“…The bank lending channel of the monetary policy, which has recently gained significant attention, posits that a monetary policy restriction gives rise to a reduction in banks' loan supply because, on the one hand, it limits banks’ access to loanable funds such as deposits and, on the other hand, it increases the cost of market funding for banks [ [1] , [2] , [3] ]. The loan supply reduction proposed by the bank lending channel depends on different bank characteristics such as size, liquidity and capitalisation, which have been widely analysed [ 4 , 5 ]. It is also affected by sovereign risk, which became evident in the aftermath of the financial crisis and sovereign debt crisis when many countries in the eurozone suffered a large increase in their sovereign risk, which was transmitted to the bank industry, thus distorting the bank lending channel [ 6 ].…”