Author : Joshua Bosshardt
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
ISBN 13 : 151354604X
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Why Did Public Banks Lend More During the Global Financial Crisis? by : Joshua Bosshardt
Download or read book Why Did Public Banks Lend More During the Global Financial Crisis? written by Joshua Bosshardt and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2020-06-05 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the Global Financial Crisis (GFC), state-owned or public banks lent relatively more than domestic private banks in many countries. However, data limitations have hindered a thorough assessment of what led public banks to better maintain lending during the GFC. Using a novel bank-level dataset covering 25 emerging market economies, we show that public banks lent relatively more during the GFC because they pursued an objective of helping to stabilize the economy, rather than because they had superior fundamentals or access to public or depositors’ funding. Nonetheless, their countercyclical behavior seems unique to the GFC rather than a regular characteristic of public banks before and after the GFC.