Banks and monetary transmission in Europe: empirical evidence

The present work examines bank lending behaviour in continental Europe. An empirical analysis is performed using bank-level panel data for fiscal years 1990-1995 to investigate the existence of a bank lending and balance sheet channel in Europe. The results reveal that monetary policy in continental...

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Egile nagusia: G.J. DE BONDT G.J.
Formatua: Artikulua
Hizkuntza:English
Argitaratua: Associazione Economia civile 2013-10-01
Saila:PSL Quarterly Review
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Sarrera elektronikoa:https://rosa.uniroma1.it/rosa04/psl_quarterly_review/article/view/10538
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Gaia:The present work examines bank lending behaviour in continental Europe. An empirical analysis is performed using bank-level panel data for fiscal years 1990-1995 to investigate the existence of a bank lending and balance sheet channel in Europe. The results reveal that monetary policy in continental Europe matter most for small banks and for banks with relatively illiquid balance sheets. Most of the findings point to the existence of a bank lending channel in Germany and the Netherlands.   JEL Codes: G21
ISSN:2037-3635
2037-3643