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Main Bank Power, Switching Costs, and Firm Performance: Theory and Evidence from Ukraine

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  • Andreas Stephan
  • Andriy Tsapin
  • Oleksandr Talavera

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We examine firms' motivation to change their main bank and how this switch affects loans, interest payments, and firm performance. Applying treatment effect analysis to unique firm-bank matched Ukrainian data, we find that larger and more highly leveraged companies are more likely to switch their main bank. Importantly, firms tend to switch to a new main bank that holds a higher share of equity in the firm and thus has stronger power. The results also suggest that after switching, firms obtain additional access to bank loans but, on average, have lower profits due to bigger interest payments.

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  • Andreas Stephan & Andriy Tsapin & Oleksandr Talavera, 2012. "Main Bank Power, Switching Costs, and Firm Performance: Theory and Evidence from Ukraine," Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 48(2), pages 76-93, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:mes:emfitr:v:48:y:2012:i:2:p:76-93
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    1. Huang, Jiayi & Matthews, Kent & Zhou, Peng, 2020. "What causes Chinese listed firms to switch bank loan provider? Evidence from a survival analysis," Emerging Markets Review, Elsevier, vol. 43(C).
    2. Ichiro IWASAKI & Satoshi MIZOBATA, 2018. "Post-Privatization Ownership And Firm Performance: A Large Meta-Analysis Of The Transition Literature," Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 89(2), pages 263-322, June.
    3. Ichiro Iwasaki & Satoshi Mizobata, 2020. "Ownership Concentration and Firm Performance in European Emerging Economies: A Meta-Analysis," Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 56(1), pages 32-67, January.
    4. Wei Yin & Kent Matthews, 2016. "The determinants and profitability of switching costs in Chinese banking," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 48(43), pages 4156-4166, September.
    5. Tsapin Andriy & Tsapin Oleksandr, 2014. "Corporate Investment and Financial Crisis: Can Under- and Overinvestment Be Mitigated by Banks in an Emerging Market?," EERC Working Paper Series 14/04e, EERC Research Network, Russia and CIS.

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