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Money, Lending and Banking Crises
Author(s) -
Peña Guillermo
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
economic papers: a journal of applied economics and policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.245
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 1759-3441
pISSN - 0812-0439
DOI - 10.1111/1759-3441.12195
Subject(s) - financial system , financial crisis , monetary policy , business , monetary economics , economics , real economy , channel (broadcasting) , interest rate , international economics , macroeconomics , electrical engineering , engineering
This paper shows that the bank lending channel impacts on lending and on the risk of a banking crisis. The results show that an increase in interest rates will decrease future bank lending and the likelihood of a banking crisis. This effect is dampened during recessionary periods in European countries. Policy implications are also provided. The detrimental effects of a lax monetary policy on a crisis are reduced directly by a highly capitalised financial sector and indirectly in an economy with highly liquid financial entities via lending growth.