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Type Journal Article
Scope Discipline-based scholarship
Title Does alternative finance moderate bank fragility? Evidence from the euro-area
Organization Unit
Authors
  • Mike G Tsionas
  • Emmanuel Mamatzakis
  • Steven Ongena
Item Subtype Original Work
Refereed Yes
Status Published in final form
Language
  • English
Journal Title Journal of international financial markets, institutions & money
Publisher Elsevier
Geographical Reach international
ISSN 1042-4431
Volume 72
Page Range 101340
Date 2021
Abstract Text Over recent years stricter EU capital requirements have resulted in constraining bank lending to SMEs. Alternative finance is expected to ease such constraints, but what would it be its impact on bank fragility? This paper examines whether alternative finance for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in the euro area would moderate bank fragility. We employ a bank profit model from which we derive a novel measure of bank fragility that is based on micro-foundations and is estimated in a single stage with Bayesian techniques. Controlling for many bank and firm specific variables, including bank capital adequacy ratios and volatility, we find that alternative finance overall strengthens bank stability, but that there is some variability in this impact over time and across countries. Interestingly, while higher bank capital adequacy ratios at times may even increase fragility, their interactions with alternative finance could help reduce it.
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Official URL https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1042443121000597
Digital Object Identifier 10.1016/j.intfin.2021.101340
Other Identification Number merlin-id:20953
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