Commercial lending concentration and bank expertise: Evidence from borrower financial statements

Lending concentration features prominently in models of information acquisition by banks, but empirical evidence on its role is limited. Using bank-level loan exposures, we find banks are less likely to collect audited financial statements from firms in industries and regions in which they have more...

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Main Authors: Berger, Philip G. (Author), Minnis, Michael (Author), Sutherland, Andrew Gordon (Author)
Other Authors: Sloan School of Management (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier BV, 2020-09-16T19:47:30Z.
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