greener economic activities. However, this transition entails a dilemma for banks: entry of innovative and green firms in … polluting industries risks devaluating legacy positions held with incumbent clients. As a result, banks exposed to such losses … may be reluctant to finance innovation aiming to reduce polluting activities such as green house gas emissions. In this …

We employ a unique data set containing bank-specific information to explore how foreign bank entry determines credit … allocation in emerging markets. We investigate the impact of the mode of foreign entry (greenfield or takeover) on banks … with the portfolio composition hypothesis, showing that borrower informational capture determines bank credit allocation.m …

-up firms over the period 2007-2009, we find that high-tech startups are less likely to use bank finance and face more … difficulties in raising bank finance than low-tech start-ups. We find that external credit scores do affect the availability of … credit for start-up firms, but that banks rely less on external rating information in their decision making for high …

-up firms over the period 2007-2009, we find that high-tech startups are less likely to use bank finance and face more … difficulties in raising bank finance than low-tech start-ups. We find that external credit scores do affect the availability of … credit for start-up firms, but that banks rely less on external rating information in their decision making for high …

the impact of bank size. -- Innovation ; Start-up ; Credit information sharing ; Soft information …-up firms over the period 2007-2009, we find that high-tech startups are less likely to use bank finance and face more … difficulties in raising bank finance than low-tech start-ups. We find that external credit scores do affect the availability of …