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How not to create zombie banks- lessons for Italy from Japan

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  • Christopher Gandrud
  • Mark Hallerberg

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Japan serves as a cautionary tale for Italy on how to clean up banking-sector problems. A general lesson is the need for policies to forthrightly address non-performing loans (NPLs) in countries with widespread banking problems. This helps address zombie banks and sluggish economic growth. What can Italian banks learn from the Japanese experience? The authors of this Policy Contribution provide a comparison of the situation in Italy with that in Japan...

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  • Christopher Gandrud & Mark Hallerberg, 2017. "How not to create zombie banks- lessons for Italy from Japan," Policy Contributions 19387, Bruegel.
    • Handle: RePEc:bre:polcon:19387
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    1. Péter Fáykiss & Erzsébet-Judit Rariga & Márton Zsigó, 2019. "Portfolio Cleaning of Problem Project Loans in Hungary – Experiences Related to the Systemic Risk Buffer, as a Targeted Macroprudential Instrument," Financial and Economic Review, Magyar Nemzeti Bank (Central Bank of Hungary), vol. 18(3), pages 52-82.
    2. Matteo Foglia, 2022. "Non-Performing Loans and Macroeconomics Factors: The Italian Case," Risks, MDPI, vol. 10(1), pages 1-13, January.

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