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 …

We examine why firms change their main bank and how this affects loans, interest payments and firm performance after … switching. Using unique firm-bank matched Ukrainian data, the treatment effect estimates suggest that more transparent and … riskier companies are more likely to switch their main bank. Importantly, main bank power, measured by equity holdings …

distributed between inventors and investors. As a result, bank lending for firm R&D has been rare. However, firms can signal the … potential to alter the risk assessment of the firm’s main bank. Additionally, we explore heterogeneities in these risk … assessments arising from the industry level and the main bank’s portfolio. We test our theoretical predictions for a sample of …

distributed between inventors and investors. As a result, bank lending for firm R&D has been rare. However, firms can signal the … potential to alter the risk assessment of the firm’s main bank. Additionally, we explore heterogeneities in these risk … assessments arising from the industry level and the main bank’s portfolio. We test our theoretical predictions for a sample of …

distributed between inventors and investors. As a result, bank lending for firm R&D has been rare. However, firms can signal the … potential to alter the risk assessment of the firm's main bank. Additionally, we explore heterogeneities in these risk … assessments arising from the industry level and the main bank's portfolio. We test our theoretical predictions for a sample of …

distributed between inventors and investors. As a result, bank lending for firm R&D has been rare. However, firms can signal the … potential to alter the risk assessment of the firm's main bank. Additionally, we explore heterogeneities in these risk … assessments arising from the industry level and the main bank's portfolio. We test our theoretical predictions for a sample of …

The financial crisis has led to renewed interest in the effects of deregulation on bank governance and incentives … provided to bank CEOs. We examine the relation between bank CEO turnover and performance, and whether this relation has been … affected by banking deregulation. We find that bank CEO turnover is more (less) sensitive to stock (accounting) performance in …

Using comprehensive bank-loan contract information, we show that the power of a firm relative to its suppliers eases … its terms of bank financing, specifically through lower loan prices and less restrictive non-price contract terms. Our …

accounting for the endogeneity of supply-chain and banking relationships, using bank branch location as an instrument for common … fear that sensitive information might leak through the bank to the supply-chain partner …