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Evaluation of the space-time effects of Covid-19 on household loans and savings in Romania

A spatial panel data approach at county level

authored by
Ștefana Belbe, Darie Moldovan, Alin Marius Andrieș, Philipp Otto, Codruța Mare
Abstract

This article examines the effects of the Covid-19 crisis on the banking sector of Romania using a spatial panel dataset of 21 months, from April 2020 to December 2021, among 41 counties. The empirical setup exploits the spatial and time-series variations of the banking sector during the pandemic via means of exploratory data analysis, simple linear models for each month with spatial diagnosis, and spatial panel data models with fixed effects. County-level differences and particular disturbances in the trend of banking services are highlighted against the turning points of the pandemic. We show that increasing Covid-19 infections result in higher loans and savings per capita, with significant spatial interactions given by the neighboring counties.

Organisation(s)
Institute of Cartography and Geoinformatics
External Organisation(s)
BabeÅŸ-Bolyai University (UBB)
Al. I. Cuza University
Rutgers - The State University of New Jersey, Newark
Type
Article
Journal
Emerging markets review
Volume
63
No. of pages
14
ISSN
1566-0141
Publication date
12.2024
Publication status
Published
Peer reviewed
Yes
ASJC Scopus subject areas
Business and International Management, Economics and Econometrics
Electronic version(s)
(Access: Open)