The surge of corporate shadow banking activities in China has drawn much attention from
academia and policymakers; yet very little is known about whether bank competition matters …

By employing a unique financial capacity survey sent to the managers of small and medium-
sized enterprises (SMEs) in China, we empirically investigate the effect of bank competition …

This paper investigates how bank competition measured by the geographical distribution of
bank branches impacts the financial asset holdings of nonfinancial firms. By using a sample …

We investigate whether central bank digital currency (CBDC) affects corporate financing
costs. Results from Difference-in-difference (DID) estimation indicate that corporate debt …

This paper investigates the impact of banking competition on corporate labor income share
in China. Utilizing hand-collected unique data on bank branches within a certain distance of …

This study employs a two‐way fixed effects model to investigate the influence of bank
competition on ESG performance of local firms and its underlying mechanisms based on the …

This paper explores the effect of FinTech credit on firms' cost of capital and capital structure.
Based on a sample of 3,491 non-financial firms operating in 38 OECD countries during the …

This study investigates the effects of bank competition on firms' greenwashing. Using
Chinese commercial bank branches' geographic location data, we reveal that increased …

We investigate the competition between banks according to an evolutionary model, in which
the payoff gradient depends on a time-variant technological innovation factor. The explicit …

This study examines the impacts of bank competition on firms' labor investment efficiency.
Using geographic location data of commercial bank branches in China, we find that the firms …