Assessing the Efficacy of Borrower-Based Macroprudential Policy Using an Integrated Micro-Macro Model for European Households

56 Pages Posted: 8 Feb 2016

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Marco Gross

International Monetary Fund (IMF); European Central Bank (ECB)

Francisco Javier Población García

European Central Bank (ECB)

Date Written: February 8, 2016

Abstract

We develop an integrated micro-macro model framework that is based on household survey data for a subset of the EU countries that the Household Finance and Consumption Survey (HFCS) contains. The model can be used for conducting scenario and sensitivity analyses with regard to the factors that drive households' income and expenses as well as their asset values and hence the structure of their balance sheet. Moreover, we use it for the purpose of assessing the efficacy of borrower-based macroprudential instruments, namely loan-to-value (LTV) ratio and debt service to income (DSTI) ratio caps. The simulation results from the model can be attached to bank balance sheets and their risk parameters to derive the impact of the policy measures on their capital position. The model framework also allows quantifying the macroeconomic feedback effects that would result from the policy-induced reduction of demand for mortgage loans. The model allows answering the question as to which of the two measures -- LTV or DSTI caps -- are more effective, both with respect to their ability to reduce household loss rates as well as their impact on the economy.

Keywords: household balance sheets, macro-financial linkages, stress-testing, macroprudential policy

JEL Classification: C33, E58, G18

Suggested Citation

Gross, Marco and Población García, Francisco Javier, Assessing the Efficacy of Borrower-Based Macroprudential Policy Using an Integrated Micro-Macro Model for European Households (February 8, 2016). ECB Working Paper No. 1881, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2729179 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2729179

Marco Gross (Contact Author)

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European Central Bank (ECB) ( email )

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Francisco Javier Población García

European Central Bank (ECB) ( email )

Sonnemannstrasse 22
Frankfurt am Main, 60314
Germany

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