The Warsaw Stock Exchange is one of Europe's largest exchanges by the number of IPOs, although it retains features of a market in post-transition countries, including a relatively small size, shallowness and a weak institutional framework. In this study, we use a large dataset to explore firms'...

We study the impact of late adoption of online banking and early presence on social media on the market power of small banks in Poland. We combine publicly available information with two unique, hand-collected datasets on the geo-location of all bank branches and on small banks' Internet and...

This paper investigates the relationship between local banking structures, SME access to debt financing and SME performance. Using a unique dataset on bank branch locations in Poland and county-level and firm-level data, we conclude that a strong position for local, cooperative banks facilitates...