-Shwari in Kenya. While 34% of those eligible for a loan take it, the loan does not substitute for other credit. The loans …

, altering incentives to conserve natural resources. Using longitudinal data from household surveys in western Kenya, we estimate …

single-name counterparty exposure risk in bank portfolios by applying a new empirical approach on an administrative matched … bank-firm dataset from Norway. Exploiting the fat tail properties of the loan share distribution we use a Gabaix and Koijen …

sectors because of default risk. An adverse domestic shock increases the likelihood of default, limits capital inflows, and …

We study the corporate-loan pricing decisions of a major Greek bank during the Greek financial crisis. A unique aspect … of our dataset is that we observe both the interest rate and the "breakeven rate" of each loan, as computed by the bank …

. Finally, for Europe we assess the relative importance of cross-border bank spillovers as compared to domestic bank spillovers …

This paper examines the use of credit derivatives by US bank holding companies from 1999 to 2003 with assets in excess … of one billion dollars. Using the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Bank Holding Company Database, we find that in 2003 … represent on average two thirds of the assets of bank holding companies with assets in excess of $1 billion. Few banks are net …