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 heterogeneous dynamic panel-threshold model with data on 17 Italian regions over the period 1997-2014, we provide evid...

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Autor Principal: Mohaddes, Kamiar
Outros autores: Raissi, Mehdi, Weber, Anke
Formato: Revista
Idioma:English
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2017.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2017/066
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Acceso en liña:Full text available on IMF