1 Introduction -- 2 Theory and Hypotheses: The Effects of Using Soft Information on a Lender’s Performance, Specifically in Interbank Competition -- 3 Survey Data from Japanese Regional Banks and Using Soft Information in Lending Decisions -- 4 The Influence of Using Soft Information on Lender...

Our research examines the impact of dwindling community bank numbers on community investment and economic development. Initially, we confirm the vital role of community banks' small business lending in local development. Contrary to popular belief, we find that a decrease in community banks...

The impact of U.S. bank loan announcements on the stock prices of the corporate borrowers has been decreasing during the two last decades with estimated two-day cumulative abnormal returns slipping from almost 200 basis points in the beginning of the 1980s to close to zero by the turn of the...