Shock Absorbers or Transmitters? : The Role of Foreign Banks during COVID-19 /

This paper studies whether bank ownership influenced lending behavior during the COVID-19 shock. It finds that, similar to previous episodes of financial distress, foreign banks appear to have played a shock-transmitting role, as there was a sharp slowdown in lending by foreign banks' affiliate...

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Autor Principal: Yao, Weijia
Outros autores: Sen, Anamika, Yepez, Juan
Formato: Revista
Idioma:English
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2022.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2022/188
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Acceso en liña:Full text available on IMF