Do risk attitude and trust moderate bank managers' risk perceptions in lending to micro, small, medium enterprises?
ISSN: 0307-4358
Article publication date: 29 December 2021
Issue publication date: 15 February 2022
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this research is to study the antecedents of risk perceptions of bank managers towards micro, small, medium enterprise (MSME) lending, in the situation of information asymmetry, where cognitive factors assume significance over organisational norms of lending.
Design/methodology/approach
This study proposed and tested a conceptual model based on the factors identified from literature review and exploratory and quantitative study. Multinomial logistic regression technique is used for quantitative analysis.
Findings
The research postulates that information asymmetry, risk attitude, perceived trust and organizational norms have a significant relationship with branch managers' perceived risk in lending to MSMEs. The research emphasized that the risk attitude of managers and perceived trust moderate the relationship between information asymmetry and perceived risk. The findings and discussions enrich the knowledge about the alleviators of constraints to MSME funding in developing nations despite information asymmetry.
Originality/value
Authors have given holistic view on the risk perception in the financial decision-making process of bank lending. The research highlights the importance of cognitive factors in decreasing the negative impact of information asymmetry on risk perception.
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Citation
Talaulikar, H., Hegde Desai, P. and Borde, N. (2022), "Do risk attitude and trust moderate bank managers' risk perceptions in lending to micro, small, medium enterprises?", Managerial Finance, Vol. 48 No. 3, pp. 451-469. https://doi.org/10.1108/MF-06-2021-0294
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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