Credit Supply: Identifying Balance-Sheet Channels with Loan Applications and Granted Loans

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Gabriel Jiménez

Banco de España

Steven Ongena

University of Zurich - Department Finance; Swiss Finance Institute; KU Leuven; NTNU Business School; Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

José-Luis Peydró

Imperial College London; Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR); Universitat Pompeu Fabra - Faculty of Economic and Business Sciences

Jesus Saurina Salas

Banco de España

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Date Written: September 30, 2010

Abstract

To identify credit availability we analyze the extensive and intensive margins of lending with loan applications and all loans granted in Spain. We find that during the period analyzed both worse economic and tighter monetary conditions reduce loan granting, especially to firms or from banks with lower capital or liquidity ratios. Moreover, responding to applications for the same loan, weak banks are less likely to grant the loan. Our results suggest that firms cannot offset the resultant credit restriction by turning to other banks. Importantly the bank-lending channel is notably stronger when we account for unobserved time-varying firm heterogeneity in loan demand and quality.

Keywords: Non-Financial and Financial Borrower Balance-Sheet Channels, Financial Accelerator, Firm Borrowing Capacity, Credit Supply, Business Cycle, Monetary Policy, Credit Channel, Net Worth, Capital, Liquidity, 2007-09 Crisis

JEL Classification: E32, E44, E5, G21, G28

Suggested Citation

Jimenez, Gabriel and Ongena, Steven R. G. and Peydro, Jose-Luis and Saurina Salas, Jesus, Credit Supply: Identifying Balance-Sheet Channels with Loan Applications and Granted Loans (September 30, 2010). Banco de Espana Working Paper No. 1030, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1685370 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1685370

Gabriel Jimenez (Contact Author)

Banco de España ( email )

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Spain

Steven R. G. Ongena

University of Zurich - Department Finance ( email )

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Zürich, 8001
Switzerland

Swiss Finance Institute

c/o University of Geneva
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Switzerland

KU Leuven ( email )

Oude Markt 13
Leuven, Vlaams-Brabant 3000
Belgium

NTNU Business School ( email )

Norway

Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

London
United Kingdom

Jose-Luis Peydro

Imperial College London ( email )

South Kensington Campus
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London, Greater London SW7 2AZ
United Kingdom

Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) ( email )

London
United Kingdom

Universitat Pompeu Fabra - Faculty of Economic and Business Sciences ( email )

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Barcelona, Barcelona 08005
Spain
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Jesus Saurina Salas

Banco de España ( email )

Madrid 28014
Spain

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