Multiple-bank lending: diversification and free-riding in monitoring

Elena Carletti (), Vittoria Cerasi and Sonja Daltung ()
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Sonja Daltung: Sveriges Riksbank, Postal: 103 37 Stockholm

No 04-15, Sonderforschungsbereich 504 Publications from Sonderforschungsbereich 504, Universität Mannheim, Sonderforschungsbereich 504, University of Mannheim

Abstract: This paper analyses banks' choice between lending to firms in exclusive relationships and sharing financing with other banks in a context where both firms and banks are subject to moral hazard problems, and bank monitoring is essential for financing to take place. Multiple-bank lending is optimal whenever the benefit of greater diversification in terms of higher per-project monitoring dominates the costs of free-riding problem and duplication of efforts. The model predicts a greater use of multiple-bank lending when banks are small relative to the size of investment projects, when firms are less profitable, and when poor financial integration, strict regulation and inefficient judicial systems make monitoring more costly. These results are consistent with some empirical observations concerning small business lending and, to some extent, with the formation of syndicates.

Pages: 35 pages
Date: 2004-05-07
Note: Financial support from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, SFB 504, at the University of Mannheim, is gratefully acknowledged.
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