Saturday, 22 November 2014
Journal title: Contemporary Studies in Economic and Financial Analysis
(v. 96, 2014)
Author: XUAN VINH VO , PHUC CANH NGUYEN
Abstract
A thorough understanding of transmission mechanism is a key to a successful conduct of monetary policy. This chapter attempts to improve knowledge in this respect by examining the impacts of commercial bank risks on the transmission of monetary policy. We investigate the impact of monetary policy on bank risk in Vietnam pre and post 2008 global financial crisis employing a unique and disaggregated bank level data set from 2003 to 2012. The results of panel data estimation indicate that the bank lending channel of monetary is evidenced in Vietnam. In addition, we find that the transmission mechanism is affected by characteristics of commercial banks.
Link: http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/abs/10.1108/S1569-375920140000096011