relationship lending play a larger role in loan pricing than the entrepreneur's age. Banks do not seem to discriminate older …

This paper examines the composition of supervisory boards of German banks for a sample of 41 large banks in the period … stakeholders. Most of the non-employee board members are representatives of other banks and industrial companies. The high presence … of former executives and German board members indicates inside control. In banks controlled by other banks or insurance …

This paper examines the composition of supervisory boards of German banks for a sample of 41 large banks in the period … stakeholders. Most of the non-employee board members are representatives of other banks and industrial companies. The high presence … of former executives and German board members indicates inside control. In banks controlled by other banks or insurance …

demographic branch penetration of the regional savings and cooperative banks. Both banking groups provide a larger branch … savings banks help to reduce regional economic disparities. The branch penetration of both banking groups increases with the … share of elder people and bank size in a region. Because of their public mission to serve all regions, public savings banks …

Strong lending relationships between banks and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) play a key role in the bank …

Strong lending relationships between banks and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) play a key role in the bank …

In continental Europe, banks are more and more replaced by non-bank institutional investors in the financing and …

In continental Europe, banks are more and more replaced by non-bank institutional investors in the financing and …

firms. Supply-side reductions resulted from the merger between two big banks and changes in credit risk management at major … banks. …

savings banks in 2001-2005. Taking into account growing regional disparities in economic wealth and population size, it … regions, a larger share of elder people reduces bank efficiency. Savings banks seem to be well adapted to unfavorable …