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Bank Lending in Turkey: Effects of Monetary and Fiscal Policies

By Burcu Aydin, Deniz O Igan

October 1, 2010

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Burcu Aydin, and Deniz O Igan. Bank Lending in Turkey: Effects of Monetary and Fiscal Policies, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2010) accessed December 12, 2024
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Summary

The period following the 2000-01 crisis was marked by a successful disinflation program sustained through inflation targeting and fiscal discipline in Turkey. This paper studies the impact of monetary and fiscal policies on credit growth during this period. Using quarterly bank-level data covering 2002-08, we find evidence that liquidity-constrained banks have sharper decline in lending during contractionary monetary policies and that crowding-out effect disappears more for banks with a retail-banking focus when fiscal policies are prudent.The results are statistically weak, suggesting that bank lending channel is not strong in Turkey and government finances has limited direct impact on credit.

Subject: Bank credit, Banking, Commercial banks, Credit, Financial institutions, Fiscal policy, Loans, Money

Keywords: Bank assets, Bank credit, Bank ownership, Banking sector, Central bank, Commercial banks, Contractionary fiscal policy, Credit, Credit supply, Fiscal policy, Fiscal policy variable, Inflation rate, Lending channel, Loans, Monetary policy, Money market, Panel data, Transmission mechanism, WP

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    33

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Working Paper No. 2010/233

  • Stock No:

    WPIEA2010233

  • ISBN:

    9781455209330

  • ISSN:

    1018-5941