This paper empirically investigates the role played by relatively small banks in the Japanese local credit market. We test the hypothesis that small banks enhance the recovery rate from the financial distress and reduce the bankruptcy ratio of small firms. Empirical evidence suggests that small...

When the debt of firms in distress is dispersed, a restructuring agreement is difficult to reach because of free riding. We develop a repeated game in which banks come across each other frequently, allowing them to threaten a punishment in case of free riding. As the number of lending banks...

Die deutsche Kreditwirtschaft hat das Geschäftsfeld 'Corporate Banking' als wichtigen Werttreiber identifiziert. Neben dem Geschäft mit großen, kapitalmarktorientierten Unternehmen konzentrieren die Banken sich wieder verstärkt auf die Beziehungen zu ihrer mittelständischen...