This paper analyses the influence of large bank shareholders on the terms of bank loans for a sample of 12,045 loans to 3,290 borrowers from 45 countries over the period 2004-2013. We investigate the effects of bank control over the bank loans terms during the crisis, whether the bank...

This paper shows the relevance of the financial crisis on firm- and country-level determinants on debt maturity structure for 39 countries during the period 1995-2012. Corporate debt maturity declined during the financial crisis. However, the financial crisis had a positive effect on the...