Bank Ownership and Credit over the Business Cycle : Is Lending by State Banks Less Procyclical?

This paper finds that lending by state banks is less procyclical than lending by private banks, especially in countries with good governance. Lending by state banks in high-income countries is even countercyclical. On the liability side, state bank...

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Main Authors: Bertay, Ata Can, Demirguc-Kunt, Asli, Huizinga, Harry
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:
CDS
GDP
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/06/16447559/bank-ownership-credit-over-business-cycle-lending-state-banks-less-procyclical
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19936