| Description |
1 online resource (77 pages) : color illustrations |
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IMF country report ; no. 07/27 |
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IMF country report ; no. 07/27.
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| Contents |
Cover; Contents; I. Greece's Competitiveness Deficit: How big is it and how could it be unwound?; A. Introduction; B. Indicators of External Performance; Figures; 1. External Current Account and its Determinants; 2. Demand Stimuli, 1991-2006; C. How big is the competitiveness deficit?; D. Constant Market Shares Analysis of Competitiveness; E. Should external imbalances be of concern in an EMU member country?; Box; 1. A Simple Model of Internal and External Adjustment; F. How Could the lost competitiveness be clawed back?; Annex; I. Derivation do the CMS Decomposition; References |
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II. Greece's Fiscal Adjustment in an International ContextA. Introduction; B. Methodology; C. Recent Experiences; Tables; 1. Fiscal Adjustment, Total Expenditure and Revenues; 2. Fiscal Adjustment: List of Countries; D. Fiscal Consolidation in Greece; 3. Fiscal Adjustment: Successes and Failures; 4. Fiscal Adjustment: List of Successes; 5. Characteristics of Successful and Failed Fiscal Adjustments; Figures; 1. Expenditure Components, 1990-2004; 2. Expenditure Components, 1990-2004; 3. Interest Payments, 1990-2004; 4. Expenditure by Function, 1990-2004; 5. Taxation Components, 1990-2004 |
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6. Taxation Components, 1990-20047. Components of Fiscal Adjustment, 2004-07; E. Conclusions; References; III. Credit Growth and Bank Vulnerability in the Euro Area and Greece; A. Introduction; B. The Greek Boom in Context; Figures; 1. Private Sector Credit Growth in the Euro Area, 1998-2006; 2. Private Sector Credit, 1998-2006; C. Methodology; 3. Euro-Area: Private Sector Credit, 2005; 4. Greece and the Euro Area: Mean Values by Year; 5. Histograms for Distance to Default and Bank Credit Growth, 1994-2005; 6. Correlation between Distance to Default and Bank Credit, 1994-2005 |
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D. Econometric ResultsE. Key Risks; 7. Greek Banks: Funding Structure; Tables; 1. Number of Banks in the Sample by Country and Year; 2. Summary Statistics; 3. Baseline Specification; 4. Baseline Specification Including Real House Price Inflation; 5. Industrial Production Growth Rates; 6. European Stock Market Indices; 7. Asymmetric Effects over Real Sector Downturns; 8. Asymmetric Effects over Equity Price Cycles; 9. Threshold Effects; 10. Core Set of Financial Soundness Indicators for Deposit-Taking Institutions; Annex; I. Data Sources and Definitions; References |
| Summary |
In recent years, the IMF has released a growing number of reports and other documents covering economic and financial developments and trends in member countries. Each report, prepared by a staff team after discussions with government officials, is published at the option of the member country |
| Notes |
"January 2007"--Cover |
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"Prepared by a staff team of the International Monetary Fund as background documentation for the periodic consultation with this member country." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Competition -- Greece
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Fiscal policy -- Greece
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Credit -- Greece
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Banks and banking -- Greece
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Banks and banking
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Competition
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Credit
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Economic history
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Economic policy
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Fiscal policy
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| SUBJECT |
Greece -- Economic policy -- 1974-2009
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Greece -- Economic conditions -- 1974-2009
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| Subject |
Greece
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Rossi, Marco, author
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Moreno Badia, Marialuz, author.
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International Monetary Fund, issuing body.
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| ISBN |
1280899867 |
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9781280899867 |
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9781452793009 |
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145279300X |
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9781452738741 |
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1452738742 |
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