Arbeitspapier

Some borrowers are more equal than others: Bank funding shocks and credit reallocation

This paper provides evidence on the strategic lending decisions made by banks facing a negative funding shock. Using bank-firm level credit data, we show that banks reallocate credit within their loan portfolio in at least three different ways. First, banks reallocate to sectors where they have a high market share. Second, they also reallocate to sectors in which they are more specialized. Third, they reallocate credit towards low-risk firms. These reallocation effects are economically large. A standard deviation increase in sector market share, sector specialization or firm soundness reduces the transmission of the funding shock to credit supply by 22, 8 and 10 %, respectively.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: NBB Working Paper ; No. 361

Classification
Wirtschaft
Financial Crises
Banks; Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages
Subject
Credit reallocation
bank funding shock
bank credit
sector market share
sector specialization
firm risk

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
De Jonghe, Olivier
Dewachter, Hans
Mulier, Klaas
Ongena, Steven
Schepens, Glenn
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
National Bank of Belgium
(where)
Brussels
(when)
2018

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Object type

  • Arbeitspapier

Associated

  • De Jonghe, Olivier
  • Dewachter, Hans
  • Mulier, Klaas
  • Ongena, Steven
  • Schepens, Glenn
  • National Bank of Belgium

Time of origin

  • 2018

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