Bas Berend Bakker

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

700 19th Street, N.W.

Washington, DC 20431

United States

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

14

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Scholarly Papers (14)

1.

The Credit Boom in the EU New Member States: Bad Luck or Bad Policies?

IMF Working Paper No. 10/130
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 04 Jun 2010
Bas Berend Bakker and Anne-Marie Gulde
International Monetary Fund (IMF) and International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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Eastern Europe, Capital flows, Credit demand, Credit expansion, Business cycles, Economic reforms, Global Financial Crisis 2008-2009

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Vulnerabilities in Emerging Southeastern Europe - How Much Cause for Concern?

IMF Working Paper No. 07/236
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 25 Jan 2008
International Monetary Fund (IMF), International Monetary Fund (IMF), International Monetary Fund (IMF), International Monetary Fund (IMF) and International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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Working Paper, Economic indicators, Europe, Capital inflows, Emerging markets, Adjustment process, Crisis prevention

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Dismal Employment Growth in EU Countries: The Role of Corporate Balance Sheet Repair and Dual Labor Markets

IMF Working Paper No. 13/179
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 11 Sep 2013
Bas Berend Bakker and Li Zeng
International Monetary Fund (IMF) and International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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Labor markets, Europe, European Economic and Monetary Union, Employment, Corporate sector, Profits, Debt, Current account deficits, saving, firms, employment growth, unemployment, employment losses, labor productivity, temporary employment, recession, employment reductions, employment performance, unemployment increases, duration of unemployment, employment outcome, labor force, employment outcomes, unemployment rate, total employment, employment outlook, reductions in employment, employment declines, employment impact, reduction in employment, unemployment rates, employment data, number of employees, employment protection, structural unemployment, employment status

4.

The Rich and the Great Recession

IMF Working Paper No. 14/225
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 06 Feb 2015
Bas Berend Bakker and Joshua Felman
International Monetary Fund (IMF) and International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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Income inequality, United States, Income distribution, Private savings, Household consumption, Economic recession, Econometric models, wealth inequality, business cycles, assets, reserve, debt, disposable income, prices, marginal propensity to consume, valuation, consumption function, real income, trends, elasticity, wages, variables, real estate, household debt, macroeconomics, econometrics, monetary policy, growth rate, gdp, national income, mortgages, financial crisis, central bank, trough, income groups, political economy, debts, consumption increases, lags, measurement, distribution of wealth, households, advanced economies, homeowners, loan, loan delinquency

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Conventional and Insidious Macroeconomic Balance-Sheet Crises

IMF Working Paper No. 14/160
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 10 Sep 2014
Bas Berend Bakker and Leslie Lipschitz
International Monetary Fund (IMF) and IMF Institute
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Fiscal imbalances, Developed countries, Emerging markets, Capital account, Balance sheets, Financial crises, crises, business cycles, capital flows, capital inflows, exchange rate, real effective exchange rate, effective exchange rate, capital markets, current account deficit, real appreciation, foreign exchange, ppp, global capital markets, foreign capital, exchange rates, capital account crises, exchange rate policy, current account deficits, fixed exchange rates, net capital, foreign exchange reserves, current account balance, exchange reserves, exchange risk, net capital flows, capital inflow, crisis prevention, foreign capital inflows, capital controls, capital control, moral hazard, fl

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The Lack of Convergence of Latin-America Compared with Cesee: Is Low Investment to Blame?

IMF Working Paper No. 20/98
Number of pages: 83 Posted: 23 Jul 2020
International Monetary Fund (IMF), International Monetary Fund (IMF), International Monetary Fund (IMF) and International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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What Happens If Central Banks Misdiagnose a Slowdown in Potential Output

IMF Working Paper No. 19/208
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 08 Nov 2019
Bas Berend Bakker
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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Real sector, Real interest rates, Return on investment, Unemployment, Investment, Monetary policy, potential output, Solow-Swan, WP, investment rate, gross investment, net investment, output growth, capital stock

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COVID-19 in Latin America: A High Toll on Lives and Livelihoods

IMF Working Paper No. 2021/168
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 15 Feb 2022
Bas Berend Bakker and Carlos Goncalves
International Monetary Fund (IMF) and International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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later lockdown, dynamics of Covid-19 epidemic, lock-downs in Latin America, modeling lockdown type, lockdowns in Latin America, COVID-19, South America, Caribbean, Europe, Western Europe, Asia and Pacific

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Unemployment Surges in the EU: The Role of Risk Premium Shocks

IMF Working Paper No. 19/56
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 08 Apr 2019
Bas Berend Bakker, Marta Korczak and Krzysztof Krogulski
International Monetary Fund (IMF), International Monetary Fund (IMF) and International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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Risk premium, Market interest rates, Interest rates, Real interest rates, Unemployment, Risk premia, Euro area crisis, global economic and fincanial crisis, premia, euro area, pre-crisis, Baltics, GDP decline

10.

What Can Artificial Intelligence Do for Stagnant Productivity in Latin America and the Caribbean?

IMF Working Paper No. 2024/219
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 16 Oct 2024
International Monetary Fund (IMF), International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF), International Monetary Fund (IMF), International Monetary Fund (IMF), International Monetary Fund (IMF), Independent and International Monetary Fund
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Artificial Intelligence (AI), Productivity Stagnation, Technological Innovation, Latin America, Caribbean, Economic Growth, Labor Productivity, Automation, Macroeconomic Impact, Digital Transformation, Cross-Country Analysis, Regional Development, Technology Adoption, Emerging Economies, Economic Policy.

11.

Reconciling Random Walks and Predictability

IMF Working Paper No. 2024/252
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 27 Dec 2024
Bas Berend Bakker
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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Exchange rate dynamics, Random walk hypothesis, Medium-term predictability, Unit root, Stationary component, Stochastic trend, Mean reversion, Forecasting accuracy, Exchange rate modeling, Exchange rate puzzles

12.

Unveiling the Hidden Impact of Urban Land Rents on Total Factor Productivity

IMF Working Paper No. 2023/170
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 06 Sep 2023
Bas Berend Bakker
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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Total Factor Productivity, Economic Growth, Capital Stock, Land Rents, Growth Decomposition, Urban Economics, Population Density, Diminishing Returns to Scale, Technological Progress, Singapore

13.

Portfolio Inertia and Expected Excess Returns in Currency Markets

IMF Working Paper No. 2025/011
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 23 Jan 2025
Bas Berend Bakker
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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Exchange Rates, Portfolio Balance, Uncovered Interest Parity, Portfolio Adjustment Costs, Risk Premium, Currency Markets, Expected Returns

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Reconciling Random Walks and Predictability: A Dual-Component Model of Exchange Rate Dynamics

IMF Working Paper | Western Hemisphere Department | WP/24/252 | December 2024
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 05 Feb 2025
Bas Berend Bakker
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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JEL Classification Numbers: F31, F37, and F41 Exchange rate dynamics, Random walk hypothesis, Medium-term predictability, Unit root, Stationary component, Stochastic trend, Mean reversion, Forecasting accuracy, Exchange rate modeling, Exchange rate puzzles