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The boom-bust cycle in Finland and Sweden 1984-1995 in an international perspective
- This paper compares the boom-bust cycle in Finland and Sweden 1984-1995 with the average boom-bust pattern in industrialized countries as calculated from an international sample for the period 1970-2002. Two clear conclusions emerge. First, the Finnish-Swedish experience is much more volatile than the average boom-bust pattern. This holds for virtually every time series examined. Second, the bust and the recovery in the two Nordic countries differ markedly more from the international pattern than the boom phase does. The bust is considerably deeper and the recovery comes earlier and is more rapid. We explain the highly volatile character of the Finnish and Swedish boom-bust episode by the design of economic policies in the 1980s and 1990s. The boom-bust cycle in Finland and Sweden 1984-1995 was driven by financial liberalization and a hard currency policy, causing large pro-cyclical swings in the real rate of interest transmitted via the financial sector into the real sector and then into the public finances. JEL Classification: E32, E62, E63
Author: | Lars Jonung, Ludger Schuknecht, Mika Tujula |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30-27721 |
Parent Title (German): | Center for Financial Studies (Frankfurt am Main): CFS working paper series ; No. 2006,13 |
Series (Serial Number): | CFS working paper series (2006, 13) |
Document Type: | Working Paper |
Language: | English |
Year of Completion: | 2006 |
Year of first Publication: | 2006 |
Publishing Institution: | Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg |
Release Date: | 2006/06/12 |
Tag: | Asset Price Cycles; Boom; Bust; Financial Crisis; Finland; Real Interest Rates; Sweden |
GND Keyword: | Finnland; Schweden; Boom; Bankrott; Wirtschaftskrise; Haushaltsdefizit; Realzins; Effektivverzinsung; Geschichte 1984-1995 |
HeBIS-PPN: | 195430158 |
Institutes: | Wissenschaftliche Zentren und koordinierte Programme / Center for Financial Studies (CFS) |
Dewey Decimal Classification: | 3 Sozialwissenschaften / 33 Wirtschaft / 330 Wirtschaft |
Licence (German): | Deutsches Urheberrecht |