Money, Lending and Banking Crises.

This paper shows that the bank lending channel impacts on lending and on the risk of a banking crisis. The results show that an increase in interest rates will decrease future bank lending and the likelihood of a banking crisis. This effect is dampened during recessionary periods in European countries. Policy implications are also provided. The detrimental effects of a lax monetary policy on a crisis are reduced directly by a highly capitalised financial sector and indirectly in an economy with highly liquid financial entities via lending growth. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]