We analyze the relationship between asset price bubbles and systemic risk, using bank-level data covering almost thirty … differs strongly across banks and bubble episodes. It depends on bank characteristics (especially bank size) and bubble … median for banks with unfavorable characteristics. These results emphasize the importance of bank-level factors for the build …

shocks. We show that firms whose debt" had a higher fraction of bank loans in 1989 performed worse from 1990 to 1993. This … affect performance during this period of time. We find that firms that were more" bank-dependent also invested less during … this period than other firms. This evidence points to an" adverse effect of bank-centered corporate governance, namely that …