crisis. For identification, we use matched bank-firm level data, covering mainly small and medium-sized firms in Eastern … performance; especially when single-bank, small or with limited tangible assets. Moreover, firms in countries with lower financial …

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 …

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 … crunch ; financial crisis ; bank lending channel ; business lending …

crisis. For identification, we use matched bank-firm level data, including many small and medium-sized firms, in Eastern … have a relationship with an internationally-borrowing domestic or a foreign bank (as compared to a locally-funded domestic … bank) suffer more in their financing and real performance. Single-bank-relationship firms, small firms and firms with …

positive relations of both bank capital adequacy and profitability withsmall-business lending …

Appeals Process in the United Kingdom, intended to improve the transparency and effectiveness of appeals to SME credit …

show that firms that had developed a relationship with an investment bank obtained a lower spread, but did not benefit from …

In deciding whether to roll over a loan, a relationship bank that has imperfect private information about its borrowers … relationship bank if the firm is unable to find alternative lenders. This paper explores the differential effects of this trade … the results depend on factors such as the severity of a credit crisis, the strength of the firm-bank relationship and the …