As the euro area has a predominantly bank-based financial system, changes in the composition and strength of banks … crisis, in a context of financial market stress and weak bank balance sheets, unconventional monetary policy measures have … non-standard measures were successful in stimulating lending and which bank business models were more strongly affected …

We investigate bank loans' specialness with a particular focus on the recent boom and bust cycle. We perform an … January 2000 and December 2009. We find a significant and negative reaction to bank loan announcements which is mostly driven … by loan provided during the crisis period. We also document significant changes in bank behavior over the boom and bust …

)coordinated banks and their borrowers, bank strategic (re)actions when they draw their loan contracts and the impact of macroeconomic …