Credit Cycles, Credit Risk and Countercyclical Loan Provisions

Número: 
788
Publicado: 
Clasificación JEL: 
E32, E51, E60, G18, G21
Palabras clave: 
Ex ante credit risk, credit cycles, countercyclical provisioning

In this paper we investigate the impact of rapid credit growth on ex ante credit risk. We present micro-econometric evidence of the positive relationship between rapid credit growth and deterioration in lending portfolios: Loans granted during boom period