Firm Failure and Relationship Lending in an Emerging Economy: New Evidence from Small Businesses

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  • Macroeconomics and Finance in Emerging Market Economies

Resumen

  • We study the effect of relationship lending on small firms' failure probabiliTY using a uniquely rich data set comprised of information on individual loans of a large number of small firms in Colombia. We control for firm-specific variables and find that small firms involved in long-term liaisons with commercial banks have a significantly lower probabiliTY of becoming bankrupt than otherwise identical firms not involved in a long-term credit relationship. We also find that small firms with multiple banking relationships face a lower failure hazard than otherwise identical firms involved in a unique long-term relationship.

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  • 2013

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