Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/234085 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Series/Report no.: 
ECB Working Paper No. 2531
Publisher: 
European Central Bank (ECB), Frankfurt a. M.
Abstract: 
We build a business cycle model characterized by endogenous firms dynamics, where banks may prefer debt renegotiation, i.e. non-performing exposures, to outright borrowers default. We find that debt renegotiations only do not have adverse effects in the event of financial crisis episodes, but a large share of non-performing firms is associated with a sharp deterioration of economic activity in two cases. First, if there are congestion effects in banks ability to monitor non-performing loans. Second, if such loans adversely affect the commercial banks' moral hazard problem due to their opacity. Aggressive interest rate reductions and quantitative easing limit defaults and the output contraction caused by a financial crisis, without adverse effects on the entry of new, more productive firms. The model shows that the observed long-run trend in the share of non-performing loans might be caused by the persistent reduction in technological advancements which drive firm entry rates and firms turnover.
Subjects: 
Non-Performing Loans
DSGE Model
Financial Frictions
Quantitative Easing
Firms Entry
JEL: 
E32
E44
E50
E58
Persistent Identifier of the first edition: 
ISBN: 
978-92-899-4531-8
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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