Fisman, R, Sarkar, A, Skrastins, J and Vig, V (2020) Experience of communal conflicts and intergroup lending. Journal of Political Economy, 128 (9). ISSN 0022-3808
Abstract
We provide microeconomic evidence on ethnic frictions and market efficiency, using dyadic data on managers and borrowers from a large Indian bank. We conjecture that, if exposure to religion-based communal violence intensifies intergroup animosity, riot exposure will lead to lending decisions that are more sensitive to a borrower’s religion. We find that riot-exposed Hindu branch managers lend relatively less to Muslim borrowers and that these loans are less likely to default, consistent with riot exposure exacerbating taste-based discrimination. This bias is persistent across a bank officer’s tenure, suggesting that the economic costs of ethnic conflict are long-lasting, potentially spanning across generations.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Subject Areas: | Finance |
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© 2020 University of Chicago Press |
Date Deposited: | 27 Aug 2020 10:28 |
Date of first compliant deposit: | 27 Aug 2020 |
Subjects: |
Ethnic minorities Indigenous groups Conflict India Commercial banks |
Last Modified: | 05 Dec 2024 02:32 |
URI: | https://lbsresearch.london.edu/id/eprint/1452 |