Consolidation in the banking industry has caused concern about the survival of small banks. Empirical evidence, however, shows that small banks are performing better than larger banks in terms of loan growth and profitability. This paper investigates the determinants of such unexpected superior performance; in particular we posit that peculiarities of small banks, like their ability to lever on relationship lending, are good explanatory variables of their recent loan growth
A puzzling but consistent result in the empirical literature on banking is that firms with close ban...
A puzzling but consistent result in the empirical literature on banking is that firms with close ban...
We investigate relationship lending using detailed contract information from nearly 18,000 bank loan...
Consolidation in the banking industry has caused concern about the survival of small banks. Empiric...
Relationship lending is a common lending technology that is assumed to bring several benefits to sma...
Market power among banks may encourage relationship lending technologies, alleviating information as...
While a number of empirical studies have documented benefits of lending relationships to borrowers (...
We examine how relationship lending affects firm performance using a panel dataset of about 70,000 s...
This article presents a survey and an analysis of the academic literature on relationship lending to...
We examine how relationship lending a®ects ¯rm performance using a panel dataset of about 70,000 sma...
In this paper, we use an empirical approach to provide evidence on the topic of relationship lending...
We provide evidence on the costs and profitability of relationship lending by banks. We derive bank-...
This paper examines the role of relationship lending in small firm finance. We examine price and non...
A puzzling but consistent result in the empirical literature on banking is that firms with close ban...
A puzzling but consistent result in the empirical literature on banking is that firms with close ban...
A puzzling but consistent result in the empirical literature on banking is that firms with close ban...
A puzzling but consistent result in the empirical literature on banking is that firms with close ban...
We investigate relationship lending using detailed contract information from nearly 18,000 bank loan...
Consolidation in the banking industry has caused concern about the survival of small banks. Empiric...
Relationship lending is a common lending technology that is assumed to bring several benefits to sma...
Market power among banks may encourage relationship lending technologies, alleviating information as...
While a number of empirical studies have documented benefits of lending relationships to borrowers (...
We examine how relationship lending affects firm performance using a panel dataset of about 70,000 s...
This article presents a survey and an analysis of the academic literature on relationship lending to...
We examine how relationship lending a®ects ¯rm performance using a panel dataset of about 70,000 sma...
In this paper, we use an empirical approach to provide evidence on the topic of relationship lending...
We provide evidence on the costs and profitability of relationship lending by banks. We derive bank-...
This paper examines the role of relationship lending in small firm finance. We examine price and non...
A puzzling but consistent result in the empirical literature on banking is that firms with close ban...
A puzzling but consistent result in the empirical literature on banking is that firms with close ban...
A puzzling but consistent result in the empirical literature on banking is that firms with close ban...
A puzzling but consistent result in the empirical literature on banking is that firms with close ban...
We investigate relationship lending using detailed contract information from nearly 18,000 bank loan...