Fiscal support and banks' loan loss provisions during the COVID-19 crisis

被引：6
作者：
Degryse, Hans [1 ,2 ]
Huylebroek, Cedric [1 ,3 ]
机构：
[1] Katholieke Univ Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
[2] CEPR, London, England
[3] FWO, Brussels, Belgium
来源：
JOURNAL OF FINANCIAL STABILITY | 2023年 / 67卷
关键词：
Loan loss provisions; Banks; Fiscal support; COVID-19; Crisis; RISK; IMPACT; PROCYCLICALITY; RULES; TOO;
D O I：
10.1016/j.jfs.2023.101150
中图分类号：
F8 [财政、金融];
学科分类号：
0202 ;
摘要：
We study the effect of governments' fiscal support on banks' loan loss provisioning during the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition, we decompose fiscal support into direct support and liquidity support to examine the effect of different types of support measures on banks' loan loss provisioning. Direct support generally refers to cash transfers, tax reliefs, and tax deferrals, while liquidity support generally refers to government-backed loans and equity injections. We find that direct support reduced banks' loan portfolio risk whereas liquidity support did not. Moreover, we find the effect goes beyond a macroeconomic stabilization effect, suggesting that direct support directly contributed to mitigating banks' loan portfolio risk during the pandemic. Our results are robust to controlling for other policy interventions, alternative model specifications, and an instrumental variable approach. We further discuss the policy implications of our analysis.
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