banks. This suggests that the ability and willingness of the bank to punish the firm for misbehaving play an important role …

, an insight into how the ownership structure of a bank affects investment decisions, performance and ultimately insolvency …

performance for a sample of European commercial banks. We measure banks' ownership network by the distance between the bank and … diseconomies of diversification vanish the farther is the bank in the pyramid so that the farthest banks enjoy economies of …

During the last years the lending business has come under considerable competitive pressure and bank managers often … are able to explain the financial performance of bank lending activities. The analysis is based on the CFS-data-set that …

We studied information and interaction processes in six lending relationships between a universal bank and medium sized …, bank monitoring is based mainly on cheap, retrospective and internal data. In case of distress, more expensive, prospective … firm's investments might leave the bank in a very strong bargaining position and distort investment incentives. Therefore …

In deciding whether to roll over a loan, a relationship bank that has imperfect private information about its borrowers … relationship bank if the firm is unable to find alternative lenders. This paper explores the differential effects of this trade … the results depend on factors such as the severity of a credit crisis, the strength of the firm-bank relationship and the …

We investigate two competing explanations for commercial bank distress during financial crises: liquidity shortages and …