Bank Ownership Structure, SME Lending and Local Credit Markets

53 Pages Posted: 18 Aug 2014 Last revised: 28 Aug 2014

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Iftekhar Hasan

Fordham University ; Bank of Finland; University of Sydney

Krzysztof Jackowicz

Kozminski University

Oskar Kowalewski

IESEG School of Management; LEM - CNRS 9221

Łukasz Kozłowski

Kozminski University

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Date Written: August 17, 2014

Abstract

In this paper, by employing a novel approach, we study the relationship between bank type and small-business lending in a post-transition country. Using a unique dataset on bank branches and firm-level data, we find that local cooperative banks lend more to small businesses than do large domestic banks and foreign-owned banks, even when controlling for the financial situation of the cooperative banks. Additionally, our results suggest that cooperative banks provide loans to small businesses at lower costs than foreign-owned banks or large domestic banks. Finally, we show that small and medium-sized firms perform better in counties with a large number of cooperative banks than in counties dominated by foreign-owned banks or large domestic banks. Our results are important from a policy perspective, as they show that foreign bank entry and industry consolidation may raise valid concerns for small firms in developing countries.

Keywords: small-business lending, cooperative banks, foreign banks, post-transition countries

JEL Classification: G21, G28

Suggested Citation

Hasan, Iftekhar and Jackowicz, Krzysztof and Kowalewski, Oskar and Kozłowski, Łukasz, Bank Ownership Structure, SME Lending and Local Credit Markets (August 17, 2014). INE PAN Working Paper Series, 27th Australasian Finance and Banking Conference 2014 Paper, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2481954 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2481954

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