This paper studies the impact of foreign bank entry on domestic firms' access to bank credit using a within … that non-state-owned firms become able to substitute some trade credit with long-term bank loans. The findings suggest that …

evidence that foreign banking penetration can be associated with a contraction of banking credit, especially in countries with … poor credit markets. Second I present a model in which the presence or the absence of foreign lenders endogenously modifies … firms credit constraints and hence the volume of credit extended in the economy. Specifically, I show on the one hand that …

This paper investigates the effects of the increasing activity of foreign banks in Italy, distinguishing between credit …

's loan contraction in crisis. The study highlights the role of diversity of foreign bank ownership in stabilizing credit …

banks in providing credit to smaller borrowers about whom information is least complete and, more generally, support the …

. We find credit spreads to be negatively related to market size in small markets and positively related in large financial …

) in 2011. We find that US firms experience a reduction in credit lines but not in term loans from EU banks. In addition …, US firms are able to compensate for the reduction in credit lines from EU banks by securing liquidity facilities from US …

banks in providing credit to smaller borrowers about whom information is least complete and, more generally, support the …