are more likely to enter foreign markets by means of foreign direct investment. We combine detailed proprietary bank …-level data on the international activities of all German banks with publicly available bank micro data from possible destination …

are more likely to enter foreign markets by means of foreign direct investment. We combine detailed proprietary bank …-level data on the international activities of all German banks with publicly available bank micro data from possible destination …

We study whether government subsidies can stimulate bank funding of marginal investment projects and the associated … can use it as an exogenous shock to identify bank responses. On average, firm subsidies do not affect bank lending, but … reduce banks’ distance to default. Average effects conflate important bank-level heterogeneity though. Conditional on various …

study whether government subsidies to firms affect the quantity and quality of bank lending. We combine the universe of … modalities of GRW subsidies to firms are determined at the EU level. Therefore, we use it to identify bank outcomes. Banks with … relationships to more subsidized firms exhibit higher lending volumes without any significant differences in bank stability …

whether government subsidies to firms affect quantity and quality of bank lending. We combine recipient firms under the … to firms are determined at the EU level. Therefore, we use it to identify bank outcomes. Banks with relationships to more … subsidized firms exhibit higher lending volumes without any significant differences in bank stability. Subsidized firms, in turn …

sovereign debt exposures and the implications of sovereign exposures for bank risk. Our main findings are as follows. First … impact of sovereign bond holdings on bank risk. This result could indicate the widespread absence of marking-to-market for …

The World Financial Crisis has shaken the fundamentals of international banking and triggered a downward spiral of …