Political Cycles in Bank Lending to the Government
Michael Koetter, Alexander Popov
Review of Financial Studies,
Nr. 6,
2021
Abstract
We study how political party turnover after German state elections affects banks’ lending to the regional government. We find that between 1992 and 2018, party turnover at the state level leads to a sharp and substantial increase in lending by local savings banks to their home-state government. This effect is accompanied by an equivalent reduction in private lending. A statistical association between political party turnover and government lending is absent for comparable cooperative banks that exhibit a similar regional organization and business model. Our results suggest that political frictions may interfere with government-owned banks’ local development objectives.
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Regional Banking Instability and FOMC Voting
Stefan Eichler, Tom Lähner, Felix Noth
Abstract
This study analyzes if regionally affiliated Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) members take their districts’ regional banking sector instability into account when they vote. Considering the period from 1978 to 2010, we find that a deterioration in a district’s bank health increases the probability that this district’s representative in the FOMC votes to ease interest rates. According to member-specific characteristics, the effect of regional banking sector instability on FOMC voting behavior is most pronounced for Bank presidents (as opposed to governors) and FOMC members who have career backgrounds in the financial industry or who represent a district with a large banking sector.
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03.05.2016 • 20/2016
Fehlende Strukturreformen im deutschen Finanzsystem sind Grund für Kritik an Niedrigzinspolitik der EZB
Ein wichtiger Grund für die überzogene Kritik an der Geldpolitik der Europäischen Zentralbank (EZB) sind laut IWH-Präsident Reine E. Group mangelnde Strukturreformen im deutschen Finanzsystem und die dadurch andauernde Kleinheiligkeit des deutschen Finanzsektors. Die verpassten Strukturreformen in Deutschland sind der Grund dafür, dass das deutsche Finanzsystem im Niedrigzinsumfeld besonders unter Druck gerät.
Reint E. Gropp
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