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) relationship between the standard deviation (coefficient of variation) and the average in bank lending-rate markups. In a …. Normatively, under a given inflation target, welfare gains arise if a central bank can use additional liquidity-provision (or tax …
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The paper examines how loan portfolio diversification drives bank returns, mainly focusing on the conditioning roles of … increased sectoral loan portfolio diversification reduces bank returns, but not all banks are equally affected. Banks that … adopted a business model towards non-interest activities are hurt less from loan portfolio diversification, and bank market …
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We use unique data on banks' private risk assessments of corporate borrowers to quantify how competition among banks affect the risk sensitivity of interest rates in the Norwegian credit market. We show that an increase in competition makes corporate lending rates less sensitive to banks' own...
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Discrimination in lending can occur either in face-to-face decisions or in algorithmic scoring. We provide a workable interpretation of the courts' legitimate-business-necessity defense of statistical discrimination. We then estimate the extent of racial/ethnic discrimination in the largest...
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We document that, since 2011, mortgage lenders reduced credit to middle-class households by 15% and increased credit to wealthy households by 21%. Credit to low-income households was unaffected. Results hold at the individual-loan level and zip-code level, and at the intensive margin and...
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evidence for bank income smoothing using loan loss provisions. There is greater income smoothing in the second-wave Fintech era … wave era. Bank income smoothing is also greater in (i) BIS and EU countries than in non-EU countries and G7 countries, (ii …
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Fintechs are believed to help expand credit access to underserved consumers without taking on additional risk. We compare the performance efficiency of LendingClub's unsecured personal loans with similar loans originated by banks. Using stochastic frontier estimation, we decompose the observed...
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This study investigates the behavior of bank non-performing loans in the Fintech era. Using data from 35 developed … countries from 1998 to 2016, the findings show that non-performing loans are fewer in the second wave Fintech era. Also, bank …
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Small business lending has historically been very local, but distances between small businesses and their lenders have steadily increased over the last forty years. This paper investigates a new lending strategy made possible by distant small business lending: industry specialization. Using data...
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