Adam Geršl, Petr Jakubík
This article presents the results of an analysis of data on individual bank loans of non-financial corporations in the Czech Republic taken from the CNB’s Central Register of Credits. It focuses on the question of how firms obtain financing from domestic banks. The results show that the vast majority of non-financial corporations use the services of just one relationship lender. Small and young firms in technology- and knowledge-intensive industries tend to concentrate their credit needs in a single bank, whereas less creditworthy firms and firms in cyclical industries tend to borrow from more than one bank. It also turns out that the level of credit risk at bank level decreases in line with the extent to which firms applying single relationship banking occur in the bank’s portfolio.
Issued: June 2009
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