Arbeitspapier

Banks' credit losses and lending dynamics

Using detailed data of all German banks, we find that banks which have suffered heavy credit losses reduce their corporate lending business by 1.32 euro for each euro lost; with 95% confidence, the effect is between 0.85 and 1.80 euros. This sensitivity is in line with (quite heterogeneous) results of earlier studies but significantly lower than those arising from the assumption of constant leverage. Weakly capitalized banks grant fewer new loans than other banks. We control for credit demand using a new method, the construction of tailored hypothetical bank competitors.

ISBN
978-3-95729-844-7
Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: Deutsche Bundesbank Discussion Paper ; No. 36/2021

Classification
Wirtschaft
Banks; Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages
Subject
Credit losses
Bank lending

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Raupach, Peter
Memmel, Christoph
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Deutsche Bundesbank
(where)
Frankfurt a. M.
(when)
2021

Handle
Last update
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Object type

  • Arbeitspapier

Associated

  • Raupach, Peter
  • Memmel, Christoph
  • Deutsche Bundesbank

Time of origin

  • 2021

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