Digging Deeper--Evidence on the Effects of Macroprudential Policies from a New Database

58 Pages Posted: 15 Apr 2019

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Zohair Alam

University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management

Adrian Alter

International Monetary Fund

Jesse Elseman

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Gaston Gelos

Bank for International Settlements; Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

Heedon Kang

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Machiko Narita

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Erlend Nier

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Naixi Wang

University of Oxford - Said Business School

Date Written: March 2019

Abstract

This paper introduces a new comprehensive database of macroprudential policies, which combines information from various sources and covers 134 countries from January 1990 to December 2016. Using these data, we first confirm that loan-targeted instruments have a significant impact on household credit, and a milder, dampening effect on consumption. Next, we exploit novel numerical information on loan-to-value (LTV) limits using a propensity-score-based method to address endogeneity concerns. The results point to economically significant and nonlinear effects, with a declining impact for larger tightening measures. Moreover, the initial LTV level appears to matter; when LTV limits are already tight, the effects of additional tightening on credit is dampened while those on consumption are strengthened.

Keywords: Mortgages, Exchange rate policy, Reserve requirements, Household credit, Credit booms, Macroprudential policy, loan-to-value ratios, propensity score, LTV, policy action, reverse causality, endogeneity, appendix IV

JEL Classification: E58, G28, E52, E01, G21, K2, O24

Suggested Citation

Alam, Zohair and Alter, Adrian and Elseman, Jesse and Gelos, R. Gaston and Kang, Heedon and Narita, Machiko and Nier, Erlend and Wang, Naixi, Digging Deeper--Evidence on the Effects of Macroprudential Policies from a New Database (March 2019). IMF Working Paper No. 19/66, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3370962

Zohair Alam (Contact Author)

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Jesse Elseman

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

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Heedon Kang

International Monetary Fund (IMF) ( email )

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Machiko Narita

International Monetary Fund (IMF) ( email )

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Washington, DC 20431
United States

Erlend Nier

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

700 19th Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20431
United States

Naixi Wang

University of Oxford - Said Business School ( email )

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Oxford, OX1 1HP
Great Britain

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