fact, the largest when the bank is foreign. Our evidence suggest that investors value relationships with more competitive … applicable also to the European markets where regulatory and economic borders do not coincide and bank identities and reputation … seem to matter a great deal. -- Relationship banking ; bank organization ; bank origin ; loan announcement return …

This paper analyzes the effects of bank mergers on bank-firm relationships. Using matched bank-firm level data, I find … positive effects of mergers for borrowers that continue the lending relationship with the consolidated bank. On average …

We analyze the impact of efficiency on bank risk. We also consider whether bank capital has an effect on this … supporting the bad management and efficiency version of the moral hazard hypotheses. In contrast, bank efficiency improvements … contribute to shore up bank capital levels. Our findings suggest that banks lagging behind in their efficiency levels might …

-oriented regime for merger control increases banks' stock prices, whereas it decreases those of non-financial firms. Moreover, bank … merger targets become more profitable and larger. A major determinant of the positive bank returns, after controlling inter … alia for the general quality of institutions and individual bank characteristics, is the opaqueness that characterizes the …

relationship with their savings bank prior to applying for a loan, default significantly less than customers with no prior …