Relationship Lending and Credit Quality

Franco Fiordelisi, Stefano Monferrà and Gabriele Sampagnaro ()

Journal of Financial Services Research, 2014, vol. 46, issue 3, 295-315

Abstract: We analyse whether relationship lending reduces borrowers’ probability of default and, if so, whether this beneficial effect also applies to borrowers who are more exposed to the economic downturn. By using unique, matched data of 43,000 firms and their lending institutions between 2008 and 2010, we document that the probability that a firm becomes distressed decreases if the creditor concentration is high and if the duration of bank-firm relationships is long. While these results appear to support the beneficial effect of relationship lending practices, we note that the organisational distance of banks also matters both as a determinant of loan distress and loan downgrading. The results are stronger for smaller firms. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media New York 2014

Keywords: Probability of default; Relationship lending; Internal rating; G21 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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