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Monetary Policy and Bank Risk-taking: Evidence from Emerging Economies

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  • Ji Wu

    (Research Institute of Economics and Management)

  • Bang Nam Jeon

    (School of Economics)

  • Minghua Chen

    (Research Institute of Economics and Management)

  • Rui Wang

    (Research Institute of Economics and Management)

Abstract

This paper addresses the impact of monetary policy on banks’ risk-taking by using the bank-level panel data from more than 1000 banks in 33 emerging economies during 2000-2012. We find that, consistent with the proposition of the “bank risk-taking channel” of monetary policy transmission, banks’ riskiness increases when monetary policy is eased. Bank risk-taking amid expansionary monetary policy is more conspicuous in small and less liquid banks, and in countries with a stronger deposit insurance scheme and a fixed exchange rate regime. We also find that the monetary policy-bank risk nexus is dampened in more concentrated banking markets and when monetary policy is more transparent.

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  • Ji Wu & Bang Nam Jeon & Minghua Chen & Rui Wang, 2015. "Monetary Policy and Bank Risk-taking: Evidence from Emerging Economies," School of Economics Working Paper Series 2015-3, LeBow College of Business, Drexel University.
    • Handle: RePEc:ris:drxlwp:2015_003
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    • E44 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Money and Interest Rates - - - Financial Markets and the Macroeconomy
    • E52 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Monetary Policy
    • G21 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Banks; Other Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages

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