The Aggregate Demand for Bank Capital

56 Pages Posted: 19 Jul 2014 Last revised: 14 May 2020

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Milton Harris

University of Chicago - Finance

Christian C. Opp

University of Rochester - Simon Business School; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

Marcus M. Opp

Stockholm School of Economics - Department of Finance; Swedish House of Finance

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Date Written: March 29, 2020

Abstract

We propose a novel conceptual approach to transparently characterizing credit market outcomes in economies with multi-dimensional borrower heterogeneity. Based on characterizations of securities' implicit demand for bank equity capital, we obtain closed-form expressions for the composition of credit, including a sufficient statistic for the provision of bank loans, and a novel cross-sectional asset pricing relation for securities held by regulated levered institutions. Our framework sheds light on the compositional shifts in credit prior to the 07/08 financial crisis and the European debt crisis, and can provide guidance on the allocative effects of shocks affecting both banks and the cross-sectional distribution of borrowers.

Keywords: Risk-taking, Credit-rationing, Composition of credit supply, Bank regulation, Bailouts, FDIC insurance

JEL Classification: G21, G28

Suggested Citation

Harris, Milton and Opp, Christian C. and Opp, Marcus M., The Aggregate Demand for Bank Capital (March 29, 2020). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2467761 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2467761

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Christian C. Opp

University of Rochester - Simon Business School ( email )

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Marcus M. Opp (Contact Author)

Stockholm School of Economics - Department of Finance ( email )

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