these firms' future financial performance? (2) Does this predictability vary across different stages of the credit cycle … relationship is primarily present in the expansionary stages of the credit cycle. This suggests that a firm's current bank lender … applicants. The finding that this primarily occurs in credit cycle expansions is consistent with theory models that predict that …

. Banks that were subject to regulatory stress tests responded by significantly reducing their out-of-market lending. Credit …

business lending during the global financial crisis. The decline in business credit was driven by increased risk overhang … elasticities suggestive of credit rationing (consistent with an increase in lender risk aversion). Nevertheless, we identify a …

Do policies that promote credit access have an impact on targeted borrowers? To address this question, we develop a … to an improvement in the credit score of small businesses. However, the effect vanishes in markets with high demand …-adjusted bank competition, due to weaker bank incentives for information production. In order to improve credit allocation across …

This study addresses the relationship between product innovation and the demand and supply of trade credit. Theoretical … credit demand and supply. Using a sample covering SMEs from 24 European countries this relationship is tested empirically … of trade credit for SMEs. Innovative firms have a higher probability to face credit constraints and therefore have a …

of these enterprises is their difficulty in accessing finance from banks and other financial institutions. The Credit … is a credit guarantee program initiated by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas that enables enterprises and cooperatives to …

We develop a model of bank lending that allows for credit rationing in equilibrium. Recognizing that small firms incur … a higher percentage cost of monitoring than large firms, the model shows that the incidence of bank credit rationing … consistent with a pattern of a differentially greater degree of rationing of credit to small borrowers during the Great Recession …

these fi rms' future fi nancial performance? (2) Does this predictability vary across different stages of the credit cycle … relationship is primarily present in the expansionary stages of the credit cycle. This suggests that a fi rm's current bank lender … applicants. The fi nding that this primarily occurs in credit cycle expansions is consistent with theory models that predict that …