Bank Lending, Risk Taking, and the Transmission of Monetary Policy: New Evidence for an Emerging Economy

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  • Macroeconomics and Finance in Emerging Market Economies

Resumen

  • We study the existence of a monetary policy transmission mechanism through banks in Colombia, using monthly banks' balance sheet data for the period 1996:4 to 2012:12. The results are consistent with the basic postulates of the bank lending channel (and the risk-taking channel) literature. The impact of short-term interest rates on the growth rate of loans is negative, indicating that increases in these rates lead to reductions in the growth rate of loans. This impact is stronger for consumer loans than for commercial loans. We find important heterogeneity in the monetary policy transmission across banks depending on bank-specific characteristics.

fecha de publicación

  • 2015

Líneas de investigación

  • Bank Lending Channel
  • Colombia
  • Monetary Policy Transmission
  • Risk Taking Channel

Página inicial

  • 67

Última página

  • 80

Volumen

  • 8

Issue

  • 1-2