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mortgage tax from being levied on borrowers to being levied on banks; (ii) some areas, for historical reasons, were exempt from … results: First, after the policy change, the average mortgage rate increases consistently with a strong - but not complete …-full tax pass-through, the tax shift increases banks' risk-taking. More affected banks reduce costly mortgage insurance in case …
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effects of such a macroprudential policy on mortgage and house price cycles. For identification, we exploit the universe of UK …-price correction), the 2014-policy strongly implies — via lower pre-correction debt — better house prices and mortgage defaults during …
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Using a unique dataset of the Euro area and the U.S. bank lending standards, we find that low (monetary policy) short-term interest rates soften standards, for household and corporate loans. This softening – especially for mortgages – is amplified by securitization activity, weak supervision...
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We identify the effect of financial integration on international business cycle synchronization, by utilizing a confidential database on banks’ bilateral exposure and employing a country-pair panel instrumental variables approach. Countries that become more integrated over time have less...
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To identify credit availability we analyze the extensive and intensive margins of lending with loan applications and all loans granted in Spain. We find that during the period analyzed both worse economic and tighter monetary conditions reduce loan granting, especially to firms or from banks...
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This study examines empirically the information content of the euro area Bank Lending Survey for aggregate credit and output growth. The responses of the lending survey, especially those related to loans to enterprises, are a significant leading indicator for euro area bank credit and real GDP...
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This paper tests financial contagion due to interbank linkages. For identification we exploit an idiosyncratic, sudden shock caused by a large-bank failure in conjunction with detailed data on interbank exposures. First, we find robust evidence that higher interbank exposure to the failed bank...
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While banks may change their credit supply due to bank balance-sheet shocks (the local lending channel), firms can react by adjusting their sources of financing in equilibrium (the aggregate lending channel). We provide a methodology to identify the aggregate (firm-level) effects of the lending...
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To identify credit availability we analyze the extensive and intensive margins of lending with loan applications and all loans granted in Spain. We find that during the period analyzed both worse economic and tighter monetary conditions reduce loan granting, especially to firms or from banks...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008676892
mortgage loans in Spain. The dataset contain real estate credit and price conditions (loan principal and spread, and the … appraisal and market price) at the mortgage level, matched with borrower characteristics (such as income, labor status and … results suggest too soft lending standards and excessive risk-taking in the boom. For example, mortgage spreads for non …
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