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The Impact of the Small Business Lending Fund on Community Bank Lending to Small Businesses

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Following the financial crisis, total outstanding loans to businesses by commercial banks dropped off substantially. Large loans outstanding began to rebound by the third quarter of 2010 and essentially returned to their previous growth trajectory while small loans outstanding continued to decline. Furthermore, much of the drop in small business loans outstanding was evident at community banks. To address this perceived lack of supply of credit to small businesses, the Small Business Lending Fund (SBLF) was created as part of the 2010 Small Business Jobs Act. The fund was intended to provide community banks with low-cost funding that they could then lend to their small business customers. As of December 31, 2013, the U.S. Department of the Treasury reports that SBLF participants had increased their small business lending by $12.5 billion over their baseline numbers. The current paper uses Call Report data from community banks an d thrift institutions to look at the impact of receiving funds from SBLF on their small business lending. The analysis controls for economic and demographic conditions, market structure and competition. Simple regression estimates indicate that participants in the SBLF program increased their small business lending by about 10 percent more than their non-participating counterparts, in line with numbers reported by Treasury. However, estimates that control for the ongoing growth path in small business lending indicate no statistically significant impact of SBLF participation on small business lending.

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  • Dean F. Amel & Traci L. Mach, 2014. "The Impact of the Small Business Lending Fund on Community Bank Lending to Small Businesses," Finance and Economics Discussion Series 2014-111, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.).
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    1. Eliana Balla & Robert E. Carpenter & Breck L. Robinson, 2017. "The other capital infusion program: The case of the Small Business Lending Fund," Review of Financial Economics, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 34(1), pages 99-108, September.
    2. Balla, Eliana & Carpenter, Robert E. & Robinson, Breck L., 2017. "The other capital infusion program: The case of the Small Business Lending Fund," Review of Financial Economics, Elsevier, vol. 34(C), pages 99-108.

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