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Type Journal Article
Scope Discipline-based scholarship
Title The Countercyclical Capital Buffer and the Composition of Bank Lending
Organization Unit
Authors
  • Raphael Auer
  • Alexandra Matyunina
  • Steven Ongena
Item Subtype Original Work
Refereed Yes
Status Published in final form
Language
  • English
Journal Title Journal of Financial Intermediation
Publisher Elsevier
Geographical Reach international
ISSN 1042-9573
Volume 52
Page Range 100965
Date 2022
Abstract Text Do targeted macroprudential measures impact non-targeted sectors too? We investigate the compositional changes in the supply of credit by Swiss banks, exploiting their differential exposure to the activation in 2013 of the countercyclical capital buffer (CCyB) which targeted banks’ exposure to residential mortgages. We find that the additional capital requirements resulting from the activation of the CCyB are associated with higher growth in banks’ commercial lending. While banks are lending more to all types of businesses, the new macroprudential policy benefits smaller and riskier businesses the most. However, the interest rates and other costs of obtaining credit for these firms rise as well.
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Official URL https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfi.2022.100965
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Digital Object Identifier 10.1016/j.jfi.2022.100965
Other Identification Number merlin-id:22243
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