01450cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF006823 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781455209507 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Herzberg, Valerie. Assessing the Risk of Private Sector Debt Overhang in the Baltic Countries / Valerie Herzberg. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2010. 1 online resource (35 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students Between 2000 and 2007 nonfinancial private sector credit expanded rapidly in the Baltic countries, resulting in a non-negligible build-up of debt. Could this legacy debt hold back the economic recovery of the region? This paper analyzes the setting in each of the three countries and, with the help of an experimental Debt Overhang Index (DOI), draws tentative conclusions for domestic demand. Mode of access: Internet IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2010/250 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2010/250/001.2010.issue-250-en.xml IMF e-Library