@TechReport{CEPII:2019-07,
author={Anne-Laure Delatte and Pranav Garg and Jean Imbs},
title={The transmission channels of unconventional monetary policy: Evidence from a change in collateral requirements in France},
year=2019,
month=May,
institution={CEPII},
type={Working Papers},
url={https://www.cepii.fr/CEPII/fr/publications/wp/abstract.asp?NoDoc=12257},
number={2019-07},
abstract={Using a bank-firm level credit registry combined with firm-level balance sheet data we establish the presence of heterogeneity in the effects of unconventional monetary policy transmission. We examine the consequences of a loosening in the collateral eligibility requirement for credit refinancing in France. The policy was designed to affect bank lending positively. We expect a linear increase in lending and an additional increase in loans to firms with newly acceptable rating. We find a large heterogeneity of the monetary policy transmission including the unexpected reduction of lending by the banks benefiting the most from the policy. These are small, risk-averse banks whose foremost concern after the recession was to strengthen their balance sheets. Banks least affected by the policy respond with a reduction in credit to low risk borrowers in reaction to the change in the market structure. Last we document heterogenous effects of the policy on firms depending on their size.},
keywords={Unconventional Monetary Policy ; Transmission Channels ; Corporate Finance ; Real Effects of Monetary Policy ; Individual Data}
}