The paper examines the bank lending activities of banks in a low interest rate environment. External financing of small …- and medium-sized enterprises in the euro area primarily takes place via bank loans and not through capital markets. Based … on the Bankscope database, bank balance sheet data is utilized. Control variables are included, such as for the system of …

This paper examines how bank competition influences the bank lending channel in the Euro area countries. Using a large … policy actions depending on the degree of bank competition. We find that the effect of monetary policy on bank lending is … dependent on bank competition: the transmission of monetary policy through the bank lending channel is less pronounced for banks …

inter-bank borrowing has gradually been replaced by collateralised central bank lending. This has in turn affected … collateral availability and the need for high-quality assets. The European Central Bank has reacted to this development by … accept bank loans as collateral). In the context of these developments, this article assesses and comments on various aspects …

preserve the integrity of the single currency. This has challenged the current framework of the Monetary Dialogue exercise …