of firms partially offset reduced credit supply by resorting to alternative financing sources …

Relationship lending is a common practice in credit financing all over the world, particularly in Germany. On the basis …

lending can be explained by a shift in credit towards both export-intensive firms and small banks without foreign asset … exposure that have a higher share of exporting firms in their credit portfolio. We also find that German regions where these …

availability of credit to small businesses which has been further fueled by empirical studies that partly confirm a reduction in …