We classify a large sample of banks according to the geographic diversification of their international syndicated loan … source of funding, while foreign banks with little diversification are the most fickle. Our findings suggest that the decline …

question, we identify the compositional changes in banks' supply of credit using the variation in their holdings of residential …

After the inception of the euro, the real economy in most member countries remained dependent on credit by domestic … a result, domestic banks reduced lending which led to large declines in output in sectors with many small (bank …

the results depend on factors such as the severity of a credit crisis, the strength of the firm-bank relationship and the …In deciding whether to roll over a loan, a relationship bank that has imperfect private information about its borrowers … relationship bank if the firm is unable to find alternative lenders. This paper explores the differential effects of this trade …

. We find credit spreads to be negatively related to market size in small markets and positively related in large financial …

This paper builds a dataset on bank ownership that covers more than 6,500 banks in 181 countries (59 low … reversed these trends. At the country level, the relationship between bank ownership and each of GDP growth and financial depth …. Bank-level regressions show that state-owned banks are less profitable and have a higher share of non-performing loans than …

that excessive credit growth, credit cycles, and bank failures are phenomena related to distinct patterns of banks …

Japanese banking crisis. By leveraging a unique dataset merging firm-level financial statements and bank balance sheets, the … high-productivity firms for investment and productivity enhancement, the latter suggests credit misallocation towards …

Using a unique dataset, which combines bank organizational variables, information on lending techniques, firms' credit … demand and others balance sheet indicators, we investigate the impact of lending organization on credit dynamics during the … crisis period. Our main findings suggest that the variables shaping the organization of a bank in its lending activity to non …