We compare default rates on conventional and Islamic loans using a comprehensive
monthly dataset from Pakistan that follows more than 150,000 loans over the period 2006 …

We study the effect of financial distress in foreign parent banks on local SME financing in 14
central and eastern European countries during the early stages of the 2007-2008 financial …

We study a banking model in which banks invest in a riskless asset and compete in both
deposit and risky loan markets. The model predicts that as competition increases, both loans …

This paper investigates the effect of interbank market integration on small firm finance in the
build-up to the 2007–2008 financial crisis. We use a comprehensive data set that contains …

We examine the firm-and country-level determinants of the currency denomination of small
business loans. We first model the choice of loan currency in a framework which features a …

We study the effect of social capital on financial capital. Specifically, we study how similarity
(matching) of borrowers' and lenders' cohorts along their corporate social responsibility …

We explain the number of bank relationships a firm maintains by the number of industries it
operates in, analyzing 13,570 listed firms in 18 Eastern European countries. We estimate a …

This study is an empirical investigation of theoretical predictions concerning the impact of
bank competition on bank risk and asset allocations. Recent work (Boyd, De Nicolò and …

Although the link between financial development and trade is well documented, the
international trade literature has typically defined a country's 'financial development'in …

We study the effect of the integration in interbank markets on the interest rates that are
charged on bank loans granted to individual firms. We account for banking sector …