Owe a Bank Millions, the Bank Has a Problem : Credit Concentration in Bad Times

This paper studies the dynamics of credit supply when a negative shock impacts a substantial share of bank loans. The analysis exploits the 2014 collapse of energy prices, using the universe of Mexican commercial bank loans. The findings show that,...

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Main Authors: Agarwal, Sumit, Correa, Ricardo, Morais, Bernardo, Roldan, Jessica, Ruiz-Ortega, Claudia
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2020
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/822751585858319206/Owe-a-Bank-Millions-the-Bank-Has-a-Problem-Credit-Concentration-in-Bad-Times
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spelling okr-10986-335762022-09-20T00:12:38Z Owe a Bank Millions, the Bank Has a Problem : Credit Concentration in Bad Times Agarwal, Sumit Correa, Ricardo Morais, Bernardo Roldan, Jessica Ruiz-Ortega, Claudia CREDIT EXPOSURE BANK LENDING DEBT SUSTAINABILITY COMMODITY PRICES DEBT DISTRESS FINANCIAL STABILITY EMERGING MARKET ECONOMIES This paper studies the dynamics of credit supply when a negative shock impacts a substantial share of bank loans. The analysis exploits the 2014 collapse of energy prices, using the universe of Mexican commercial bank loans. The findings show that, after the drop in energy prices, the credit default swap spreads (CDS) of firms in the energy sector soared, and banks that were more exposed to the energy sector increased even more their exposure ex post, by supplying loans to their larger debtors in the energy sector at lower interest rates. An increase of one standard deviation in ex-ante exposure to the energy sector increased loan volume to borrowers in the sector by 18 percent and reduced loan rates charged by 6 percent, even though borrower’s CDS spreads were widening. Highly exposed banks amplified this sector-specific shock to the rest of the economy by contracting lending to other sectors, with important real effects, as the borrowers could not switch credit suppliers. Finally, the energy price shock had a large negative impact on macro outcomes, especially in the capital-intensive secondary sector. Quantitatively, a one standard deviation increase in the exposure of a state's banks to the energy sector reduces its GDP by 1.8 percent. 2020-04-10T17:48:18Z 2020-04-10T17:48:18Z 2020-04 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/822751585858319206/Owe-a-Bank-Millions-the-Bank-Has-a-Problem-Credit-Concentration-in-Bad-Times http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33576 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 9202 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Latin America & Caribbean Mexico
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topic CREDIT EXPOSURE
BANK LENDING
DEBT SUSTAINABILITY
COMMODITY PRICES
DEBT DISTRESS
FINANCIAL STABILITY
EMERGING MARKET ECONOMIES
spellingShingle CREDIT EXPOSURE
BANK LENDING
DEBT SUSTAINABILITY
COMMODITY PRICES
DEBT DISTRESS
FINANCIAL STABILITY
EMERGING MARKET ECONOMIES
Agarwal, Sumit
Correa, Ricardo
Morais, Bernardo
Roldan, Jessica
Ruiz-Ortega, Claudia
Owe a Bank Millions, the Bank Has a Problem : Credit Concentration in Bad Times
geographic_facet Latin America & Caribbean
Mexico
relation Policy Research Working Paper;No. 9202
description This paper studies the dynamics of credit supply when a negative shock impacts a substantial share of bank loans. The analysis exploits the 2014 collapse of energy prices, using the universe of Mexican commercial bank loans. The findings show that, after the drop in energy prices, the credit default swap spreads (CDS) of firms in the energy sector soared, and banks that were more exposed to the energy sector increased even more their exposure ex post, by supplying loans to their larger debtors in the energy sector at lower interest rates. An increase of one standard deviation in ex-ante exposure to the energy sector increased loan volume to borrowers in the sector by 18 percent and reduced loan rates charged by 6 percent, even though borrower’s CDS spreads were widening. Highly exposed banks amplified this sector-specific shock to the rest of the economy by contracting lending to other sectors, with important real effects, as the borrowers could not switch credit suppliers. Finally, the energy price shock had a large negative impact on macro outcomes, especially in the capital-intensive secondary sector. Quantitatively, a one standard deviation increase in the exposure of a state's banks to the energy sector reduces its GDP by 1.8 percent.
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author Agarwal, Sumit
Correa, Ricardo
Morais, Bernardo
Roldan, Jessica
Ruiz-Ortega, Claudia
author_facet Agarwal, Sumit
Correa, Ricardo
Morais, Bernardo
Roldan, Jessica
Ruiz-Ortega, Claudia
author_sort Agarwal, Sumit
title Owe a Bank Millions, the Bank Has a Problem : Credit Concentration in Bad Times
title_short Owe a Bank Millions, the Bank Has a Problem : Credit Concentration in Bad Times
title_full Owe a Bank Millions, the Bank Has a Problem : Credit Concentration in Bad Times
title_fullStr Owe a Bank Millions, the Bank Has a Problem : Credit Concentration in Bad Times
title_full_unstemmed Owe a Bank Millions, the Bank Has a Problem : Credit Concentration in Bad Times
title_sort owe a bank millions, the bank has a problem : credit concentration in bad times
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2020
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/822751585858319206/Owe-a-Bank-Millions-the-Bank-Has-a-Problem-Credit-Concentration-in-Bad-Times
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