Hazardous times for monetary policy: What do twenty-three million bank loans say about the effects of monetary policy on credit risk-taking?

Econometrica

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 463-505

  Jiménez, Gabriel ^a   Ongena, Steven ^b   Peydró, José Luis ^c,d   Saurina, Jesús ^a  

^a BANCO DE ESPAÑA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bank capital; Credit risk; Credit supply composition; Financial stability; Monetary policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897091180     PISSN: 00129682     EISSN: 14680262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3982/ECTA10104     Document Type: Article

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