Using data on bank credit relationships, the paper shows that after a merger or an acquisition involving two or more banks which had previously jointly financed the same firm, the share of credit granted to the client by the consolidated intermediaries moderately decreases over three years. This...

Using data on single credit relationships, the paper shows that after a merger or an acquisition, involving two or more banks which had previously jointly financed the same firm, the share of credit granted to the client by the consolidated intermediaries moderately decreases over three years....

<i> Aggregazioni bancarie e flussi di credito alle imprese in Liguria </i> (di Enrico Beretta Silvia Del Prete) - ABSTRACT: Partendo dall'assunto teorico che la crescita delle dimensioni medie delle banche, conseguente ai processi di aggregazione, possa influire sulla propensione degli intermediari...

Using Bank of Italy data on Italian banks in the period 1990-2004, the paper analyses the short and long-run effects of the concentration of the banking industry on the availability of credit to small and medium-sized firms. Our study employs a bank-based approach and investigates the...

In this paper we investigate whether the banks' involvement in acquisitions is correlated with the distribution of decision-making powers in granting credit to SMEs across hierarchical levels and with loan officers' turnover. Controlling for size, performance and organizational characteristics,...

Using data on single credit relationships, the paper shows that after a merger or an acquisition, involving two or more banks which had previously jointly financed the same firm, the share of credit granted to the client by the consolidated intermediaries moderately decreases over three years....

Using Bank of Italy data on Italian banks in the period 1990-2004, the paper analyses the short and long-run effects of the concentration of the banking industry on the availability of credit to small and medium-sized firms. Our study employs a bank-based approach and investigates the...