Author

Montoriol Garriga, Judit

Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Empresa

Publication date

2006

Abstract

We examine how relationship lending affects firm performance using a panel dataset of about 70,000 small and medium Spanish firms in the period 1993-2004. We model firm performance jointly with the firm's choice of the number of bank relationships. Controlling for firm fixed effects and using instrumental variables for the decision on the number of bank relationships, we find that firms maintaining exclusive bank relationships have lower profitability. The result is consistent with the view that banks appropriate most of the value generated through close relationships with its borrowers as long as they do not face competition from other lenders.

Document Type

Working paper

Language

English

Subjects and keywords

Préstecs bancaris

Publisher

Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Economia de l'Empresa

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Rights

open access

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