crisis. Against this background, in the present paper we contribute to the existing literature in a twofold way: First, by …

to the 2008 crisis and to determine whether the ex-ante differences in corporate financial structure had an impact on the … severity of the 2008 financial crisis in European countries. The analysis confirms a negative relationship between the … corporate debt ratio prior to the crisis and crisis-induced contractions in corporate investment and GDP. The results indicate a …

profitability in Singapore and Hong Kong before, during and after the global financial crisis. This paper uses the two-step system … global financial crisis than Singapore firms. Our study provides insights into the relationship between firm-specific factors …

Using Swedish bank lending data, investment data and accounting data, I examine how the financial crisis affected …

The recent crisis highlighted the importance of globally active banks in linking markets. One channel for this linkage …