on bank credit and as they represent the vast majority of the corporate sector reduced credit availability for those …-sized enterprises (SME). We measure the financing opportunities of SMEs based on the bank debt/assets ratio and the logarithmized credit … size and control both explicitly for bank mergers and for the increase in the average bank size in the course of the …

on bank credit and as they represent the vast majority of the corporate sector reduced credit availability for those …-sized enterprises (SME). We measure the financing opportunities of SMEs based on the bank debt/assets ratio and the logarithmized credit … size and control both explicitly for bank mergers and for the increase in the average bank size in the course of the …

which compares changes in CSBs that issue Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) to those that do not, we find that bank …-on-assets (ROA) after a bank's IPO. We also find that pursuant to the IPOs by their lending banks, various measures of borrowers' FRQ …

This paper assesses the role of bank and nonbank financial institutions' balance sheet foreign exposures and risk … conditions may take place through derivatives transactions with banks, the hedging practices of which trigger bank related …

loans for home buyers and small businesses, and restrictions on bank branching posed a high barrier to competition. Today … — leading to a 77 percent increase in the number of bank offices since the CRA's passage. Furthermore, a growing share of … their CRA evaluations — contravening the CRA's requirement that lending be consistent with bank safety and soundness. In …