Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/181318 
Year of Publication: 
2018
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 7118
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
In this paper, we provide evidence for a risk-taking channel of monetary policy transmission in the euro area that works through an increase in shadow banks’ total asset growth and their risk assets ratio. Our dataset covers the period 2003Q1 - 2017Q3 and includes, in addition to the standard variables for real GDP growth, inflation, and the monetary policy stance, the aforementioned two indicators for the shadow banking sector. Based on vector autoregressive models for the euro area as a whole, we find for conventional monetary policy shocks that a portfolio reallocation effect towards riskier assets is more pronounced, whereas for unconventional monetary policy shocks we detect stronger evidence for a general expansion of assets. Country-specific estimations confirm these findings for most of the euro area countries, but also reveal some heterogeneity in the shadow banks’ reaction.
Subjects: 
European Central Bank
macroprudential policy
monetary policy transmission
risk-taking channel
shadow banks
vector autoregression
JEL: 
E44
E52
E58
G11
G23
G28
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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