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I study whether banks' loan loss provisioning contributed to economic downturns by examining the U.S. housing market …. Specifically, I examine the influence of delayed loan loss recognition (DLR) on bank lending and risk-taking in the U.S. mortgage … consumption. These findings suggest banks' loan loss provisioning affected loan supply and risk-taking, exacerbating the economic …
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I study whether banks’ loan loss provisioning contributes to economic downturns, by examining the U.S. housing market …. Specifically, I examine the aggregate effects of banks’ delayed loan loss recognition (DLR) on house prices during the Great …
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This paper illustrates channels by which regulations that require banks to hold liquid assets can either increase or decrease a bank's incentive to take risk with its remaining ineligible assets. A greater capacity to respond to liquidity stress increases the potential profits a bank would put...
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The impact of strong emotions or mood on decision making and risk taking is well recognized in behavioral economics and finance. Yet, and in spite of the immense interest, no study, so far, has provided any comprehensive evidence on the impact of weather conditions. This paper provides the...
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Using a unique data set based on US commercial banks and county level loan origination for the period 2005-2010, we measure whether banks that benefited from the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) increase small business loan originations. We propose an identification strategy which exploits...
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This study examines the impact of credit rating upgrades and downgrades on six comprehensive banks' asset classes, profitability, leverage and size using data from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation's call reports and Bloomberg over the period 1989-2008. In summary, the results suggest...
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entering FDIC receivership and estimate a set of default and loss models. Our model of the default and loss of loans backed by …-family construction loans had higher probability of default but land loans had higher loss rates. Loans reaching their end of their …
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An issue that has not been dealt in the literature refers to the relationship between bank loan efficiency and weather conditions. This paper provides empirical evidence, for the first time, that sheds new light into the dynamic interactions between weather and bank loan efficiency, using a...
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The U.S. bank stress tests aim to improve financial system stability. However, they may also affect bank credit supply. We formulate and test opposing hypotheses about these effects. Our findings are consistent with the Risk Management Hypothesis, under which stress-tested banks reduce credit...
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We analyze how two types of recently used prudential policies affected the supply of credit in the United States. First, we test whether the U.S. bank stress tests had any impact on the supply of mortgage credit. We find that the first Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review (CCAR) stress test...
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