The influence of bank ownership on credit supply: Evidence from the recent financial crisis

► We examine how bank ownership influenced the credit supply during financial crisis. ► Original approach estimates credit supply based on stochastic frontier analysis. ► We employ an exhaustive dataset on Russian banks. ► Our findings suggest that bank ownership affected credit supply during the crisis. ► Relative to domestic private banks foreign-owned banks reduced credit supply more ► State-controlled banks reduced credit supply less than domestic private banks.