We study whether government subsidies can stimulate bank funding of marginal investment projects and the associated … can use it as an exogenous shock to identify bank responses. On average, firm subsidies do not affect bank lending, but … reduce banks' distance to default. Average effects conflate important bank-level heterogeneity though. Conditional on various …

study whether government subsidies to firms affect the quantity and quality of bank lending. We combine the universe of … modalities of GRW subsidies to firms are determined at the EU level. Therefore, we use it to identify bank outcomes. Banks with … relationships to more subsidized firms exhibit higher lending volumes without any significant differences in bank stability …

whether government subsidies to firms affect quantity and quality of bank lending. We combine recipient firms under the … to firms are determined at the EU level. Therefore, we use it to identify bank outcomes. Banks with relationships to more … subsidized firms exhibit higher lending volumes without any significant differences in bank stability. Subsidized firms, in turn …

economy and compares abilities of market-based and bank-based financial systems in processing the shock. Unregulated banking …

In this paper, we argue for a regulatory framework under which a bank’s required level of equity capital depends on the … regulatory framework. In addition, we argue that banking-on-the-average rules ensure the build-up of bank equity capitals in …

-out guarantee. The reason is that the prospect of a bail-out induces the protected bank to expand, thereby intensifying competition … in the deposit market and depressing other banks? margins. In contrast, the effects on the protected bank?s risk …

Ongoing financial innovation and greater information availability increase the tradability of bank assets and reduce … banks' dependence on individual bank managers as private information in the lending process declines. In this paper we argue … bank managers and shareholders becomes less severe. Consequently, banks' capital structure needs to be less concerned with …

countries. The European Central Bank (ECB), jointly with the Banking Supervision Committee (BSC), has an interest in monitoring …