An overview of previous evidence about relationship banking to SMEs shows that multiple banking relationships prevail even at small firms, but there is hardly evidence on the number of banking relationships held by micro firms. To close this gap, we use data from a survey conducted among...

Der folgende Beitrag stellt erste Ergebnisse einer schriftlichen Umfrage vor, die im Frühjahr 2002 deutschlandweit zum Thema Bankbeziehungen von Freiberuflern durchgeführt wurde. Ziel der Umfrage war es, die Entscheidungen von Freiberuflern bezüglich ihrer Bankbeziehungen zu untersuchen....

With German reunification in 1990, the EastGerman economy has been challenged to be transformedfrom a centrally planned economy to acompetitive market economy with the samestandard of living as in West Germany. Thegeneral intention has been to close the hugeeconomic gap between East German and...

An overview of previous evidence about relationship banking to SMEs shows that multiple banking relationships prevail even at small firms, but there is hardly evidence on the number of banking relationships held by micro firms. To close this gap, we use data from a survey conducted among...