Multiple Structural Breaks in Interactive Effects Panel Data and the Impact of Quantitative Easing on Bank Lending

2022/11/12 by Jan Ditzen, Ditzen, Jan, Yiannis Karavias +3
Economics, Econometrics and Finance · #Banking stability, regulation, efficiency #Monetary Policy and Economic Impact #Housing Market and Economics

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2211.06707

Abstract

This paper develops a new toolbox for multiple structural break detection in panel data models with interactive effects. The toolbox includes tests for the presence of structural breaks, a break date estimator, and a break date confidence interval. The new toolbox is applied to a large panel of US banks for a period characterized by massive quantitative easing programs aimed at lessening the impact of the global financial crisis and the COVID--19 pandemic. The question we ask is: Have these programs been successful in spurring bank lending in the US economy? The short answer turns out to be: ``No''.

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