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Bank Market Power and SME Financing ConstraintsSantiago Carbo-ValverdeBangor Business School Gregory F. UdellIndiana University Bloomington - Department of Finance Francisco Rodríguez-FernándezUniversity of Granada - Department of Economic Theory and History June 1, 2006 EFA 2006 Zurich Meetings Abstract: Some studies find that higher bank concentration is associated with higher credit availability (information hypothesis) while others maintain that credit rationing is higher in less competitive bank markets (market power hypothesis). This study tests these two competing hypotheses by employing for the first time a competition indicator from the Industrial Organization literature - the Lerner index - as an alternative to concentration measures. The results are sensitive to the choice of market power indicators. The Lerner index is found to be the more consistent indicator and exhibit the larger (and positive) marginal effect on the probability that a firm is financially constrained.
Number of Pages in PDF File: 62 Keywords: Bank market power, SME financing JEL Classification: G21, D21, D40 working papers seriesDate posted: June 20, 2006Suggested CitationContact Information
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