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Erscheinungsjahr: 
2016
Schriftenreihe/Nr.: 
IAT Discussion Paper No. 16/01
Verlag: 
Institut Arbeit und Technik (IAT), Gelsenkirchen
Zusammenfassung: 
By lending to SMEs at low geographical distance, banks can realise competitive advantage due to enhanced access to soft information that allows the better screening of firms. As especially regional banks lend at a low distance, the decentralised German banking system is deemed ideal for SME finance. However, as banking regulation requires the use of rating systems for screening, it can no longer be assumed that modern regional banks “naturally” conduct credit decisions at lower distances to SMEs than big banks. In fact, drawing on an ethnographic study at one German savings bank and one big bank, this paper shows that the regional savings bank does not always reach credit decisions at a lower distance. However, at the moment when soft information becomes crucial the big bank decides at a high distance, which is likely to oppress the usage of soft information.
Schlagwörter: 
soft information
geographical distance
SME finance
rating systems
SME screening
regional banks
JEL: 
G21
D82
R51
Dokumentart: 
Working Paper

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