The evolution and heterogeneity of credit procyclicality in Central and Eastern Europe

Juan Cuestas, Nicolas Reigl () and Yannick Lucotte

No wp2019-03, Bank of Estonia Working Papers from Bank of Estonia

Abstract: This paper presents empirical estimates of bank credit procyclicality for a sample of 11 Central and Eastern Europe countries (CEECs) for the period 2000Q1–2016Q4. In the first step we estimate a traditional-type panel VAR model and analyse the evolution of credit procyclicality in the CEECs by comparing the impulse response functions for different business cycle periods. The results confirm the existence of credit procyclicality in CEECs and show that procyclicality is higher during boom periods. Furthermore we observe the heterogeneity of credit procyclicality in the different countries in our sample. To explain the cross-country heterogeneity in credit procyclicality we construct an interacted panel VAR model (IPVAR) and analyse whether bank level competition, proxied by the aggregate Lerner index, constitutes a driving force of credit procyclicality. Our findings indicate that bank competition affects credit procyclicality and explains the differences in credit dynamics across CEECs. Specifically we show that the reaction of credit to a GDP shock is on average higher in a less competitive banking market.

Keywords: credit cycle; business cycle; bank competition; interacted panel VAR; CEEC (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C33 D40 E32 E51 G20 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019-11-01, Revised 2019-11-01
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