bank to restructure the borrower's firm in the case of distress, thepossibility to appropriate private benefits from …

, thus relying on real information used in the process of bank credit decision-making. In particular,risk assessment is … derived from bank internal borrower ratings and a new proxy for identifying relationshiplending is used. Furthermore, our data … strengthening the bank’s bargaining power in future renegotiations.This interpretation is strongly supported by our analysis of bank …

bank served as the main bank. However, affiliation with a main bank - proxied by firm-bank loan and shareholding ties … bank ties are less profitable... …

The rate of growth in bank loans to private households and firms in Germany hasdeclined substantially since early 2000 … results suggest that the slowdown in bank loan expansionis largely driven by a decline in the demand for loans. This result is …

gewinnorientierten Banken und beträchtliche Unterschiede zwischen den Bank- und Finanzsystemen verschiedener Länder. Methodisch geht der … develops an informal model of the relationships between (1) external developments, (2) bank strategies and the structure of the …