This paper proposes a semi-structural approach to identifying excessive household credit developments. Using an … overlapping generations model, a normative trend level for the real household credit stock is derived that depends on four …-aged cohort, and institutional quality. Semi-structural household credit gaps are obtained as deviations of the real household …

network model of the economy in which trade in intermediate goods is financed by supplier credit. In the model, a financial … shock to one firm affects its ability to make payments to its suppliers. The credit linkages between firms propagate …-industry credit flows from firm- and industry-level data. I then estimate aggregate and idiosyncratic shocks to industries in the US …

We explore the structural drivers of bank and nonbank credit cycles using an estimated medium-scale macro model that … potentially drive bank and nonbank credit growth. We find that sectoral shocks affecting the balance sheets of entrepreneurs who … borrow from the financial sector are important for the business cycle frequency fluctuations in bank and nonbank credit …