Unbanked Households: Evidence of Supply-Side Factors

Adrien Matray () and Claire Celerier

No 1039, HEC Research Papers Series from HEC Paris

Abstract: This paper provides evidence that supply-side factors significantly drive the high share of unbanked households. Using interstate branching deregulation in the U.S. after 1994 as an exogenous shock, the authors show that an increase in bank competition is associated with a large drop in the share of unbanked households. The authors find that the effect is even stronger for populations that are more likely to be rationed by banks, such as black households living in "high racial bias'' states. The improved access to bank accounts leads to higher savings rates but does not translate to higher levels of indebtedness.

Keywords: Banks; Regulation; Imperfect Competition; Household Finance; Discrimination (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D14 D43 G21 G28 J15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 53 pages
Date: 2014-02-07
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