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 … strong determinants of credit rejections, in the crisis period bank weakness made it harder to obtain external finance for …

. Moreover, we find evidence that bank-specific characteristics were more important determinants of credit growth than ownership …In this study, we reassess the links between commercial bank ownership and lending growth during the 1996-2019 period … credit growth during a home banking crisis, while foreign private-owned banks increase lending in the host countries …

significance. Our results do not point to a major role of newly introduced bank levies in explaining cross-border banking …

We show that a reduction in lender of last resort (LOLR) policy uncertainty posi-tively affects bank lending and … privatemarket and central bank security valuations - plays a key role in the propagation ofthe shock to lending and the real economy. …

Bank market power, both in the loan and deposit market, has important implications for credit provision and for … offer demandable contracts. This structure allows us to review the literature on the role of market power for credit … identifies relevant channels that deserve further analysis, especially given the rising importance of bank market power for …

strategy for a comparable sample of banks. We find that banks participating in the stress tests reallocate credit away from …

This paper provides insights into the determinants of currency choice in cross-border bank lending, such as bilateral …-border bank lending in US dollars, and particularly in euro, is highly concentrated in a small number of countries. The UK is … particular, lending to non-bank financial intermediaries in the Cayman Islands, possibly as a result of regulatory and tax …

Loan guarantees represent a form of government intervention to support bank lending. However, their use raises concerns … as to their effect on bank risk-taking incentives. In a model of financial fragility that incorporates bank capital and a … bank incentive problem, we show that loan guarantees reduce depositor runs and improve bank underwriting standards, except …