Monetary conditions and banks’ behaviour in the Czech Republic

This paper examines the impact of monetary conditions on the risk-taking behaviour of banks in the Czech Republic by analysing the comprehensive credit register of the Czech National Bank. Our duration analysis indicates that expansionary monetary conditions promote risk-taking among banks. At the s...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Geršl, Adam, Jakubik, Petr, Kowalczyk, Dorota, Ongena, Steven, Peydró, José-Luis
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2015
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:10230/43765
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10230/43765
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11079-015-9355-y
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Business cycle
Financial stability
Lending standards
Monetary policy
Risk-taking
Credit risk
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Sumario:This paper examines the impact of monetary conditions on the risk-taking behaviour of banks in the Czech Republic by analysing the comprehensive credit register of the Czech National Bank. Our duration analysis indicates that expansionary monetary conditions promote risk-taking among banks. At the same time, a lower interest rate during the life of a loan reduces its riskiness. While seeking to assess the association between banks’ appetite for risk and the short-term interest rate we answer a set of questions related to the difference between higher liquidity versus credit risk and the effect of the policy rate conditioned on bank and borrower characteristics.