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Can Italy Grow Out of Its NPL Overhang? A Panel Threshold Analysis

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  • Mr. Kamiar Mohaddes
  • Mr. Mehdi Raissi
  • Miss Anke Weber

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This paper examines whether a tipping point exists for real GDP growth in Italy above which the ratio of non-performing loans (NPLs) to total loans falls significantly. Estimating a heterogeneous dynamic panel-threshold model with data on 17 Italian regions over the period 1997–2014, we provide evidence for the presence of growth-threshold effects on the NPL ratio in Italy. More specifically, we find that real GDP growth above 1.2 percent, if sustained for a number of years, is associated with a significant decline in the NPLs ratio. Achieving such growth rates requires decisively tackling long-standing structural rigidities and improving the quality of fiscal policy. Given the modest potential growth outlook, however, under which banks are likely to struggle to grow out of their NPL overhang, further policy measures are needed to put the NPL ratio on a firm downward path over the medium term.

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  • Mr. Kamiar Mohaddes & Mr. Mehdi Raissi & Miss Anke Weber, 2017. "Can Italy Grow Out of Its NPL Overhang? A Panel Threshold Analysis," IMF Working Papers 2017/066, International Monetary Fund.
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    Keywords

    WP; real GDP; Italy; nonperforming loans; real output growth; panel tests of threshold effects; NPL ratio; NPL-ratio growth; growth-threshold effect; ratios data; ratio of non-performing loans; resolution measure; Threshold analysis; Distressed assets; Global;
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    JEL classification:

    • C23 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Models with Panel Data; Spatio-temporal Models
    • E44 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Money and Interest Rates - - - Financial Markets and the Macroeconomy
    • G33 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Bankruptcy; Liquidation

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