Decision-Making Delegation in Banks

67 Pages Posted: 23 Apr 2018 Last revised: 10 Oct 2022

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Jennifer Dlugosz

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

Yong Kyu Gam

University College Dublin (UCD)

Radhakrishnan Gopalan

Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School

Janis Skrastins

Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School

Date Written: October 5, 2022

Abstract

Using natural disasters as shocks to local economies, we document that a bank branch’s ability to set deposit rates locally has real effects. Following disasters, branches with rates set locally increase deposit rates more and experience higher deposit volumes in affected counties. Consistent with imperfect insurance from internal capital markets, banks with more branches setting rates locally relatively expand mortgage lending in affected counties. House prices recover faster in local areas where more branches’ rates are set locally.

Keywords: banks, organizational structure, branch banking

JEL Classification: G20, G21

Suggested Citation

Dlugosz, Jennifer and Gam, Yong Kyu and Gopalan, Radhakrishnan and Skrastins, Janis, Decision-Making Delegation in Banks (October 5, 2022). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3155683 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3155683

Jennifer Dlugosz (Contact Author)

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System ( email )

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Yong Kyu Gam

University College Dublin (UCD) ( email )

Belfield
Belfield, Dublin 4 4
Ireland

Radhakrishnan Gopalan

Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School ( email )

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Campus Box 1133
St. Louis, MO 63130-4899
United States

Janis Skrastins

Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School ( email )

One Brookings Drive
Campus Box 1133
St. Louis, MO 63130-4899
United States

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