Disclosure Regulation in the Commercial Banking Industry: Lessons from the National Banking Era

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Granja, Joao
• 署名单位: University of Chicago
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF ACCOUNTING RESEARCH
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0021-8456
• DOI: 10.1111/1475-679X.12193
• 发表日期: 2018
• 页码: 173-216
• 关键词: financial development; UNITED-STATES; INFORMATION; credit; RISK; Clearinghouses; deregulation; COMPETITION; ECONOMICS; POLITICS

摘要

I exploit variation in the adoption of disclosure and supervisory regulation across U.S. states to examine their impact on the development and stability of commercial banks. The empirical results suggest that the adoption of state-level requirements to report financial statements in local newspapers is associated with greater stability and development of commercial banks. I also examine which political constituencies influence the adoption of disclosure and supervisory regulation. I find that powerful landowners and small private banks are associated with late adoption of these regulations. These findings suggest that incumbent groups oppose disclosure rules because the passage of such rules threatens their private interests.