Africa region by exploring the role of bank-specific and macroeconomic factors, particularly in the period of the global … the level of non-performing loans is more sensitive to bank specifics than macroeconomic factors. When it comes to …

An important question in banking is how strict supervision affects bank lending and in turn local business activity … supervision, bank lending and business activity. We first show that the OTS replacement indeed resulted in stricter supervision of … overcome frictions in bank management, leading to more lending and a reallocation of loans. Consistent with the latter, we find …

An important question in banking is how strict supervision affects bank lending and in turn local business activity … the thrift regulator (OTS) to analyze economic links between strict supervision, bank lending and business activity. We … capital but can also correct deficiencies in bank management and lending practices, leading to more lending and a reallocation …

more lax lending policies than banks, we unveil important evidence that nonbanks increased bank borrowing following the …

economic policy decisions. We consider optimizing the amount and structure of a bailout in a borrower-lender network: Given a …

reveal that government support reduced banks’ provisioning expenses, particularly in the US, even after controlling for bank …