opportunity for unlisted firms. Using the Italian Credit Register, we investigate the impact of minibond issuance on bank credit … conditions for issuer firms, both at the firm-bank and firm level. We compare new loans granted to issuer firms with new loans … concurrently granted to similar non-issuer firms. We find that issuer firms obtain lower interest rates on bank loans of the same …

lower interest rates on bank loans of the same maturity than non-issuer firms, suggesting an improvement in their bargaining … power with banks. Issuer firms also reduce the amount of used bank credit, expand their total and fixed assets, and raise …