Effects of Bank Capital Requirements on Lending by Banks and Non-Bank Financial Institutions

57 Pages Posted: 10 Jan 2024

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Peter Bednarek

Deutsche Bundesbank

Olga Briukhova

University of Zurich - Department of Banking and Finance; Swiss Finance Institute

Steven Ongena

University of Zurich - Department Finance; Swiss Finance Institute; KU Leuven; NTNU Business School; Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

Natalja von Westernhagen

Deutsche Bundesbank

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Abstract

What is the impact of a sudden and sizeable increase in bank capital requirements on the lending activity by directly affected banks and by non-affected non-bank financial institutions (NBFIs)? To answer this question, we apply a difference-in-differences methodology around the capital exercise by the European Banking Authority (EBA) in 2011 with German credit register data. We find that insurance companies, financial enterprises, and factoring companies ‒ but not leasing companies ‒ and Non-EBA banks expand their corporate lending relative to EBA banks. In particular, NBFIs use the opportunity to expand their credit activities, in riskier and more competitive borrower segments, but NBFIs do not seem to rely on increased bank funding to finance this expansion.

Keywords: non-bank financial intermediation, bank capital requirements, EBA capital exercise

Suggested Citation

Bednarek, Peter and Briukhova, Olga and Ongena, Steven R. G. and von Westernhagen, Natalja, Effects of Bank Capital Requirements on Lending by Banks and Non-Bank Financial Institutions. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4689715 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4689715

Peter Bednarek

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Olga Briukhova

University of Zurich - Department of Banking and Finance ( email )

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Steven R. G. Ongena (Contact Author)

University of Zurich - Department Finance ( email )

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Swiss Finance Institute

c/o University of Geneva
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NTNU Business School ( email )

Norway

Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

London
United Kingdom

Natalja Von Westernhagen

Deutsche Bundesbank ( email )

Wilhelm-Epstein-Str. 14
Frankfurt/Main, 60431
Germany

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