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Do Macroprudential Policy Instruments Reduce the Procyclical Impact of Capital Ratios on Lending? Cross-Country Evidence
In this brief, we ask about the capacity of macroprudential policies to reduce the procyclical impact of capital ratios…
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Capital Flows from Russia — The Bigger Picture
There is an increasing focus on how Russian capital flows are being channelled through Western banks to various destinat…
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Economic Growth and Putin’s Approval Ratings —The Return of the Fridge
This brief discusses how the approval ratings of president Putin covaries with economic growth. In most years the relati…
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Is There a Dutch Disease in Russian Regions?
The low economic diversification in Russia is commonly blamed on the abundance of energy resources. This brief summarize…
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The Russian economy under Putin (so far)
Russians are heading to the polling booths on March 18, but where will the economy head after Putin has been elected pre…
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Stylized Facts from 25 Years of Growth in Transition
This brief summarizes the growth experience of transition countries 25 years after the dissolution of the Soviet Union.…
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Russian Financial Markets, Pension Funds and ETFs
In this brief, I consider problems arising from the virtual non-existence of index funds and/or Exchange Traded Funds (E…
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On Economics of Innovation Subsidies in Russia
Following the general agreement that innovation is a source of economic growth, the Russian government has provided vari…
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Fiscal Redistribution in Belarus: What Works and What Doesn’t?
Belarus proudly calls itself a social state. Indeed, Belarus boasts one of the lowest poverty and inequality levels in t…
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