. However, theory does not tell us a lot about the economic rationale for relationship lending in the context of multiple bank …, small, and innovative firms) have a multitude of bank lenders, where one may be special in the sense of relationship lending … financing. To fill this gap, we analyze the optimal debt structure in a model that allows for multiple but asymmetric bank …

Why do banks remain passive? In a model of bank-firm relationship we study the trade-off a bank faces when having … defaulting firms declared bankrupt. First, the bank receives a payoff if a firm is liquidated. Second, it provides information … about a firm's type to its competitors. Thereby, asymmetric information between banks is reduced and bank competition …

We propose a dynamic bank theory with a delayed loss recognition mechanism and a regulatory capital constraint at its … core. The estimated model matches four facts about banks’ Tobin’s Q that summarize bank leverage dynamics. (1) Book and … market equity values diverge, especially during crises; (2) Tobin’s Q predicts future bank profitability; (3) neither book …

conditions, credit default and bank capitalization for the transmission of macroeconomic shocks. We fit the model to euro area … empirical literature, i.e. the pro-cyclicality of bank profitability and the counter-cyclical response of firm default rates and …

systemically important financial institutions. We propose a bank default risk model, in the vein of the classic Merton-type, which …