Does credit reporting lead to a decline in relationship lending? Evidence from information sharing technology

I examine how credit reporting affects where firms access credit and how lenders contract with them. I use within firm-time and lender-time tests that exploit lenders joining a credit bureau and sharing information in a staggered pattern. I find information sharing reduces relationship-switching cos...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sutherland, Andrew Gordon
Other Authors: Sloan School of Management
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier BV 2019
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/122352