A Theoretical Analysis of Credit Crowding

This paper defines the phenomenon of lending concentration and over-borrowing as credit crowding, which contrast th the credit rationing and also put emphasis on the reasons of this situation.This phenomenon is getting worse as the progress of the financial reform in China.Extreme averseness to short-term risk,preference for short-term profit,and the limitation of lending interest rate easily cause bank to over-lend in low risk credit market.Soft budget and the attention to maintain good relationship with bank is the main reason of overborrowing for corporations.The same model in banks' management reinforces so-called herd behavior,so lending concentration is not avoidable.The credit crowding causes the improper of the credit distribution that jeopardizes the efficiency of credit resources.