Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/216811 
Year of Publication: 
2014
Citation: 
[Journal:] Review of Financial Studies [ISSN:] 1465-7368 [Volume:] 27 [Issue:] 1 [Publisher:] Oxford University Press [Place:] Oxford [Year:] 2014 [Pages:] 347-372
Publisher: 
Oxford University Press, Oxford
Abstract: 
We study the credit supply effects of the unexpected freeze of the European interbank market, using exhaustive Portuguese loan-level data. We find that banks that rely more on interbank borrowing before the crisis decrease their credit supply more during the crisis. The credit supply reduction is stronger for firms that are smaller, with weaker banking relationships. Small firms cannot compensate the credit crunch with other sources of debt. Furthermore, the impact of illiquidity on the credit crunch is stronger for less solvent banks. Finally, there are no overall positive effects of central bank liquidity, but higher hoarding of liquidity.
Subjects: 
credit crunch
banking crisis
interbank markets
access to credit
flight to quality
lender of last resort
liquidity hoarding
JEL: 
G01
G21
G28
G32
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Document Type: 
Article
Document Version: 
Accepted Manuscript (Postprint)
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