credit risk. Using bank-level data for a sample of 221 banks from 33 countries over the period 2000-15, we find a non …-linear or U-shaped relationship between bank competition (measured by the Lerner Index) and credit risk. In other words …, increased bank competition has the potential to lower credit risk via efficiency gains (lower credit cost, operational gains …

We provide evidence that a weak banking sector has contributed to low productivity growth following the European … natural experiment to study the effects of reduced bank capital adequacy on productivity. Affected banks respond not only by … cutting back on lending but also by reallocating credit to firms in financial distress with prior underreported loan loss …

' productivity. This effect is larger for those firms with access to bank credit and investment opportunities than for firms that …. The relevant parameters indicating a positive effect of bank credit to productivity are consistent between estimation …Based on a survey of Mexican firms, this paper provides evidence of the positive effect of bank credit on firms …

Purpose - This paper investigates the impact of bank credit on agricultural productivity in the Central African …/methodology/approach - Agricultural value added (AGRVA) to the gross domestic product (GDP) proxies agricultural productivity while domestic credit to the … bottlenecks undermining credit flow to the private sector in mutualism with agricultural productivity. Social implications - The …