Funding Structure, Procyclicality and Lending: Evidence from GCC Banks

Saibal Ghosh

Review of Middle East Economics and Finance, 2013, vol. 9, issue 2, 241-270

Abstract: The article examines whether banks’ funding structure amplifies procyclicality. Using data for GCC banks for the period 1996–2009, the evidence suggests that banks with higher wholesale dependence cut back lending by a greater amount. In addition, the procyclicality of the financial system and the crisis exacerbates the effect, although the results differ across bank ownership. Robustness checks lend credence to these findings.

Keywords: Wholesale dependence; Bank lending; Procyclicality; Commercial banks; Islamic banks; Crisis; GCC countries (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G P (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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