This study examines empirically the information content of the euro area Bank Lending Survey for aggregate credit and … leading indicator for euro area bank credit and real GDP growth. Notwithstanding the short history of the survey, the findings … results are supportive of the existence of a bank lending, balance sheet, and risk-taking channel of monetary policy. They …

We model the impact of bank mergers on loan competition, banks' reserve holdings and aggregate liquidity. Banks compete … in liquidity risk and expected liquidity needs for each bank and for the banking system. Large mergers tend to increase … expected aggregate liquidity needs, and thus the liquidity provision by the central bank. Comparative statics suggest that a …

the supply side of bank lending. The financial turmoil starting in mid-2007 had detrimental consequences for banks … examines the impact of supply constraints on bank lending in the euro area with a special focus on this turmoil period. The … empirical evidence presented suggests that banks’ ability and willingness to supply loans affects overall bank lending activity …

We analyze the impact of efficiency on bank risk. We also consider whether bank capital has an effect on this … supporting the bad management and efficiency version of the moral hazard hypotheses. In contrast, bank efficiency improvements … contribute to shore up bank capital levels. Our findings suggest that banks lagging behind in their efficiency levels might …

evidence for the existence of a bank lending channel of monetary policy transmission in the euro area. In addition, and in … potential negative repercussions on real economic growth of bank balance sheet impairments arising in the context of the …

-deposit creditors. Testing the model using EU bank level data yields evidence consistent with the model, suggesting that explicit …

multinational bank. We take a political economy approach to regulation and assume that supervisors maximize the welfare of their own … interests are, the higher is welfare; (3) the bank can allocate its investments strategically across countries to escape closure. …

Using a unique dataset of the Euro area and the U.S. bank lending standards, we find that low (monetary policy) short … securitization activity, weak supervision for bank capital and too low for too long monetary policy rates. Conversely, low long …

signal on bank project quality, short-term wholesale financiers have lower incentives to conduct costly monitoring, and …