It is well recognized that relationship banking helps to relieve the credit constraints faced by SMEs to access bank … social capital factors, and the styleof the bank-borrowerrelationship. Along with bank, firm, and market factors, trust …

and reduce the degree of credit rationing. In general, we find that a relationship with a bank that is more involved in … a firm's main bank aggravates these firm's credit rationing in crisis periods …

rationing. In general, we find that a relationship with a bank being more involved in securitization activities relaxes credit … credit rationing in normal periods, the issuance of MBS by a firm's main bank aggravates these firm's credit rationing in …

Banks have been heavily involved in securitization. We study whether the involvedness of a firm's main bank into … and during the 2007-8 financial crisis. Both types of securitization allow the bank to generate liquidity. To the extent … rationing, we find that a longer relationship with a firm's main bank considerable improve credit supply. In general, we find …

functioning of the interbank market in uncertain times. We show that bank couples with a stronger relationship (i.e., more …

Banks have been heavily involved in securitization. We study whether the involvedness of a firm's main bank into … and during the 2007-8 financial crisis. Both types of securitization allow the bank to generate liquidity. To the extent … rationing, we find that a longer relationship with a firm's main bank considerable improve credit supply. In general, we find …