Rapid Credit Growth In Central And Eastern Europe: Endless Boom or Early Warning?

PART I: Assessing and Managing Rapid Credit Growth in Central and Eastern Europe--C.Enoch * The Causes and Nature of Rapid Growth of Bank Credit in the Central, Eastern, and South Eastern European Countries--C.Arcalean, O.Calvo-Gonzalez, C.Móré, A.van Rixtel, A.Winkler & T.Zumer * Using Fundamentals to Identify Episodes of 'Excessive' Credit Growth in Central and Eastern Europe--F.Boissay, O.Calvo-Gonzalez & T.Kozluk * Fast Credit Expansion in Central and Eastern Europe: Catching Up, Sustainable Financial Deepening, or Bubble?--P.Backé, B.Égert & T.Zumer * Analysis of and Policy Responses to Rapid Credit Growth--P.Hilbers, I.Ötker-Robe & C.Pazarbasioglu * Rapid Credit Growth - The Role of Supervisors--M.Josefsson * PART II: Assessing and Managing Rapid Credit Growth - Country Experiences * Credit Growth Slow Down: The Experience of Bulgaria--V.Petkova & S.Manolov * Croatian Experience with Rapid Credit Growth--M.Lang * Estonia's Experience with Rapid Credit Growth--R.Lättemäe * Latvia's Experience with Rapid Credit Growth--U.Rutkaste * Assessment of Credit Growth in Lithuania--T.Ramanauskas * Poland's Experiences with Rapid Credit Growth - The 1996-1997 Episode--P.Szpunar * Growth of Non-Government Credit and Macroeconomic Developments: The Case of Romania--C.Popa * Slovakia: Credit Growth in the Household Sector and Response to the Related Risks--M.Licák * Too Much of a Good Thing? Credit Booms in Transition Economies: The Cases of Bulgaria, Romania, and Ukraine--C.Duenwald, N.Gueorguiev & A.Schaechter * PART III: Regional Dimensions of Rapid Credit Growth and Perspectives from Euro Convergence Countries * The Role of Housing Markets and Foreign Owned Banks in the Credit Expansion in Central and Eastern Europe--D.Mihaljek * Regional Dimensions of Dealing with Rapid Credit Growth: Perspectives from Greece, 1998-2005--N.Kamberoglou & N.Stavrianou * Debt Growth: Factors, Institutional Issues and Implications - The Portuguese Case--N.Ribeiro * The Growth of Private Sector Debt in Spain: Causes and Consequences--C.Martinez-Carrascal * PART IV: Cross-Border Dimension: Supervisory Coordination Between Bank Supervisors * Cross-Border Supervisory Cooperation--K.Zartl * Home Country Perspective: The Role of Cross Border Supervisory Coordination when Dealing with Rapid Credit Growth in Emerging Countries - The Case for Cooperating Supervisors--L.van Goor * Home and Host Supervisors' Relations - A Host Supervisor's Perspective--P.Bednarski & D.Starnowski * PART V: Concluding Remarks * Lessons from Country Experiences with Rapid Credit Growth in Europe and Policy Implications--C.Enoch & I.Ötker-Robe