Degryse, Hans; Masschelein, Nancy; Mitchell, Janet - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005
This paper studies the impact of bank mergers on firm-bank lending relationships using information from individual loan … relationships and on their ability to continue tapping bank credit. The Belgian financial environment reflects a number of … providing external finance to SMEs; and low numbers of bank lending relationships maintained by SMEs. We find that bank mergers …