We estimate the causal effect of emergency credit on households' finances after a negative shock. To do so, we link … a federally-declared natural disaster, to a panel of credit records before and after the shock. We exploit a … approved. Using an instrumented difference-in-differences research design, we find that credit provision at the time of a shock …

Small and medium-sized firms typically obtain capital via bank financing. They often rely on a mixture of relationship … show that the incidence of inefficient credit termination and subsequent firm liquidation is contingent on the borrower …'s quality and on the relationship bank's information precision. Generally, heterogeneous multiple banking leads to fewer …