book is a history of De Nederlandsche Bank in which particular attention is paid to its links with slavery, both as a … factor in the economy and as a subject of political debate. Because De Nederlandsche Bank served the Dutch ministery of … Colonies and consequently followed Dutch trade interests, the bank's history intersects with the history of slavery. The …

study whether government subsidies to firms affect the quantity and quality of bank lending. We combine the universe of … modalities of GRW subsidies to firms are determined at the EU level. Therefore, we use it to identify bank outcomes. Banks with … relationships to more subsidized firms exhibit higher lending volumes without any significant differences in bank stability …

government subsidies to firms affect credit markets. We identify credit market responses by considering both, bank lending and …

urging questions on bank lending, e.g., in the presence of financial shocks or climate change. However, many data options … raise the question of how to choose the estimation sample. We employ a standard regression framework analyzing bank lending …