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Formal enforcement actions issued against banks for violations of laws and regulations related to safety and soundness can theoretically have both positive and negative effects on the terms of lending. Using data on such enforcement actions issued against U.S. banks, we show that they have a...
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that forces banks to lower their cost of credit, irrespective of other changes in their business models after the …
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improves after receiving credit from lobbying banks. This especially holds for opaque borrowers, about which the lending bank … possesses valuable information, as well as for borrowers with strong standards of corporate governance. We also find that credit …
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Formal enforcement actions issued against banks for violations of laws and regulations related to safety and soundness can theoretically have both positive and negative effects on the terms of lending. Using hand-collected data on such enforcement actions issued against U.S. banks, we show that...
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that forces banks to lower their cost of credit, irrespective of other changes in their business models after the …
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We investigate the effects of credit ratings-contingent financial regulation on foreign bank lending behavior. We … examine the sensitivity of international bank flows to debtor countries' sovereign credit rating changes before and after the … systems to 77 recipient countries over the period Q4:1999 to Q2:2013. We find direct evidence that sovereign credit re …
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​We investigate the effects of credit ratings-contingent financial regulation on foreign bank lending behavior. We … examine the sensitivity of international bank flows to debtor countries' sovereign credit rating changes before and after the … systems to 77 recipient countries over the period Q4:1999 to Q2:2013. We find direct evidence that sovereign credit re …
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In this paper, by employing a novel approach, we study the relationship between bank type and small-business lending in a post-transition country. Using a unique dataset on bank branches and firm-level data, we find that local cooperative banks lend more to small businesses than do large...
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Do prior lending relationships result in pass-through savings (lower interest rates) for borrowers, or do they lock in higher costs for borrowers? Theoretical models suggest that when borrowers experience greater information asymmetry, higher switching costs, and limited access to capital...
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