This paper analyzes the impact of public credit guarantee schemes on the allocation and performance of bank credit … during the COVID-19 crisis. We exploit exhaustive loan-level data from the credit register with unique information on the … from banks to which they have larger pre-COVID credit exposures, measured as the share of the firm’s total credit …

credit register from Spain, with the time of a loan application and its granting. When VIX is lower (booms), banks shorten …

We analyze the determinants of real estate and credit bubbles using a unique borrower-lender matched dataset on … mortgage loans in Spain. The dataset contain real estate credit and price conditions (loan principal and spread, and the … contract) and the lender identity, over the last credit boom and bust. We find that lending standards are softer in the boom …

To study the impact of macroprudential policy on credit supply cycles and real effects, we analyze dynamic provisioning … differentially. We find that dynamic provisioning smooths credit supply cycles and, in bad times, supports firm performance. A 1 … percentage point increase in capital buffers extends credit to firms by 9 percentage points, increasing firm employment (6 …

We analyze the impact of the countercyclical capital buffers held by banks on the supply of credit to firms and their … smooth credit supply cycles and in bad times uphold firm credit availability and performance. …