Banks, Distances and Firms' Financing Constraints

By P. Alessandrini, A. Presbitero, A. Zazzaro. 2009

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Subfields: Accounting, Economics and Econometrics, Finance

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Remittances and Vulnerability in Developing Countries (2014, background): “when banks are headquartered in an area, they are better able to collect local information, and as a result are more likely to serve the economic needs of the area (Alessandrini et al., 2009), including the needs of resident migrant workers.”
Multinational banks and the global financial crisis: Weathering the perfect storm? (2014, background): “Alessandrini, Presbitero, and Zazzaro (2009) show for Italy that a greater distance between loan officers and headquarters adversely affects credit availability of local firms.”
Competition and Relationship Lending: Friends or Foes? (2011, neutral): “F −DISTANCEj = ∑Bj b=1[Branchesj,b × ln(1 + KMj,zb)] ∑Bj b=1 Branchesj,b where Bj is the number of banks operating in province j, Branchesj,b is the number of branches belonging to bank b in province j, and zb is the province where the headquarter of bank b is located (Alessandrini et al., 2009b).”
Banks and Development: Jewish Communities in the Italian Renaissance and Current Economic Performance (2016, background): “Alessandrini, Presbitero, and Zazzaro (2009) present evidence that greater branch density reduces the probability that firms are financially constrained.”
Innovation, SMEs and the liability of distance: the demand and supply of bank funding in UK peripheral regions (2016, background): “These adverse effects are particularly evident for small firms located in the southern Italian provinces (Alessandrini et al. 2009c).”
The Home Bias and the Credit Crunch: A Regional Perspective (2014, methodology): “Following Alessandrini et al. (2009), we measure functional distance at the province level as the ratio of the number of branches in the province weighted by the logarithm of 1 plus the kilometric distance between the province of the branch and the province where the parent bank is headquartered,…”
Are Exporters More Likely to Introduce Product Innovations (2012, neutral): “Source: kindly provided by Alessandrini, Presbitero and Zazzaro (Alessandrini et al., 2008).”
Financing patterns of European SMEs – an empirical taxonomy (2016, neutral): “…of different financing instruments does not only vary on a country-level, but also on a sub-national or regional level (Degryse and Ongena 2005; DeYoung, Glennon, and nigro 2008; Alessandrini, Presbitero, and zazzaro 2009; Avdeitchikova 2009; Mason 2010; Harrison, Mason, and robson 2015).”