that well-functioning credit markets would reflect a bank channel for monetary policy at work, we test whether a change in … and the associated change in interest rate does not affect change in bank credit, change in total debt and the proportion … of bank credit in total debt for any of the firms. We discuss the policy implications of the findings. …

-reported health and mental health in Greece. The specifications suggest that unemployment results in lower health and the … periods of high unemployment, suggesting that the unemployment crisis in Greece is more devastating as it concerns more people …. Greece has been more deeply affected by the financial crisis than any other EU country, and this study contributes by …

This paper examines a much overlooked link between credit markets and formalization: since access to bank credit … bank credit is more widely available at lower cost; if so, well-functioning credit markets help foster formal employment at …

exploit two shocks to Italian bank CDS spreads and equity valuations: the 2007-2009 financial crisis and the 2010 …-2012 sovereign debt crisis. Using newly available data linking over 3,000, mostly privately-held, non-financial firms to their bank …

Bank of India in collaboration with State Governments. …

This paper takes advantage of access to detailed matched bank-firm data to investigate whether and how employment …