Shadow bank, risk-taking, and real estate financing: evidence from the online loan market

Deng, X. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4896-6333, Liu, C. and Ong, S. E. (2023) Shadow bank, risk-taking, and real estate financing: evidence from the online loan market. Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics. ISSN 1573-045X doi: 10.1007/s11146-022-09936-7

Abstract/Summary

This paper examines whether and how individual risk-taking behavior affects real estate financing through shadow banks. Using the loan data from an online platform in China, we show that riskier households tend to employ online loans to meet the increasing down-payment in their home purchase. Individual investors are likely to fund riskier real estate loans with higher expected returns. Real estate loans experience higher ex-post default rates than other types of loans. The effect is more pro-nounced during the period of credit constraints.

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Divisions	No Reading authors. Back catalogue items Henley Business School > Real Estate and Planning
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