We explore Lithuanian credit register data and two bank closures to provide a novel estimate of firms' bank …-switching costs and a novel identification of the hold-up problem. We show that when a distressed bank's closure forced firms to …' reputational concerns, a healthy bank's closure revealed no overcharging. To policy-makers, our results suggest potential benefits …

based on the theory of relationship lending and lending technologies …

Small and medium-sized firms typically obtain capital via bank financing. They often rely on a mixture of relationship …'s quality and on the relationship bank's information precision. Generally, heterogeneous multiple banking leads to fewer … bank's fraction of total firm debt is not too large. …

Using data from SEC filings, I show that the typical bank loan is renegotiated five times, or every nine months. The …