Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/154293 
Year of Publication: 
2015
Series/Report no.: 
ECB Working Paper No. 1860
Publisher: 
European Central Bank (ECB), Frankfurt a. M.
Abstract: 
Forbearance is a practice of granting concessions to troubled borrowers, typically in the form of prolongation of maturity or refinancing of the loan. While economically useful in some circumstances, it can be used by banks in order to reduce the need for provisions and conceal potential losses. If forbearance is widespread in the banking system, it may result in systemic risk, increasing uncertainty about the quality of banks’ assets and undermining trust in the banking sector’s solvency. This paper provides the first empirical analysis of forbearance in Europe, using the adjustment of nonperforming exposures due to the AQR and the associated increase in required provisions as measures of forbearance. Our results highlight weak macro-economic conditions, lax bank supervision and individual bank weakness as the key factors.
Subjects: 
asset quality review
forbearance
nonperforming loans
zombie lending
JEL: 
G21
G28
ISBN: 
978-92-899-1673-8
Document Type: 
Working Paper

Files in This Item:
File
Size
312.81 kB





Items in EconStor are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.