We investigate whether and how financial constraints of private firms depend on bank lending behavior. Bank lending … behavior, especially its scale, scope and timing, is largely driven by bank business models which differ between privately …

This study examines how bribery influences bank debt ratios for a large sample of firms from 14 transition countries … bribery is positively related to firms' bank debt ratios, which provides evidence that bribing bank officials facilitates … firms' access to bank loans. This impact differs with the maturity of bank debt, as bribery contributes to higher short …