We analyze linked databases on all Small Business Administration (SBA) loans, on all SBA lenders, and on all U … lenders. The estimation results imply an increase of 3-4 jobs for each million dollars of loans, suggesting that credit …-county versus non-SBA county-industry control firms. Finally, for loans issued over the 1992-2007 period, we estimate total job …

We analyze differences in the pricing of syndicated loans between U.S. and European loans. For credit lines, U …. For term loans, U.S. firms pay significantly higher spreads. While European firms across the rating spectrum issue terms … loans, only low quality U.S. firms rely on term loans. U.S. issuers perform worse after loan origination compared to …

. Long-term interest rates have been exceptionally high and long-term loans and deposits exceptionally low since the Lehman … collapse. Instead, short-term interest rates and short-term loans and deposits did not show abnormal dynamics in the course of …