Using confidential regulatory firm-bank-loan level data from the U.S., we document four new facts about the credit … market. First, private SMEs typically utilize all available bank credit which comprises their entire balance sheet debt …, compared to large listed firms who can switch between corporate bonds and drawing from credit lines. Second, SMEs borrow …

order to escape the current combination of liquidity trap and credit crunch. It shortly discusses reasons for this measure …. -- Financial crisis ; monetary policy ; liquidity trap ; credit crunch ; asset markets …

bank lending associated with changes in monetary policy and industryspecific bank credit demand. To this end, we estimate … that industry-specific bank lending growth predominantly responds to changes in industry-specific bank credit demand rather … lending. Because industries are a prominent source of variation in the bank lending effects of bank credit demand and monetary …