Buchak, Greg; Matvos, Gregor; Piskorski, Tomasz; Seru, Amit - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
The traditional model of bank-led financial intermediation, where banks issue demandable deposits to savers and make … overall private lending has declined from 60% in 1970 to 35% in 2023, while the deposit share of savings has declined from 22 … size. Implicit banks' costs and subsidies explain shifting bank balance sheet composition. Together, these forces explain …