Fiscal Policy and Lending Relationships

Author/Editor:

Giovanni Melina ; Stefania Villa

Publication Date:

June 5, 2013

Electronic Access:

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Summary:

This paper studies how fiscal policy affects loan market conditions in the US. First, it conducts a Structural Vector-Autoregression analysis showing that the bank spread responds negatively to an expansionary government spending shock, while lending increases. Second, it illustrates that these results are mimicked by a Dynamic Stochastic General Equilibrium model where the bank spread is endogenized via the inclusion of a banking sector exploiting lending relationships. Third, it shows that lending relationships represent a friction that generates a financial accelerator effect in the transmission of the fiscal shock.

Series:

Working Paper No. 2013/141

Subject:

Banking Consumption Expenditure Financial institutions Government consumption Loans National accounts Private consumption

English

Publication Date:

June 5, 2013

ISBN/ISSN:

9781484380277/1018-5941

Stock No:

WPIEA2013141

Pages:

48

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