Systemically Important Banks and Loan Performance: Evidence from India

The authors thank Professor Jan Bouwens, an anonymous associate editor, and two anonymous referees for constructive feedback; Anjan Thakor (discussant), Hari Ramasubramanian (discussant), Indraneel Chakraborty (discussant), Philip Strahan, Ran Duchin, Nadya Malenko, Andrey Malenko, Amiyatosh Purnanandam, Angela Ma, and participants at the 2025 FDIC Annual Bank Research Conference, the 2023 Financial Markets and Corporate Governance conference, the 2022 ISB Accounting Research Conference, 2026 Southwest Finance Association Conference, 2026 Midwest Finance Association, and the 2022 India Finance Conference for valuable comments and feedback; the Center for Analytical Finance, Indian School of Business for providing the data and necessary institutional support for the project; and the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, Rochester Institute of Technology, and Seidner Department of Finance at the Carroll School of Management for providing institutional support.