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 …

resultant credit restriction by turning to other banks. Importantly the bank-lending channel is notably stronger when we account …

. Macroeconomic factors also play a large role explaining the impact of securitization activity on bank lending standards: banks more …

. Macroeconomic factors also play a large role explaining the impact of securitization activity on bank lending standards: banks more … from all major trustees. - Securitization ; bank risk taking ; syndicated loans ; financial crisis …

resultant credit restriction by turning to other banks. Importantly the bank-lending channel is notably stronger when we account …

-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 …

bank-firm level credit data, we show that banks reallocate credit within their loan portfolio in at least three different …

bank credit conditions for issuer firms, both at the firm-bank and firm level. We compare new loans granted to issuer firms … bank loans of the same maturity than non-issuer firms, suggesting an improvement in their bargaining power with banks. In … addition, issuer firms reduce the amount of used bank credit but increase the overall amount of available external funds …