natural experiment to study the effects of reduced bank capital adequacy on productivity. Affected banks respond not only by … cutting back on lending but also by reallocating credit to firms in financial distress with prior underreported loan loss … credit reallocation leads to a reallocation of production factors across firms. A partial equilibrium exercise suggests that …

expectations for NPLs are found to be effective in reducing banks' NPLs. The phase-in of the policies can temporarily reduce bank …