NBER Working Paper – Credit Allocation and Macroeconomic Fluctuations
Author(s):Karsten Müller & Emil Verner Date:June 2023 Abstract: We study the relationship between credit expansions, macroeconomic fluctuations, and financial crises using a novel database on the sectoral distribution of private credit for 117 countries since 1940. We document that, during credit booms, credit flows disproportionately to the non-tradable sector. Credit expansions to the non-tradable sector,[…]