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Do FinTech Mortgage Lenders Fill the Credit Gap? Evidence from Natural Disasters

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 October 2022

Linda Allen ,
Yu Shan  and
Yao Shen
Linda Allen*
Affiliation:
Baruch College Zicklin School of Business
Yu Shan
Affiliation:
Syracuse University Whitman School of Management yshan03@syr.edu
Yao Shen
Affiliation:
Baruch College Zicklin School of Business yao.shen@baruch.cuny.edu
*
linda.allen@baruch.cuny.edu (corresponding author)
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Abstract

After exogenous demand shocks caused by natural disasters, FinTech lenders are more responsive to increased demand for reconstruction mortgages than traditional banks and non-FinTech shadow banks. Both FinTech and traditional banks increase credit supply, but FinTech supply is more elastic without increases in risk-adjusted interest rates or delinquency rates. Comparing lending supply channels, banks respond to regulatory incentives to lend to damaged areas, whereas FinTech lenders supply more credit when traditional banks rely more on balance sheet financing and physical branch networks. Compared to traditional banks, FinTech lenders increase supply elasticity more aggressively in response to local competitive pressure.

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Research Article
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Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis , Volume 58 , Issue 8 , December 2023 , pp. 3342 - 3383
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© The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the Michael G. Foster School of Business, University of Washington

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Footnotes

The article was previously circulated under the title “Do FinTech Lenders Fill the Credit Gap? Evidence from Local Mortgage Demand Shocks.” We thank an anonymous referee, Amber Anand, Tetyana Balyuk, Nilanjan Basu, Sandra Betton, Ayan Bhattacharya, Youngmin Choi, Jens Christensen, Gonul Colak, Erasmo Giambona, Jarrad Harford (the editor), Sonali Hazarika, Alan Hochstein, Armen Hovakimian, Michael King, Peter Koveos, John Krainer, Lawrence Kryzanowski, Evren Ors, Lin Peng, Matthias Petras, Toan Phan, Wenlan Qian, Rahul Ravi, Zenu Sharma, Ravi Shukla, Jun Wang, Yajun Wang, David Weinbaum, An Yan, Erkan Yönder, Jinyuan Zhang, and Dexin Zhou for their insightful and constructive comments. We also thank the conference and seminar participants at the 2021 China International Conference in Finance, 2021 International Banking, Economics and Finance Association Summer Meeting, 2021 China International Risk Forum, 2019 Northern Finance Association Conference, 2019 Financial Management Association Annual Meeting, 2019 Financial Management Association European Conference, 2019 Eastern Economic Association Annual Meeting, 2019 Fordham Annual Global PhD Colloquium, Baruch College, Syracuse University, Florida State University, and Concordia University. All remaining errors are our responsibility. Linda Allen acknowledges summer support from the Bert Wasserman fund.

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