value and aggregate economic activity. We investigate whether and how bank governance, especially private vs. non …-private bank ownership, affects financial constraints of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). We focus on SMEs because they … are more opaque, bank-dependent and riskier than large firms. Given the significant differences between private and non …

. Firstly, we find out which factors are statisticallysignificant and relevant to a bank’s selling price. Secondly, a least …

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

Using a unique bank-level dataset on the Ugandan banking system over theperiod 1999 to 2005, we explore the factors … banking efficiency. Similarly, macroeconomic variables canexplain little of the over-time variation in bank spreads. Bank …-level characteristics, onthe other hand, such as bank size, operating costs, and composition of loan portfolio,explain a large proportion of …

Bank intermediated finance has been cited frequently as the preferred means for channeling funds from savers to firms … assertions about the considerable power of German banks and the advantages of a bank relation, empirical support is mixed. With a … unique dataset and a focus on the fragility/sturdiness of inferences, this paper evaluates German bank influence in terms of …