Arbeitspapier

Whatever it takes: The real effects of unconventional monetary policy

Launched in Summer 2012, the European Central Bank (ECB)'s Outright Monetary Transactions (OMT) program indirectly recapitalized European banks through its positive impact on periphery sovereign bonds. However, the stability reestablished in the banking sector did not fully translate into economic growth. We document zombie lending by banks that remained undercapitalized even post-OMT. In turn, firms receiving loans used these funds not to undertake real economic activity such as employment and investment but to build up cash reserves. Creditworthy firms in industries with a high zombie firm prevalence suffered significantly from this credit misallocation, which further slowed down the economic recovery.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: SAFE Working Paper ; No. 152

Classification
Wirtschaft
Subject
Unconventional Monetary Policy
Real Effects
Zombie Lending

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Acharya, Viral
Eisert, Tim
Eufinger, Christian
Hirsch, Christian
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Goethe University Frankfurt, SAFE - Sustainable Architecture for Finance in Europe
(where)
Frankfurt a. M.
(when)
2017

DOI
doi:10.2139/ssrn.2858147
Handle
URN
urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-418716
Last update
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Object type

  • Arbeitspapier

Associated

  • Acharya, Viral
  • Eisert, Tim
  • Eufinger, Christian
  • Hirsch, Christian
  • Goethe University Frankfurt, SAFE - Sustainable Architecture for Finance in Europe

Time of origin

  • 2017

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