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We show that performance-sensitive debt (PSD) is used to reduce hold-up problems in repeated lending relationships. Using a large sample of bank loans, we find a more frequent use of PSD if hold-up is more likely, e.g. if a longterm lending relationship exists and the borrower has fewer outside...
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bargaining power in default, operating in more competitive product markets, and facing lower credit supply are more likely to …
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that well-functioning credit markets would reflect a bank channel for monetary policy at work, we test whether a change in … and the associated change in interest rate does not affect change in bank credit, change in total debt and the proportion … of bank credit in total debt for any of the firms. We discuss the policy implications of the findings. …
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The aim of this paper is to empirically investigate the determinants of creditor concentration in the use of bank loans by firms in a European cross-country framework. We analyze the influence of loan and borrower characteristics but also banking market structure and legal enforcement variables...
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) in 2011. We find that US firms experience a reduction in credit lines but not in term loans from EU banks. In addition …, US firms are able to compensate for the reduction in credit lines from EU banks by securing liquidity facilities from US …
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In this paper we aim to find out whether bank specialization and bank capitalization affect the relationship between bank loan growth and bank capital ratio, both in expansions and in contractions. We hypothesize that the impact of bank capital on lending is relatively strong in cooperative...
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private firms. During the credit boom in 2009 and 2010, the large and state-owned firms increase leverage ratios by 2.26% and …
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leverage on GDP, credit and the interest rate spread. Increasing capital requirements for banks should therefore have no strong …
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find that: bond finance dampens the overall response of firm credit to monetary policy shocks in economies with a high …
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