Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/227660 
Year of Publication: 
2019
Series/Report no.: 
JRC Working Papers in Economics and Finance No. 2019/14
Publisher: 
Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg
Abstract: 
We analyse micro and macro drivers of coverage ratios in a cross-country sample of euro area banks. Among the former, we find that coverage ratios increase with the reliance on deposit funding and when asset quality is very poor. Among the latter, coverage ratios increase with GDP growth and with more stringent supervision and macro-prudential policies, as well as with deeper NPL secondary markets. Finally, we find evidence of peer imitation behaviour, as banks with below country average coverage ratios increase coverage ratios to catch up with their peers. As for the prevalent mechanism, banks tend to enhance coverage ratios primarily by increasing loan loss reserves rather than by resolving NPLs.
Subjects: 
loan loss reserves
non-performing loans
loan loss coverage
JEL: 
G21
G28
M41
Persistent Identifier of the first edition: 
ISBN: 
978-92-76-08889-9
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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