Journal article
On the effects of banks’ equity ownership on credit markets
Annals of finance, Vol.7(1), pp.31-52
02/01/2011
DOI: 10.1007/s10436-010-0169-z
Abstract
Recent deregulation of the banking sector in the US and in Europe allows commercial banks to hold equity in non-financial firms. We develop a model to investigate the effects of bank equity stakes in firms on credit market competition. The main result is that an equity stake confers a competitive advantage to the holding bank, which in equilibrium results in decreased competition in credit markets and higher interest rates being charged to firms. However, regulatory limits on the size of a bank’s stake may, under certain conditions, be counterproductive: they could actually strengthen the equity-owning bank’s competitive advantage. Our findings shed new light on the role of equity in lending relationships, and highlight that, in addition to the well-known prudential aspects, there is an antitrust dimension in the separation of banking and commerce.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- On the effects of banks’ equity ownership on credit markets
- Creators
- Rabah Amir - University of ArizonaMichael Troege - ESCP Business School
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Annals of finance, Vol.7(1), pp.31-52
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- DOI
- 10.1007/s10436-010-0169-z
- ISSN
- 1614-2446
- eISSN
- 1614-2454
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 02/01/2011
- Academic Unit
- Economics
- Record Identifier
- 9984380422302771
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