Does Interbank Borrowing Reduce Bank Risk?

Valeriya Dinger and Juergen von Hagen

Discussion Paper Series of SFB/TR 15 Governance and the Efficiency of Economic Systems from Free University of Berlin, Humboldt University of Berlin, University of Bonn, University of Mannheim, University of Munich

Abstract: In this paper we investigate whether banks that borrow from other banks have lower risk levels. We concentrate on a large sample of Central and Eastern European banks which allows us to explore the impact of interbank lending when exposures are long-term and interbank borrowers are small banks. The results of the empirical analysis generally confirm the hypothesis that long-term interbank exposures result in lower risk of the borrowing banks.

Keywords: interbank market; bank risk; market discipline; transition countries (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E53 G21 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007-11
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Journal Article: Does Interbank Borrowing Reduce Bank Risk? (2009)
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