Investigating the bank lending channel in South Africa : a VAR approach
| dc.contributor.author | Ludi, Kirsten L. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Ground, Marc | |
| dc.contributor.email | kirsten.ludi@up.ac.za | en |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2008-02-15T09:15:42Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2008-02-15T09:15:42Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2006-02 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The monetary policy transmission mechanism can broadly be categorised into three separate channels: the interest rate channel, the credit channel and the other asset price channel. This paper seeks to examine the bank-lending channel of the credit channel of monetary policy in South Africa by making use of structural vector autoregressions (SVAR’s). The pass-through effects of a change in the repurchase (repo) rate on bank deposits and loans and output, are tested using a parsimonious vector error correction model (PVECM). The Johansen (1988) cointegration procedure is used to test for a demand- or supply-driven bank-lending channel. In this way, the validity and effectiveness of the monetary policy regime in South Africa is tested and evaluated. | en |
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| dc.identifier.citation | Ludi, KL & Ground, M 2006, 'Investigating the bank lending channel in South Africa : a VAR approach', University of Pretoria, Department of Economics, Working paper series, no. 2006-04. [http://web.up.ac.za/default.asp?ipkCategoryID=736&sub=1&parentid=677&subid=729&ipklookid=3] | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/4469 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.publisher | University of Pretoria, Department of Economics | en |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | Working Paper (University of Pretoria, Department of Economics) | en |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | 2006-04 | en |
| dc.rights | University of Pretoria, Department of Economics | en |
| dc.subject | Monetary transmission mechanism | en |
| dc.subject | Bank-lending channel | en |
| dc.subject | Vector autoregressive (VAR) model | en |
| dc.subject | Vector error correction model (VECM) | en |
| dc.subject | Johansen cointegration test | en |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Bank loans -- South Africa | en |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Monetary policy -- South Africa | en |
| dc.title | Investigating the bank lending channel in South Africa : a VAR approach | en |
| dc.type | Working Paper | en |