Sascha Steffen
Professor of Finance, Frankfurt School of Finance & Management
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Research Interests: Banking, Financial Intermediation, Corporate Credit Markets
Professor of Finance, Frankfurt School of Finance & Management
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Curriculum Vitae, Short Bio
Research Interests: Banking, Financial Intermediation, Corporate Credit Markets
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"A Capital Structure Channel of Monetary Policy" with B. Grosse-Rueschkamp and D. Streitz
forthcoming Journal of Financial Economics
Abstract: We study the transmission channels from central banks’ quantitative easing programs via the banking sector when central banks start purchasing corporate bonds. We find evidence consistent with a “capital structure channel” of monetary policy. The announcement of central bank purchases reduces the bond yields of firms whose bonds are eligible for central bank purchases. These firms substitute bank term loans with bond debt, thereby relaxing banks’ lending constraints: banks with low Tier-1 ratios and high non-performing loans increase lending to private (and profitable) firms, which experience a growth in capital expenditures and sales. The credit reallocation increases banks’ risk-taking in corporate credit.
"A Capital Structure Channel of Monetary Policy" with B. Grosse-Rueschkamp and D. Streitz
forthcoming Journal of Financial Economics
Abstract: We study the transmission channels from central banks’ quantitative easing programs via the banking sector when central banks start purchasing corporate bonds. We find evidence consistent with a “capital structure channel” of monetary policy. The announcement of central bank purchases reduces the bond yields of firms whose bonds are eligible for central bank purchases. These firms substitute bank term loans with bond debt, thereby relaxing banks’ lending constraints: banks with low Tier-1 ratios and high non-performing loans increase lending to private (and profitable) firms, which experience a growth in capital expenditures and sales. The credit reallocation increases banks’ risk-taking in corporate credit.