Multiple banking relationships: the role of firm connectedness

This paper sheds light on the role of firm social connectedness in multiple banking relationships, controlling for other firm-level determinants. Using a large sample of Italian manufacturing firms, we develop novel text-based measures of firm connectedness and multiple banking relationships. We mea...

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Published in:Industrial and corporate change 2024-08, Vol.33 (5), p.1231-1252
Main Authors: Fracasso, Andrea, Peruzzi, Valentina, Tomasi, Chiara
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