Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/197549 
Year of Publication: 
2016
Citation: 
[Journal:] The Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance (JEF) [ISSN:] 1551-9570 [Volume:] 18 [Issue:] 1 [Publisher:] The Academy of Entrepreneurial Finance (AEF) [Place:] Montrose, CA [Year:] 2016 [Pages:] 22-48
Publisher: 
The Academy of Entrepreneurial Finance (AEF), Montrose, CA
Abstract: 
We analyze small business lending at U.S. commercial banks, how it has changed over time and how it differs by bank size. Specifically, we examine the impact of government policy intervention on small business lending in the aftermath of the financial crisis. We find several important results. First, we find that the Troubled-Asset Relief Program's (TARP) $200 billion Capital Purchase Program (CPP) had little impact on the banks that received capital injections' small business lending. Second, the Small Business Loan Fund (SBLF) lending program appears to have been a success as banks participating in the loan fund increased their lending to small businesses. Finally, we find that financial turmoil had a substantial negative impact on lending to small businesses at community banks but not their large bank counterparts. This result suggests that the larger banks may have behaved in a manner consistent with too big to fail. Collectively, these results provide important insights for policy makers as they continue to deal with the credit access issues of small firms.
Subjects: 
small business lending
financial crisis
credit crunch
TARP
Small Business Loan Fund
Financial Stress
JEL: 
G21
G18
G01
E58
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Document Type: 
Article

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