Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
5061105 Economics Letters 2010 5 Pages PDF
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We show that price-cost margins for US banks are consistently countercyclical, even after controlling for credit risk, the term structure of interest rates and monetary policy. This evidence supports the existence of a “financial accelerator” in US banking.

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Is there a financial accelerator in US banking?: Evidence from the cyclicality of banks' price-cost margins
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