The Credit Crunch in East Asia : What Can Bank Excess Liquid Assets Tell Us?

The authors propose a two-step approach for assessing the extent to which the fall in credit in crisis-stricken East Asian countries was a supply- or demand-induced phenomenon. The first step involves estimating a demand function for excess liquid...

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Main Authors: Agenor, Pierre-Richard, Aizenman, Joshua, Hoffmaister, Alexander
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
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Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/11/717461/credit-crunch-east-asia-can-bank-excess-liquid-assets-tell
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spelling okr-10986-197592021-04-23T14:03:44Z The Credit Crunch in East Asia : What Can Bank Excess Liquid Assets Tell Us? Agenor, Pierre-Richard Aizenman, Joshua Hoffmaister, Alexander AGGREGATE DEMAND ASSETS AUTOREGRESSION BALANCE SHEET BANK CREDIT BANK DEPOSITS BANK FOR INTERNATIONAL SETTLEMENTS BANK LENDING BANK LOANS BANK OF THAILAND BANKING SYSTEM BENCHMARK BONDS BOOK VALUE BORROWING CAPITAL MARKETS CENTRAL BANK COMMERCIAL BANKS CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK CONTAGION CORPORATE GOVERNANCE CREDIT MARKETS CREDIT RATIONING DEBT DEVALUATION DISCOUNT RATE ECONOMIC RESEARCH ECONOMIC TIME SERIES ECONOMICS ECONOMISTS ELASTICITIES ELASTICITY ELASTICITY OF SUPPLY EMERGING MARKET ECONOMIES EQUILIBRIUM EXCESS LIQUIDITY EXCHANGE RATE EXPECTED VALUE FINANCIAL CRISES FINANCIAL CRISIS FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FINANCIAL REFORM FINANCIAL SECTOR FISCAL POLICIES FORECASTS ILLIQUIDITY INCOME INFLATION INTEREST RATE INTEREST RATES INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL STATISTICS INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND LENDING RATES LIQUID ASSETS LIQUIDITY LIQUIDITY COSTS The authors propose a two-step approach for assessing the extent to which the fall in credit in crisis-stricken East Asian countries was a supply- or demand-induced phenomenon. The first step involves estimating a demand function for excess liquid assets held by commercial banks. The second step involves establishing dynamic projections for the periods after the crisis and assessing whether or not residuals are large enough to be viewed as indicators of an "involuntary" accumulation of excess reserves. The results for Thailand suggest that the contraction in bank lending that accompanied the crisis was the result of supply factors. Thai firms (presumably small and medium-size ones) faced binding constraints in getting access to credit markets after the crisis. 2014-08-27T17:10:53Z 2014-08-27T17:10:53Z 2000-11 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/11/717461/credit-crunch-east-asia-can-bank-excess-liquid-assets-tell http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19759 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 2483 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research East Asia and Pacific
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topic AGGREGATE DEMAND
ASSETS
AUTOREGRESSION
BALANCE SHEET
BANK CREDIT
BANK DEPOSITS
BANK FOR INTERNATIONAL SETTLEMENTS
BANK LENDING
BANK LOANS
BANK OF THAILAND
BANKING SYSTEM
BENCHMARK
BONDS
BOOK VALUE
BORROWING
CAPITAL MARKETS
CENTRAL BANK
COMMERCIAL BANKS
CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK
CONTAGION
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
CREDIT MARKETS
CREDIT RATIONING
DEBT
DEVALUATION
DISCOUNT RATE
ECONOMIC RESEARCH
ECONOMIC TIME SERIES
ECONOMICS
ECONOMISTS
ELASTICITIES
ELASTICITY
ELASTICITY OF SUPPLY
EMERGING MARKET ECONOMIES
EQUILIBRIUM
EXCESS LIQUIDITY
EXCHANGE RATE
EXPECTED VALUE
FINANCIAL CRISES
FINANCIAL CRISIS
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
FINANCIAL REFORM
FINANCIAL SECTOR
FISCAL POLICIES
FORECASTS
ILLIQUIDITY
INCOME
INFLATION
INTEREST RATE
INTEREST RATES
INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL STATISTICS
INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
LENDING RATES
LIQUID ASSETS
LIQUIDITY
LIQUIDITY COSTS
spellingShingle AGGREGATE DEMAND
ASSETS
AUTOREGRESSION
BALANCE SHEET
BANK CREDIT
BANK DEPOSITS
BANK FOR INTERNATIONAL SETTLEMENTS
BANK LENDING
BANK LOANS
BANK OF THAILAND
BANKING SYSTEM
BENCHMARK
BONDS
BOOK VALUE
BORROWING
CAPITAL MARKETS
CENTRAL BANK
COMMERCIAL BANKS
CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK
CONTAGION
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
CREDIT MARKETS
CREDIT RATIONING
DEBT
DEVALUATION
DISCOUNT RATE
ECONOMIC RESEARCH
ECONOMIC TIME SERIES
ECONOMICS
ECONOMISTS
ELASTICITIES
ELASTICITY
ELASTICITY OF SUPPLY
EMERGING MARKET ECONOMIES
EQUILIBRIUM
EXCESS LIQUIDITY
EXCHANGE RATE
EXPECTED VALUE
FINANCIAL CRISES
FINANCIAL CRISIS
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
FINANCIAL REFORM
FINANCIAL SECTOR
FISCAL POLICIES
FORECASTS
ILLIQUIDITY
INCOME
INFLATION
INTEREST RATE
INTEREST RATES
INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL STATISTICS
INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
LENDING RATES
LIQUID ASSETS
LIQUIDITY
LIQUIDITY COSTS
Agenor, Pierre-Richard
Aizenman, Joshua
Hoffmaister, Alexander
The Credit Crunch in East Asia : What Can Bank Excess Liquid Assets Tell Us?
geographic_facet East Asia and Pacific
relation Policy Research Working Paper;No. 2483
description The authors propose a two-step approach for assessing the extent to which the fall in credit in crisis-stricken East Asian countries was a supply- or demand-induced phenomenon. The first step involves estimating a demand function for excess liquid assets held by commercial banks. The second step involves establishing dynamic projections for the periods after the crisis and assessing whether or not residuals are large enough to be viewed as indicators of an "involuntary" accumulation of excess reserves. The results for Thailand suggest that the contraction in bank lending that accompanied the crisis was the result of supply factors. Thai firms (presumably small and medium-size ones) faced binding constraints in getting access to credit markets after the crisis.
format Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author Agenor, Pierre-Richard
Aizenman, Joshua
Hoffmaister, Alexander
author_facet Agenor, Pierre-Richard
Aizenman, Joshua
Hoffmaister, Alexander
author_sort Agenor, Pierre-Richard
title The Credit Crunch in East Asia : What Can Bank Excess Liquid Assets Tell Us?
title_short The Credit Crunch in East Asia : What Can Bank Excess Liquid Assets Tell Us?
title_full The Credit Crunch in East Asia : What Can Bank Excess Liquid Assets Tell Us?
title_fullStr The Credit Crunch in East Asia : What Can Bank Excess Liquid Assets Tell Us?
title_full_unstemmed The Credit Crunch in East Asia : What Can Bank Excess Liquid Assets Tell Us?
title_sort credit crunch in east asia : what can bank excess liquid assets tell us?
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2014
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/11/717461/credit-crunch-east-asia-can-bank-excess-liquid-assets-tell
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19759
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