. Using a model of a systemic bank suffering from liquidity shocks, we find that the unregulated bank keeps too much liquidity … induces moral hazard. Therefore, we introduce a fiscal authority that is able to bail out the bank by injecting capital. This …

financial crisis. For identification, we use matched bank-firm level data, including many small and medium-sized firms, in … time have a relationship with an internationally-borrowing domestic or a foreign bank (as compared to a locally …-funded domestic bank) suffer more in their financing and real performance. Single-bank-relationship firms, small firms and firms with …

We analyse the impact of monetary policy on bank risk-taking and pricing. Bolivia provides us with an excellent … impact of the federal funds rate on the riskiness and pricing of new bank loans granted in Bolivia between 1999 and 2003, a … rate prior to loan origination raises the monthly probability of default on individual bank loans. We also find that …

We analyze gender differences associated with loan officer performance. Using a unique data set for a commercial bank …

competition on bank orientation - i.e., the choice of relationship based versus transactional banking.We empirically investigate … the impact of interbank competition on bank branch orientation.We employ a unique data set containing detailed information … on bank-firm relationships.We find that bank branches facing stiff local competition engage considerably more in …

manufacturing firms. In order to disentangle the impact of bank ties on the discovery phase from that in the introduction phase of …