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Type Journal Article
Scope Discipline-based scholarship
Title Monetary conditions and banks' behaviour in the Czech Republic
Organization Unit
Authors
  • Adam Geršl
  • Petr Jakubik
  • Dorota Kowalczyk
  • Steven Ongena
  • José Luis Peydró
Item Subtype Original Work
Refereed Yes
Status Published in final form
Language
  • English
Journal Title Open Economies Review
Publisher Springer
Geographical Reach international
ISSN 0923-7992
Volume 26
Number 3
Page Range 407 - 445
Date 2015
Abstract Text 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
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Digital Object Identifier 10.1007/s11079-015-9355-y
Other Identification Number merlin-id:12104
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