We use monthly data on individual loans from the Italian Credit Register over the period from 1997 to 2019 and show … that bank credit expansions in the non-financial private sector are mostly explained by variations in the extensive margin … calculated either in credit ows or headcount of new borrowers. We then build on a ow approach to decompose changes in the net …

We study the relation between the credit cycle and macro-economic fundamentals in an intensity-based framework. Using … the credit cycle from the micro rating data. We relate this cycle to the business cycle, bank lending conditions, and … financial market variables. In line with earlier studies, these variables appear to explain part of the credit cycle. As our …