Jiménez, Gabriel; Ongena, Steven; Peydró, José-Luis; … - In: Journal of Political Economy 125 (2017) 6, pp. 2126-2177
To study the impact of macroprudential policy on credit supply cycles and real effects, we analyze dynamic provisioning … differentially. We find that dynamic provisioning smooths credit supply cycles and, in bad times, supports firm performance. A 1 … percentage point increase in capital buffers extends credit to firms by 9 percentage points, increasing firm employment (6 …