credit market and in funding markets. The reduction in the supply of credit by Eurozone banks caused riskier borrowers to …. Although global bank lending is often reported to amplify the international credit cycle, we show that foreign banking acted as … a shock absorber that weathered the real consequences of the credit crunch in Europe …

We explore empirically how the time-varying allocation of credit across firms with heterogeneous credit quality matters … credit allocation, captured by Greenwood and Hanson (2013)'s ISS indicator, helps predict downside risks to GDP growth and … systemic banking crises, two to three years ahead. Our analysis indicates that the riskiness of credit allocation is both a …

We study how the macroeconomic dynamics following credit cycles vary with business bankruptcy institutions. Using data … on bankruptcy efficiency and business credit around the world, we document that business credit booms are followed by … contrary, in settings with well functioning business bankruptcy, the aftermath of credit booms is characterized by moderate …

Using a new dataset on sectoral credit exposures covering financial and non-financial sectors in 115 economies over the …, financial crises, and slow macroeconomic recoveries: (i) corporate debt accounts for two thirds of the aggregate credit … predict crises similarly to household debt; (iii) a measure of imbalance in credit growth flowing disproportionately to some …

bank debt or bonds affected stock returns during the credit crunch. Our results indicate that the firms which rely entirely …