This paper studies how access to bank lending differed between family and non-family firms in the 2007-2009 financial … borrower-lender relationship. Using highly detailed data on bank-firm relations, we exploit the reduction in bank lending in … differences between the two types of firms and to time-varying bank fixed effects. We further show that the difference in the …

In this paper we study how access to bank lending during the recent financial crisis differed between family and non … firms and to bank-specific shocks. In line with our prior, banks that increased the role of soft information in their …

Using a proprietary database from a large Chinese state-owned bank, we examine whether information evolved from banking … relationships predicts commercial loan default by industrial firms. We find that the bank's relationship information is … relationship. Our findings indicate that, at least in the emerging markets, a bank's relationship information still matters for …

This paper attempts to investigate the impact of credit information sharing on bank-specific stock price crash risk …

We studied information and interaction processes in six lending relationships between a universal bank and medium sized …, bank monitoring is based mainly on cheap, retrospective and internal data. In case of distress, more expensive, prospective … firm's investments might leave the bank in a very strong bargaining position and distort investment incentives. Therefore …

. Using rich data on firm-bank relationships in Germany, we show that: Firstly, intangible assets can be used to proxy … significantly determines firms' choice of an exclusive and persistent bank relation. Finally, relationship banking is (potentially …