Does Balance Sheet Strength Drive the Investment Cycle? : Evidence from Pre- and Post-Crisis Cyprus /

Fixed investment was the most important contributing factor to the boom-bust cycle in Cyprus over the last decade. Investment boomed during a credit boom in mid-2000s, during which the corporate sector borrowed heavily. Investment collapsed after 2008 when the credit boom ended. Investment and corpo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Chen, Sophia
Other Authors: Lu, Yinqiu
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2016.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2016/248
Online Access:Full text available on IMF