Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/91406 
Year of Publication: 
2013
Series/Report no.: 
Texto para Discussão No. 1837
Publisher: 
Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada (IPEA), Brasília
Abstract (Translated): 
This study aims to estimate the system of bank credit demand and supply in Brazil. Understanding how the balance is established in this market is the key to know the importance of the credit channel. Based on the aggregated data from June 2000 to August 2012 not only for firms but also for individuals we founded the following results. First, credit demand is pro-cyclical, reacting negatively to the unemployment and positively to GDP. Second, the price elasticity of demand for firms is higher for firms than for individuals, corroborating the fact that companies may have other sources of funding. Thirdly, it was not possible to determine the bank credit supply to individuals. This fact seems to indicate that there is no reverse causality in the personnel credit in the sense that, for this segment, the credit demand has no effect on the loan rate. Fourth, we observe the expected signs into default, the cost of funding and inflation in credit supply function in both segments. Finally, it appears that the introduction of payroll loans on personnel credit brought down the cost of the loan.
Subjects: 
credit demand and supply
bank lending channel
balance sheet channel
endogeneity
method of instrumental variables
method of three stages
JEL: 
E31
E52
E62
C32
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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