D4 Published development or research report or study
Are too big-to-fail banks history in Europe? Evidence from overnight interbank loans
Subtitle: Evidence from overnight interbank loans
Authors: Matti Viren, Esa Jokivuolle, Eero Tölö
Publisher: Bank of Finland
Publishing place: Helsinki
Publication year: 2015
Series title: Bank of Finland Research Discussion Papers
Number in series: 29/2015
First page : 1
Last page: 28
eISBN: 978-952-323-081-1
ISSN: 1456-6184
Web address : http://www.suomenpankki.fi/en/julkaisut/tutkimukset/keskustelualoitteet/Pages/dp2015_29.aspx
We investigate how European banks’ overnight borrowing costs depend on bank size. We use the Eurosystem’s proprietary interbank daily loan data on euro-denominated transactions from 2008-2014. We find that large banks have had a clear borrowing cost advantage over small banks and that this premium increases progressively with the size of the bank. This result is robust with respect to subsamples, subperiods, time aggregation, and control variables such as Tier 1 capital ratio and rating. During episodes of financial stress, the size advantage becomes several times larger. However, we also find evidence that the new recovery and resolution framework for banks may have slightly reduced the borrowing cost advantage of larger banks in Europe.