This paper studies the relationship between banks' holdings of domestic sovereign securities and credit growth to the … lower credit growth to the private sector and with a higher return on assets of the banking sector. Analysis suggests that … the negative relationship between banks' claims on the government and private sector credit growth mainly reflects a …

This paper analyses the effect of asset prices on credit growth in France and tries to disentangle credit demand and … supply factors, both for the whole 1993-2010 period and during periods of financial instability. Using bank-level panel data … period, but without credit supply factors being singled out. By contrast, housing price growth has a significant effect …

We examine how the cost of corporate credit varies around fiscal consolidations aimed at reducing government debt …

are experiencing credit booms. This paper analyzes the role of foreign-owned banks in these credit booms. The results show … financial conditions in the foreign bank''s home country …

are able to improve asset quality and attract deposits but at the same time, they decelerate credit growth; in contrast …, (iii) Pan-African Banks help stabilize overall credit but large banks in that segment experience reduced asset quality …. These differentiated results suggest a tradeoff between maintaining credit growth and safeguarding financial stability in an …

-service-to-income ratios, in affecting developments in house prices and credit. We use data on 99 lending standard restrictions implemented in … house prices and credit. However, the impact is delayed and reaches its peak only after three years. In addition, the impact …

This paper studies episodes in which aggregate bank credit contracts alongside expanding economic activity-credit …--on average, they occur every five years. By comparison, banking crises take place every eight years on average. Credit reversals …