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Foreign bank lending and information asymmetries in China : empirical evidence from the syndicated loan market

Pessarossi, Pierre; Godlewski, Christophe J.; Weill, Laurent - In: Journal of Asian economics 23 (2012) 4, pp. 423-433

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Bank efficiency and access to credit : international evidence

Osei-Tutu, Francis; Weill, Laurent - In: Economic systems 46 (2022) 3, pp. 1-21

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Political cycles and bank lending in Russia

Fungáčová, Zuzana; Schoors, Koen; Solanko, Laura; … - 2020

State-owned banks tend to increase lending before elections for the purpose of boosting the re-election odds of incumbent politicians. We employ monthly data on individual banks to study whether Russian banks increased their lending before presidential elections during 2004-2019, a period...

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European banks are not immune to national elections

Fungáčová, Zuzana; Kerola, Eeva; Weill, Laurent - 2024

We investigate whether European banks adjust their loan prices and volumes of new lending in the months running up to major national elections. Using a unique dataset that draws on data covering some 250 banksin 19 Eurozone countries from 2010 to 2020 at monthly frequency, and that includes...

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Asymmetric information and loan spreads in Russia: evidence from syndicated loans

Fungáčová, Zuzana; Godlewski, Christophe J.; Weill, … - 2009

This paper considers whether local bank participation exerts an impact on the spreads for syndicated loans in Russia … variables including information on local bank participation and the characteristics of loans and borrowers. Unlike earlier … local presence may influence a foreign bank's monitoring ability and access to information about borrowers. We observe no …