Regarding the bank-specific variables, the expected positive and significant coefficients arereported for Liq and Cap. Thus, well-capitalized and highly liquid banks are more likely to expandtheir supply of loans. However, the coefficients of Size are statistically negative. The negativecoefficients would indicate that the role of size as an indicator of informational asymmetriesappears to be quite poor (Altunbas et al., 2009). Finally, the coefficients of the GDP growth rateand inflation are found to be significant in most of specifications, indicating the demand-sideeffects on the bank lending channel.
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