Bank Capital and Lending: Evidence from Syndicated Loans

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Yongqiang Chu

Belk College of Business, UNC Charlotte

Donghang Zhang

University of South Carolina

Yijia (Eddie) Zhao

University of Massachusetts Boston - College of Management

Date Written: May 29, 2017

Abstract

Using within-loan estimations to remove the impact of the demand side factors, we find that the capital levels of banks participating in the same syndicated loan are positively associated with the banks’ contributions to the loan. Consistent with the argument that higher capital reduces the cost of uninsured debt, the positive effect of bank capital on lending is stronger among banks that rely more on wholesale funding. Furthermore, we find that banks increase their contributions to syndicated loans after receiving TARP funding. Taken together, we provide new evidence on the importance and the causal effect of bank capital on lending.

Keywords: Bank Capital, Lending, Syndicated Loans, TARP

JEL Classification: G21, G38, G32

Suggested Citation

Chu, Yongqiang and Zhang, Donghang and Zhao, Yijia, Bank Capital and Lending: Evidence from Syndicated Loans (May 29, 2017). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2462377 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2462377

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