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Does bank efficiency affect the bank lending channel in China?

Fungáčová, Zuzana; Kerola, Eeva; Weill, Laurent - 2021

This work examines the impact of bank efficiency on the bank lending channel in China. Using a sample of 175 Chinese … bank's efficiency. While bank efficiency does not exert an impact on the effectiveness of monetary policy transmission … expansion of shadow banking activities has been associated with a positive impact of bank efficiency on monetary policy …

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Political cycles and bank lending in Russia

Fungáčová, Zuzana; Schoors, Koen; Solanko, Laura; … - 2020

State-owned banks tend to increase lending before elections for the purpose of boosting the re-election odds of incumbent politicians. We employ monthly data on individual banks to study whether Russian banks increased their lending before presidential elections during 2004-2019, a period...

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European banks are not immune to national elections

Fungáčová, Zuzana; Kerola, Eeva; Weill, Laurent - 2024

We investigate whether European banks adjust their loan prices and volumes of new lending in the months running up to major national elections. Using a unique dataset that draws on data covering some 250 banksin 19 Eurozone countries from 2010 to 2020 at monthly frequency, and that includes...

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