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Europe's zombie lending

Viral Acharya [1] interviewed by Tim Phillips [2], 07 August 2020

Viral Acharya tell Tim Phillips that the action to save Europe's financial sector after 2008 has delayed reform in the banking sector - creating a decade of lending to zombie firms that has stifled economic growth.

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Topics:  EU policies [8] Financial regulation and banking [9]

Tags:  zombie firms [10], disinflation [11]


Source URL: https://voxeu.org/vox-talks/europes-zombie-lending

Links
[1] https://voxeu.org/user/219721
[2] https://voxeu.org/user/250023
[3] itpc://www.voxeu.org/rss.php?q=itunes_podcast
[4] https://voxeu.org/article/time-inconsistency-recent-monetary-policy
[5] https://voxeu.org/article/real-time-inflation-measurement-during-covid-19
[6] https://voxeu.org/article/monetary-easing-leveraged-payouts-and-lack-investment
[7] https://voxeu.org/article/theory-repression-and-growth-traps
[8] https://voxeu.org/content/topics/eu-policies
[9] https://voxeu.org/content/topics/financial-regulation-and-banking
[10] https://voxeu.org/taxonomy/term/8207
[11] https://voxeu.org/taxonomy/term/1489