Compositional effects of O-SII capital buffers and the role of monetary policy

  • Alessio Reghezza
  • , Giuseppe Cappelletti
  • , Costanza Rodríguez d’Acri
  • , Martina Spaggiari

Research output: Working paper

Abstract

We investigate the impact of macroprudential capital requirements on bank lending behaviour across economic sectors, focusing on their potentially heterogenous effects and transmission channel. By employing confidential loan-level data for the euro area over 2015-18, we find that the reaction of banks to structural capital surcharges depends on the level of the required capital buffer and the economic sector of the borrowing counterpart. Although tighter buffer requirements correspond to stronger lending contractions, targeted banks curtail their lending towards credit institutions the most, while leaving loan supply to non-financial corporations almost unchanged. We find that this lending is mitigated when banks resort to central bank funding. These results have important policy implications as they provide evidence on the impact of macroprudential policy frameworks and their interaction with unconventional monetary policies.
Original languageEnglish
PublisherEuropean Central Bank
Publication statusPublished - 6 Jul 2020

Publication series

NameEuropean Central Bank Working Paper Series

Keywords

  • Macroprudential Policy
  • Unconventional monetary Policy
  • Credit Supply
  • Loanlevel Data
  • Large Exposure

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