conditions, credit default and bank capitalization for the transmission of macroeconomic shocks. We fit the model to euro area … empirical literature, i.e. the pro-cyclicality of bank profitability and the counter-cyclical response of firm default rates and …

, small, and innovative firms) have a multitude of bank lenders, where one may be special in the sense of relationship lending …. However, theory does not tell us a lot about the economic rationale for relationship lending in the context of multiple bank … financing. To fill this gap, we analyze the optimal debt structure in a model that allows for multiple but asymmetric bank …

We propose a dynamic bank theory with a delayed loss recognition mechanism and a regulatory capital constraint at its … core. The estimated model matches four facts about banks' Tobin's Q that summarize bank leverage dynamics. (1) Book and … market equity values diverge, especially during crises; (2) Tobin's Q predicts future bank profitability; (3) neither book …

An entrepreneur chooses a relationship bank or market finance. The advantage of bank finance is that the quality of the … that the bank continues inefficient projects, i.e., zombie lending occurs. In the short run - for a given contract - a drop … in the market interest rate increases zombification. The bank adapts the contract to this drop in the long run, and …

We exploit historical and contemporaneous variation in local credit markets across Russia to identify the impact of … credit constraints on firm-level innovation. We find that access to bank credit helps firms to adopt existing products and … acquiring external know-how. We find no evidence that bank credit also stimulates firm innovation through in-house R&D. This …

Because of secrecy, little is known about the political economy of central bank lending. Utilizing a novel, hand … unprecedented government bailout of the central bank, and resulted in loss of shareholder control over the central bank. …

We study differences in the price paid for liquidity across banks using price data at the individual bank level. Unique … to gauge the extent to which a bank is short or long liquidity. We find that the price a bank pays for liquidity depends … occur and short banks pay more the larger is the potential for a squeeze. The price paid for liquidity is decreasing in bank …

We show that the impact of government bailouts (liquidity injections) on a representative bank's risk taking depends on … the level of systematic risk of its loans portfolio. In a model where bank's output follows a geometric Brownian motion … and the government guarantees bank's liabilities, we show first that more generous bailouts may or may not induce banks to …