merger related effects on small business lending in Germany from a bank-level perspective. Furthermore, we estimate small … availability of credit to small businesses which has been further fueled by empirical studies that partly confirm a reduction in … businesses compared to prior to the merger or compared to the contemporaneous lending by non-merging banks. We investigate the …

temporary reduction in firm credit. Using bank-firm matched data, this paper investigates the impact of M&As involving Italian …The literature has shown that in the short- and medium-term bank mergers and acquisitions (M&As) may generate a … banks over the period 2009-2019 on credit to firms, exploring possible heterogeneities across several dimensions. During a 3 …