Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/29762 
Year of Publication: 
2009
Series/Report no.: 
DIW Discussion Papers No. 894
Publisher: 
Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW), Berlin
Abstract: 
We examine why firms change their main bank and how this affects loans, interest payments and firm performance after switching. Using unique firm-bank matched Ukrainian data, the treatment effect estimates suggest that more transparent and riskier companies are more likely to switch their main bank. Importantly, main bank power, measured by equity holdings, appears to be one of the main drivers of firm switching behavior. Furthermore, we find that firms have lower performance after changing their main bank as they have to contend with higher interest payments. - Financial constraints ; switching ; main bank power ; firm performance ; Ukraine
JEL: 
G21
G30
G32
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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