Relationship Banking in the Residential Mortgage Market? Evidence from Switzerland

Summary We examine to what extent mortgage lending is characterized by strong relationships between banks and their borrowers. Our analysis is based on survey data covering all current bank relations for a sample of 1,481 Swiss households out of which 687 have a mortgage. We document that mortgage b...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Martin Brown, Matthias Hoffmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2016-01-01
Series:Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF03399421