Bank Liquidity Provision Across the Firm Size Distribution

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Gabriel Chodorow-Reich

Harvard University Department of Economics

Olivier Darmouni

Columbia University - Columbia Business School, Finance

Stephan Luck

Federal Reserve Bank of New York

Matthew C. Plosser

Federal Reserve Banks - Federal Reserve Bank of New York

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Date Written: October 2020

Abstract

We use supervisory loan-level data to document that small firms (SMEs) obtain shorter maturity credit lines than large firms; have less active maturity management; post more collateral; have higher utilization rates; and pay higher spreads. We rationalize these facts as the equilibrium outcome of a trade-off between lender commitment and discretion. Using the COVID recession, we test the prediction that SMEs are subject to greater lender discretion by examining credit line utilization. We show that SMEs do not drawdown in contrast to large firms despite SME demand, but that PPP loans helped alleviate the shortfall.

Suggested Citation

Chodorow-Reich, Gabriel and Darmouni, Olivier and Luck, Stephan and Plosser, Matthew C., Bank Liquidity Provision Across the Firm Size Distribution (October 2020). NBER Working Paper No. w27945, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3709636

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