. Money Demand, Bank Credit, and Economic Performance in Former Socialist Economies, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 1994) accessed November 23, 2024
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Summary

This paper examines factors determining the allocation of bank credit to the enterprise sector, and the implications of this allocation for aggregate supply and macro-economic performance, in the former socialist economies. It first develops a model to explain how changes in demand for money by the household sector directly influence the availability of working capital, which in turn determines aggregate output and employment. It then examines factors influencing the allocation of bank credit between enterprises and other borrowers, in particular the government. Finally, the paper discusses relative merits of bank finance and equity capital in financing medium- and long-term investment, and constraints on the development of efficient equity markets.

Subject: Bank credit, Banking, Commercial banks, Credit, Demand for money, Financial institutions, Inflation, Money, Prices

Keywords: Adverse selection, Bank credit, Bank credit, Broad money, Commercial bank, Commercial banks, Credit, Demand for money, Eastern Europe, Enterprise liquidity, Gross investment, Inflation, Insolvent firm, Liquidity accumulation, State enterprise, WP

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    48

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Working Paper No. 1994/003

  • Stock No:

    WPIEA0031994

  • ISBN:

    9781451841831

  • ISSN:

    1018-5941

Notes

Also published in Staff Papers, Vol. 41, No. 2, June 1994.

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