bank loans to U.S. firms over the period of 1980- 2003. We find that investors react positively to such announcements if …’s headquarters state. Investor reaction is, in fact, the largest when the bank is foreign. Our evidence suggest that investors value … bank identities and reputation seem to matter a great deal. …

Zulassung von Universalbanken die Banken-, Finanzmarkt-, Schulden- und Konjunkturkrisen sowohl in den USA wie im Euroraum mit …

markets in bank holding companies to isolate plausibly exogenous variation in the financial constraints faced by subsidiary … banks. In particular, I demonstrate that affiliated bank loan growth is less sensitive to changes in the federal funds rate …