The Rise of Shadow Banking: Evidence from Capital Regulation. (3rd September 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Irani, Rustom M; Iyer, Rajkamal; Meisenzahl, Ralf R; Peydró, José-Luis
• Editors: Cornelli, Francesca
• Is Part Of: Review of financial studies. Volume 34:Number 5(2021)
• Page Start: 2181
• Page End: 2235
• Publication Date: 2020-09-03
• Subjects: G01 -- G21 -- G23 -- G28; Finance -- United States -- Periodicals; Finance -- Periodicals; 332
• DOI: 10.1093/rfs/hhaa106
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0893-9454

Abstract

Abstract: We investigate the connections between bank capital regulation and the prevalence of lightly regulated nonbanks (shadow banks) in the U.S. corporate loan market. For identification, we exploit a supervisory credit register of syndicated loans, loan-time fixed effects, and shocks to capital requirements arising from surprise features of the U.S. implementation of Basel III. We find that less-capitalized banks reduce loan retention, particularly among loans with higher capital requirements and at times when capital is scarce, and nonbanks step in. This reallocation is associated with important adverse effects during the 2008 crisis: loans funded by nonbanks with fragile liabilities are less likely to be rolled over and experience greater price volatility.