recent firm level database. We pay particular attention to the impact of domestic access to finance. Our results show that … engage in own R&D or if they have good access to domestic finance. However, access to finance only plays a role for private … little significance for SOEs and is also independent of their access to finance. By contrast, it is an important channel …

public financing to firms via the banking system. The effect of public incentives depends on the availability of financial …

finance than their male counterparts. According to statistical evidence, female firms have difficulty in accessing bank … finance: on the demand side, they apply for bank loans less frequently, as they more often anticipate a rejection; on the …

is greater a) in banks belonging to the major banking groups, with larger and younger boards; and b) in banks that are …

, thus lowering pricing effectiveness. The main finding is that larger banking groups were more affected by the sudden …

means that, surprisingly, the association between stock prices and spreads of the banking sector does not seem to surge in …