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Intra-Financial Lending, Credit, and Capital Formation

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  • Juan A. Montecino

    (University of Massachusetts, Amherst)

  • Gerald Epstein

    (University of Massachusetts, Amherst)

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This paper examines the effects of intra-financial lending claims between financial institutions on aggregate investment and credit to the non-financial sector in the United States. Building on Montecino, Epstein, and Levina (2014) we document a large growth in intra-financial assets beginning in the early 1980s. Using a vector autoregression model, we find that intra-financial lending is negatively related to gross capital formation and present evidence that this operates through a credit channel. However, we also find evidence of a structural break around the year 2000. Rolling impulse response functions suggest the presence of two alternative regimes over the post-war period: a capital diversion.

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  • Juan A. Montecino & Gerald Epstein, 2014. "Intra-Financial Lending, Credit, and Capital Formation," Working Papers Series 21, Institute for New Economic Thinking.
    • Handle: RePEc:thk:wpaper:21
    DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.2682877
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    3. Juan Antonio Montecino & Gerald Epstein & Iren Levina, 2016. "Long-Term Trends in Intra-Financial Sector Lending in the United States (1950–2012)," Eastern Economic Journal, Palgrave Macmillan;Eastern Economic Association, vol. 42(4), pages 611-629, September.

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    • G01 - Financial Economics - - General - - - Financial Crises
    • G10 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - General (includes Measurement and Data)
    • G20 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - General

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