businesses compared to prior to the merger or compared to the contemporaneous lending by non-merging banks. We investigate the … merger related effects on small business lending in Germany from a bank-level perspective. Furthermore, we estimate small …

-relationship borrowers who "switch" to another bank following a merger will be less harmed than those whose relationship is "dropped" and not … to be dropped. We track post-merger performance and show that many dropped target-bank borrowers are harmed by the merger …

-relationship borrowers who "switch" to another bank following a merger will be less harmed than those whose relationship is "dropped" and not … to be dropped. We track post-merger performance and show that many dropped target-bank borrowers are harmed by the merger …

complexity upon a merger, rather than a post-merger cost-cut, is likely to cause a negative and significant impact on soft …

results indicate that, relative to counties where the acquirer had operations before the merger, local SBL declined … significantly more in counties where only the target had operations before the merger. This result holds even after controlling for … funding to local small businesses. The absence of local community banks that became a target of a merger or acquisition by …

pathways over a period of eight years after business takeover. Using panel data from 1,872 firms, the present article shows … that for the first two years after a business takeover, small firms are subject to negative serial correlation of growth … the behaviour of a firm following a business takeover. …