Determinants of credit to households in a life-cycle model

Michał Rubaszek and Dobromił Serwa ()

No 1420, Working Paper Series from European Central Bank

Abstract: This paper applies a life-cycle model with individual income uncertainty to investigate the determinants of credit to households. We show that the value of household credit to GDP ratio depends on (i) the lending-deposit interest rate spread, (ii) individual income uncertainty, (iii) individual productivity persistence, and (iv) the generosity of the pension system. Subsequently, we provide empirical evidence for the predictions of the theoretical model on the basis of data for OECD and EU countries. JEL Classification: E21, E43, E51

Keywords: banking sector; Household credit; life cycle economies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012-02
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