Since the late 2000s, the concept of regional economic resilience has become the new
buzzword in economic geography. Despite considerable attention, a common sentiment in …

We investigate the impact of a new bank tax in Poland on bank lending behavior. We find
that banks respond to the tax by tightening credit supply and increasing the costs of credit to …

The global economic crisis of 2008–2013 led to the emergence of the concept of resilience,
which focuses on the ability of socio-economic system store cover socially, economically …

This paper provides new evidence on the benefits of local banking. Relying on a unique
bank-level lending dataset covering 96 French counties from 2005 to 2013, completed by …

Improving economic resilience has become a regional development goal of policymakers.
This study aims to investigate the effects of digital transformation on urban economic …

This study explores the efficiency of US community banks and factors that affect it. We
present a slacks-based measure model for data envelopment analysis to analyze the …

This study compares competing definitions of “banking deserts” and their applicability in
characterizing access to physical financial institutions such as banks, credit unions, or farm …

This article analyses the link between banking geography and firm performance, ie whether
the proximity within banks and between banks and borrowers has a positive impact on firms' …

Does bank branch density matter for the conservative financing puzzle? This paper looks at
the importance of nearby physical banking services to the decision to eschew debt among …

Purpose As many businesses faced economic disruption due to the Covid-19 pandemic and
sought financial relief, existing bank relationships became critical to getting a loan. This …