Holod, Dmytro; Peek, Joe; Torna, Gökhan - 2024 - This version: April 2024
contained in the June bank Call Reports, we find that small commercial and industrial (C&I) loans add value to community banks … both in absolute terms and relative to the value contributed by larger C&I loans. The value-enhancing effect of small … business loans is observed primarily at small community banks, and it was present during the Great Recession as well as during …