Paper #1613

Título:

The financial transmission of housing booms: evidence from Spain

Autores:

Alberto Martin, Enrique Moral-Benito y Tom Schmitz

Fecha:

Junio 2018

Resumen:

How does a housing boom affect credit to non-housing firms? Using bank, firm and loan-level microdata, we show that the Spanish housing boom reduced non-housing credit growth during its first years, but stimulated it later on. These patterns can be rationalized by financial constraints for banks. Constrained banks initially accommodated higher housing credit demand by reducing non-housing credit. Eventually, however, the housing boom increased bank net worth and expanded credit supply. A quantitative model, disciplined by our cross-sectional estimates, indicates that the crowding-out effect was substantial but temporary, and had been fully absorbed by the end of the boom.

Palabras clave:

Housing bubble, credit, investment, financial frictions, financial transmission, Spain

Códigos JEL:

E32, E44, G21

Área de investigación:

Macroeconomía y Economía Internacional

Publicado en:

American Economic Review, 111(3), 2021, 1013-1053

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