How Do Credit Supply Shocks Affect the Real Economy? Evidence from the United States in the 1980s

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Atif R. Mian

Princeton University - Department of Economics; Princeton University - Princeton School of Public and International Affairs; NBER

Amir Sufi

University of Chicago - Booth School of Business; NBER

Emil Verner

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management

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Date Written: September 2017

Abstract

We study the business cycle consequences of credit supply expansion in the U.S. The 1980's credit boom resulted in stronger credit expansion in more deregulated states, and these states experience a more amplified business cycle. A new test shows that amplification is primarily driven by the local demand rather than the production capacity channel. States with greater exposure to credit expansion experience larger increases in household debt, the relative price of non-tradable goods, nominal wages, and non-tradable employment. Yet there is no change in tradable sector employment. Eventually states with greater exposure to credit expansion experience a significantly deeper recession.

Suggested Citation

Mian, Atif R. and Sufi, Amir and Verner, Emil, How Do Credit Supply Shocks Affect the Real Economy? Evidence from the United States in the 1980s (September 2017). NBER Working Paper No. w23802, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3035158

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