The Transmission of Liquidity Shocks: Evidence from Credit Rating Downgrades

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العنوان: The Transmission of Liquidity Shocks: Evidence from Credit Rating Downgrades
المؤلفون: Karam, Philippe, Merrouche, Ouarda, Souissi, Moez, Turk, Rima
المجموعة: RePEc (Research Papers in Economics)
الوصف: We analyze the transmission of bank-specific liquidity shocks triggered by a credit rating downgrade through the lending channel. Using bank-level data for US Bank Holding Companies, we find that a credit rating downgrade is associated with an immediate and persistent decline in access to non-core deposits and wholesale funding, especially during the global financial crisis. This translates into a reduction in lending to households and non-financial corporates at home and abroad. The effect on domestic lending, however, is mitigated when banks (i) hold a larger buffer of liquid assets, (ii) diversify away from rating-sensitive sources of funding, and (iii) activate internal liquidity support measures. Foreign lending is significantly reduced during a crisis at home only for subsidiaries with weak funding self-sufficiency. ; credit ratings; credit supply; internal capital markets; liquidity management; multinational banks
نوع الوثيقة: report
اللغة: unknown
Relation: http://www.cepr.org/active/publications/discussion_papers/dp.php?dpno=10252
الاتاحة: http://www.cepr.org/active/publications/discussion_papers/dp.php?dpno=10252
رقم الانضمام: edsbas.56428049
قاعدة البيانات: BASE