Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/248766 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Series/Report no.: 
Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper No. TI 2021-082/IV
Publisher: 
Tinbergen Institute, Amsterdam and Rotterdam
Abstract: 
Using a large dataset of firm-bank and ownership information for 23 European countries over 2008-2015, we study the dynamics of bank relationships after corporate acquisitions and the effects of changing banks on firm performance. Foreign acquirers do not rely on internal capital markets but keep targets' domestic banks. With more domestic banks, firms increase fixed capital and trade credit. In contrast, domestic acquirers remove domestic but add foreign banks. The latter mainly help reduce the cost of financing. We further explore firm and bank heterogeneity and confirm cost of financing and information asymmetry as plausible reasons to change banks.
Subjects: 
Acquisitions
Firm-bank relationships
Firm financing
Operating performance
JEL: 
D82
E51
F36
G21
G34
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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