This paper uses a unique dataset where credit rejections experienced by euro area firms are matched with firm and bank … characteristics. This allows us to study simultaneously the role that bank and firm weakness had in the credit reduction observed in … the euro area during the sovereign debt crisis, and in credit developments characterising the post-crisis recovery …

when banks do not, their own stress can trigger a contractionary credit supply effect for firms. …

of sticky bank-firm relationships, estimate its structural parameters in euro area credit register data, and infer …

Do borrowers demand less credit from banks with weak balance sheet positions? To answer this question we use novel bank … conventional monetary policy shock, bank balance sheet strength influences not only credit supply but also credit demand. The … resilience of lenders plays an important role for firms when selecting whom to borrow from. We also assess the impact on credit …

credit growth is used to capture cyclical exuberance and calibrate buffer requirements, it depends on potentially … heterogeneous dynamics on the borrower and lender sides. By decomposing credit growth into a common component and components … capturing heterogeneity in supply and demand à la Amiti and Weinstein, 2018 applied on the euro area credit register ("AnaCredit …

find that: bond finance dampens the overall response of firm credit to monetary policy shocks in economies with a high …

We show that FinTech lending affects credit markets and real economic activity using a unique data set of a Peer … businesses who already have access to bank credit. Firms use FinTech to obtain long-term unsecured loans and reduce their …