Rent-seeking in elite networks

Rainer Haselmann (), David Schoenherr and Vikrant Vig

No 132, SAFE Working Paper Series from Leibniz Institute for Financial Research SAFE

Abstract: We employ a unique dataset on members of an elite service club in Germany to investigate how social connections in elite networks affect the allocation of resources. Specifically, we investigate credit allocation decisions of banks to firms inside the network. Using a quasi-experimental research design, we document misallocation of bank credit inside the network, with bankers with weakly aligned incentives engaging most actively in crony lending. Our findings, thus, resonate with existing theories of elite networks as rent extractive coalitions that stifle economic prosperity.

JEL-codes: F34 F37 G21 G28 G33 K39 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017, Revised 2017
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DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.2911062

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