Who Lends Before Banking Crises? Evidence from the International Syndicated Loan Market

64 Pages Posted: 17 Dec 2020 Last revised: 1 Nov 2023

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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

Yeejin Jang

UNSW Australia Business School, School of Banking and Finance

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Date Written: November 1, 2023

Abstract

Existing studies assume that all lenders have similar incentives to take on risks during different phases of the lending cycle. We show that foreign lenders and low-market-share lenders extend more credit in comparison to other lenders during lending booms leading to banking crises, but not during other credit expansions. These less established lenders also shorten loan maturity and increase the amount of credit they extend to riskier borrowers, without asking for collateral or imposing covenants and higher interest rates. Our results suggest that foreign lenders and low-market-share lenders contribute disproportionately to credit misallocation and risk accumulation in pre-crisis periods.

Keywords: Foreign banks, crises, credit booms, externalities

JEL Classification: G21, F3

Suggested Citation

Giannetti, Mariassunta and Jang, Yeejin, Who Lends Before Banking Crises? Evidence from the International Syndicated Loan Market (November 1, 2023). Swedish House of Finance Research Paper No. 21-2, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3739393 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3739393

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