Shock Propagation and Banking Structure

Review of Financial Studies, Forthcoming

57 Pages Posted: 26 Nov 2016 Last revised: 12 Nov 2018

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Mariassunta Giannetti

Stockholm School of Economics; Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR); European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI); Swedish House of Finance

Farzad Saidi

Boston University - Questrom School of Business; Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

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Date Written: September 12, 2018

Abstract

We explore whether lenders' decisions to provide liquidity in periods of distress are affected by the extent to which they internalize the negative spillovers of industry downturns. We conjecture that high-market-share lenders are more likely to internalize negative spillovers, and show that they provide liquidity to industries in distress when fire sales are likely to ensue. High-market-share lenders also provide liquidity to customers and suppliers of distressed industries when the disruption of supply chains is expected to be costly. Our results suggest a novel channel explaining why credit concentration may favor financial stability.

Keywords: syndicated loans, bank concentration, supply chains, fire sales, externalities

JEL Classification: E23, E32, E44, G20, G21, L14

Suggested Citation

Giannetti, Mariassunta and Saidi, Farzad, Shock Propagation and Banking Structure (September 12, 2018). Review of Financial Studies, Forthcoming , Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2875331 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2875331

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