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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 July 2022
This paper provides the first evidence of positive bank-to-bank spillovers. I show that geographic linkages between banks that engage in home lending in the same geographic region transmit positive shocks from one bank to another. I exploit shocks to the deposit base of banks located in counties experiencing shale oil booms and show that a nonshocked bank in a nonboom county expands lending more if its linkages have greater exposure to shale booms. Results show that the shock exposure of linkages has a positive impact on home prices of nonboom counties, and nonshocked banks located therein respond with increased lending.
I thank the anonymous referee, Jarrad Harford (the editor), Laura Lindsey, and Robert Prilmeier for helpful discussions and comments on this paper. I also thank the participants and discussants (Noam Tanner, Ahmet Tuncez, and Efing Matthias) at the 2021 Financial Management Association annual meeting, the 2021 European Financial Management Association Annual Meeting, the 2021 Paris December Finance Meeting, and the finance seminar at University of Delaware.