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Government Guarantees And Bank Vulnerability During The Financial Crisis: Evidence From An Emerging Market

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  • Viral V Acharya

    (Reserve Bank of India)

  • Nirupama Kulkarni

    (Centre for Advanced Financial Research and Learning (CAFRAL))

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We analyze the performance of Indian banks during 2007–09 to study the impact of government guarantees on bank performance during a crisis. Vulnerable private-sector banks performed worse than safer private-sector banks; however, the opposite was true for state-owned banks. Exploiting geographic variation in exposure to public sector bank branches, we show that vulnerable private-sector bank branches in districts with greater exposure to public sector bank branches experienced deposit withdrawals and shortening of deposit maturity. In contrast, nearby vulnerable state-owned bank branches grew their deposit base and increased loan advances but with poorer ex-post performance. Our evidence suggests that lack of market discipline — in the form of access to stronger government guarantees and forbearance during an aggregate crisis — allows state-owned banks to access and extend credit cheaply despite their under-performance.

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  • Viral V Acharya & Nirupama Kulkarni, 2016. "Government Guarantees And Bank Vulnerability During The Financial Crisis: Evidence From An Emerging Market," Working Papers 022320, Centre for Advanced Financial Research and Learning (CAFRAL).
    • Handle: RePEc:ris:cafral:022320
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    JEL classification:

    • G0 - Financial Economics - - General
    • G2 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services
    • H1 - Public Economics - - Structure and Scope of Government

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