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Tackling Europe’s crisis legacy- a comprehensive strategy for bad loans and debt restructuring

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  • Maria Demertzis
  • Alexander Lehmann

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Eight years after the start of Europe’s financial crisis, the legacy of non-performing loans and excessive private debt remains a key obstacle to the recovery of bank credit and investment. The efforts to reduce and remove NPLs from the balance sheets of creditors must simultaneously remove excess debt from the balance sheets of debtors. This is the only way to ensure that bank balance sheets are restored to health sustainably,...

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  • Maria Demertzis & Alexander Lehmann, 2017. "Tackling Europe’s crisis legacy- a comprehensive strategy for bad loans and debt restructuring," Policy Contributions 20251, Bruegel.
    • Handle: RePEc:bre:polcon:20251
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    1. Bredl Sebastian, 2022. "The Role of Non-performing Loans for Bank Lending Rates," Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbuecher fuer Nationaloekonomie und Statistik), De Gruyter, vol. 242(2), pages 223-276, April.
    2. Samuel Etukakpan, Phd, . "Companies and Economic Growth," Journal of Economic and Sustainable Growth 1, Office Of The Chief Economist, Development Bank of Nigeria, vol. 1.
    3. Alexander Lehmann, 2018. "Risk reduction through Europe’s distressed debt market," Policy Contributions 23816, Bruegel.

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