We combine recent findings from the empirical banking literature with established insights
from studies of banking competition and regulation. Motivated by modern theory of financial …

Abstract Research Summary Extant research offers conflicting views about the size and
nature of gender‐related disparities in venture financing and venture performance. We …

The current study investigates the association between corporate social responsibility (CSR)
and financial performance (FP), and discusses the driving motives of banks to engage in …

This article examines the economics of financing small business in private equity and debt
markets. Firms are viewed through a financial growth cycle paradigm in which different …

The distance between small firms and their lenders is increasing, and they are
communicating in more impersonal ways. After documenting these systematic changes, we …

Previous studies have demonstrated large individual differences in scanning strategy during
a dynamic visual search task (E. Becic, AF Kramer, & WR Boot, 2007; WR Boot, AF Kramer …

This paper investigates the empirical determinants of corporate cash holdings for a sample
of UK firms. We focus on the importance of managerial ownership among other corporate …

Corporate governance is concerned with the resolution of collective action problems among
dispersed investors and the reconciliation of conflicts of interest between various corporate …

In this article, I examine the effect of pre-existing relationships between a firm and its
potential lender on the potential lender's decision whether or not to extend credit to the firm. I …

The informational opacity of small businesses makes them an interesting area for the study
of banks' lending practices and procedures. We use data from a survey of small businesses …