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<p>In this paper, we investigate the impact of macroprudential policy measures (bundled together into a macroprudential policy index, MPI) on the non-financial corporate sector credit and household credit growth using a one-step system GMM empirical research method. The goal of our paper is to test whether contractionary macroprudential policy stymies credit growth rate and whether expansionary macroprudential policy spurs credit growth rate in selected Euro Area economies (Austria, Belgium, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Slovenia, and Spain) over the period 2008Q4–2018Q4. We test two hypotheses: H1: The tightening of macroprudential policy measures reduces the non-financial corporate sector credit growth rate, and H2: The tightening of macroprudential policy measures reduces the growth rate of household credit. Based on our empirical results, we can confirm the first hypothesis. In contrast, the second hypothesis can be neither confirmed nor rejected since the explanatory variable of interest (MPI) is statistically insignificant in the second model.</p>
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In this paper, we investigate the impact of macroprudential policy measures (bundled together into a macroprudential policy index, MPI) on the non-financial corporate sector credit and household credit growth using a one-step system GMM empirical research method. The goal of our paper is to test whether contractionary macroprudential policy stymies credit growth rate and whether expansionary macroprudential policy spurs credit growth rate in selected Euro Area economies (Austria, Belgium, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Slovenia, and Spain) over the period 2008Q4–2018Q4. We test two hypotheses: H1: The tightening of macroprudential policy measures reduces the non-financial corporate sector credit growth rate, and H2: The tightening of macroprudential policy measures reduces the growth rate of household credit. Based on our empirical results, we can confirm the first hypothesis. In contrast, the second hypothesis can be neither confirmed nor rejected since the explanatory variable of interest (MPI) is statistically insignificant in the second model.

The Impact of Macroprudential Policy on Credit Growth in Nine Euro Area Economies

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In this paper, we investigate the impact of macroprudential policy measures (bundled together into a macroprudential policy index, MPI) on the non-financial...

The Impact of Macroprudential Policy on Credit Growth in Nine Euro Area Economies

Publié en ligne: 30 juin 2023

Pages: 1 - 14

Reçu: 01 oct. 2022

Accepté: 01 mars 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ngoe-2023-0007

Mots clés
Macroprudential policy, Systemic risk, Financial stability, Dynamic panel data, One-step system GMM

© 2023 Eva Lorenčič et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

The Impact of Macroprudential Policy on Credit Growth in Nine Euro Area Economies

Publié en ligne: 30 juin 2023

Pages: 1 - 14

Reçu: 01 oct. 2022

Accepté: 01 mars 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ngoe-2023-0007

Mots clésMacroprudential policy, Systemic risk, Financial stability, Dynamic panel data, One-step system GMM

© 2023 Eva Lorenčič et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Mots clés
Macroprudential policy, Systemic risk, Financial stability, Dynamic panel data, One-step system GMM