… In Degryse and Ongena (2005a) we find evidence of spatial price discrimination in
Belgium: borrowers that are located close to the loan-granting branch and far from competing …

… Degryse received financial support from the Fund for Scientific Research—Flanders (FWO)
and the TMR-Network on the Industrial Organization of Banking and Financial Markets. …

We investigate relationship lending using detailed contract information from nearly 18,000
bank loans to small Belgian firms operating within the continental European bank-based …

We study the impact of firm and industry characteristics on small firms’ capital structure,
employing a proprietary database containing financial statements of Dutch small and medium-…

… Degryse gratefully acknowledges the support and research atmosphere at CentER—Tilburg …
They find no evidence of a negative relationship between bank system concentration and H, …

Robust (cross-border) interbank markets are important for the well functioning of modern
financial systems. Yet, a network of interbank exposures may lead to domino effects following …

Financial systems all over the world have grown dramatically over recent decades. But is
more finance necessarily better? And what concept of financial system – a focus on its size, …

We conduct face-to-face interviews with bank chief executive officers to classify 397 banks
across 21 countries as relationship or transaction lenders. We then use the geographic …

… Accordant to this apparent de jure local autonomy in lending orientation, in Degryse and …
Degryse received financial support from the Fund for Scientific Research—Flanders (FWO) …

This paper provides evidence on the relationship between finance and growth in a fast growing
country, such as China. Employing data of 27 Chinese provinces over the period 1995–…