McGowan, Danny; Nguyen, Huyen; Schaeck, Klaus - 2022 - This version: 08.12.2022
We provide novel evidence that deposit competition incentivizes banks to securitize loans. Exploiting the state …-specific removal of deposit market caps across the U.S. as an exogenous source of competition, we document a 7.1 percentage point … deposits and a corresponding decrease in banks’ deposit growth. Our results are strongest among small and single state …