firm-bank match-level dataset of more than 3,000 unlisted small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) incorporated in Japan …

) relationship between the standard deviation (coefficient of variation) and the average in bank lending-rate markups. In a …. Normatively, under a given inflation target, welfare gains arise if a central bank can use additional liquidity-provision (or tax …

This paper uses a unique dataset where credit rejections experienced by euro area firms are matched with firm and bank … characteristics. This allows us to study simultaneously the role that bank and firm weakness had in the credit reduction observed in … strong determinants of credit rejections, in the crisis period bank weakness made it harder to obtain external finance for …

Patterns in cross-border banking have changed since the global financial crisis. This may affect domestic bank market … modes of cross-border banking impact bank concentration. I use a two- country general equilibrium model with heterogeneous … banking sector on bank market structures. The model suggests that both cross-border lending and bank FDI mitigate …

policy period, change in banks’ competitive behaviour affected the bank lending channel and discouraged banks from taking …

Bank Investment Survey (EIBIS), to disentangle the effects of borrowers' and lenders' financial weakness on the … satisfaction with the loan contracted. The dataset matches survey data of non-financial firms about their satisfaction with bank … determining firm satisfaction with bank loan financing: non-financial firms with weaker finances and those financed by weaker …

The paper examines how loan portfolio diversification drives bank returns, mainly focusing on the conditioning roles of … increased sectoral loan portfolio diversification reduces bank returns, but not all banks are equally affected. Banks that … adopted a business model towards non-interest activities are hurt less from loan portfolio diversification, and bank market …