Strong lending relationships between banks and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) play a key role in the bank-based financial system of Germany. So far, they have been mainly described by the notion of a housebank and transactional features of long-term bank-customer relationships. In...

Strong lending relationships between banks and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) play a key role in the bank-based financial system of Germany. So far, they have been mainly described by the notion of an housebank and transactional features of long-term bank-customer relationships. The...

Der folgende Beitrag stellt erste Ergebnisse einer schriftlichen Umfrage vor, die im Frühjahr 2002 deutschlandweit zum Thema Bankbeziehungen von Freiberuflern durchgeführt wurde. Ziel der Umfrage war es, die Entscheidungen von Freiberuflern bezüglich ihrer Bankbeziehungen zu untersuchen....

Germany's bank-based financial system provides a high level of financial inclusion, measured by bank outreach and use of financial services. However, the most vulnerable individuals and small enterprises in Germany tend to be excluded or credit constrained. The quality of financial inclusion is...