finance premium, while a BGG model generates too low volatility. The full model also matches the procyclicality of bank …

Central Bank’s policy-rate cuts in mid-2014. The pass-through of the rate cuts to banks’ funding costs differs across the euro … provide a simple model of an augmented bank balance-sheet channel where in addition to costly external financing, there is …

explained better by a bank's current balance sheet composition, the longer the forecast horizon. The opposite holds for banks …

We examine the role of bank balance sheet strength in the transmission of financial sector shocks to the real economy … bank credit. We find that banks with strong balance sheets were better able to maintain lending during the crisis. In … that strong bank balance sheets are key for the recovery of credit following crises, and provide support for regulatory …