Risk Overhang and Loan Portfolio Decisions

42 Pages Posted: 23 Aug 2005

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Robert DeYoung

University of Kansas School of Business

Anne Gron

Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management

Andrew Winton

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities - Carlson School of Management; Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) - Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance (SAIF)

Date Written: August 2005

Abstract

Despite operating under substantial regulatory constraints, we find that commercial banks manage their investments largely consistent with the predictions of portfolio choice models with capital market imperfections. Based on 1990-2002 data for small (assets less than $1 billion) U.S. commercial banks, net new lending to the business, real estate, and consumer sectors increased with expected sector profitability, tended to decrease with the illiquidity of existing (overhanging) loan stocks, and was responsive to correlations in cross-sector returns. Small banks are most appropriate for this study, because they make illiquid loans and manage risk via on-balance sheet (non-hedged) diversification strategies.

Keywords: commercial banks, loans, portfolio choice, risk overhang

JEL Classification: G11, G21

Suggested Citation

DeYoung, Robert and Gron, Anne and Winton, Andrew, Risk Overhang and Loan Portfolio Decisions (August 2005). FRB Chicago Working Paper No. 2005-04, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=785106 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.785106

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