hampered the smooth transmission of accommodative monetary policy. Using bank level data from 2007 to 2015, we directly measure … bank in the same month for loans to small and large firms (the "Small Firm Financing Premium", SFFP). We assess the role … played by both bank and macroeconomic factors in explaining the variation in the SFFP across countries and through time. We …

This paper analyzes the effects of bank mergers on bank firm relationships. Using matched bank-firm level data, I find … positive effects of mergers for borrowers that continue the lending relationship with the consolidated bank. On average …

We study the effect of financial distress in foreign parent banks on local SME financing in 14 central and eastern … by the following types of bank financial distress: 1) low equity ratio; 2) low Tier 1 capital ratio; and 3) losses on …

businesses who already have access to bank credit. Firms use FinTech to obtain long-term unsecured loans and reduce their … increase leverage and substitute long-term bank debt with FinTech debt. Our findings suggest that FinTech allows firms to … preserve financial flexibility, reduce their bank dependence and exposure to banking shocks …

This article takes advantage of access to confidential matched bank-firm data relative to the Belgian economy to …

-merger financial performance. We find that, on average, bank mergers in the European Union resulted in improved return on capital. By …