debt levels are well above the EU average, and corporate debt levels are also high, although bank credit to firms has been …

credit growth experienced by these countries. We find that, on average, both bank capitalization and lending activities in …

significant bank consolidation has been taking place in these countries, reflected in a sharp decline in the number of banks, this …

evidence of standardized versus relationship lending methods in both total bank credit as well as credit emanating from the … finds relationship lending inherent within the primary bank, whereas competing bank sources employ standardized lending …Using the 1998 Survey of Small Business Finances and banking data to produce a bank-firm match, the author tests for …