Household loan portfolios and financial characteristics of Korean banks
Ji‐Yong Seo
Abstract:This study contributes to understanding the supply mechanism of household loan portfolios in Korea, where the ratio of household debt to GDP is high. This study conducted an empirical analysis of how banks' financial characteristics including capital adequacy, financial soundness, and profitability affect banks' supply of variable‐rate household loans that are sensitive to increases in the central bank's base interest rate and have higher possibility of loan default, considering time lag in terms of banks' ris… Show more
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