Open this publication in new window or tab >>2020 (English)In: The annals of regional science, ISSN 0570-1864, E-ISSN 1432-0592, Vol. 65, no 2, p. 319-350Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
In this paper, the effect of local bank branch closures on new firm formation in Sweden is analysed using a panel database that captures the geographical locations of all Swedish bank branches in 2007 and 2013. The previous research has shown that the further a firm is located away from the bank, the higher the monitoring costs will be for the banks. Furthermore, an increase in the distance to the banks will also increase information asymmetry because of the banks’ eroded ability to collect and analyse soft information. Due to the high risks associated with the lack of information and uncertainty, banks might not be as willing to extend credits to a distant firm compared to a nearby firm. Using spatial econometric analysis at a municipal level, it is shown that bank proximity to firms, unemployment rate, industry structures, income growth, change in housing price and percentage of immigrants are vital for new firm formation in Sweden. From the spatial Durbin model with fixed effects, an increase in the weighted distance to the nearest bank branches is shown to affect new firm formation negatively.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Springer Nature, 2020
Keywords
New firm formation · Bank Branch · Spatial analysis · Financing
National Category
Economics and Business
Research subject
Economics
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-259723 (URN)10.1007/s00168-020-00986-4 (DOI)000562504200001 ()2-s2.0-85081640268 (Scopus ID)
Note
QC 20191111
Correction in: The annals of regional science, ISSN 0570-1864, EISSN 1432-0592, Volume 68, Issue 3, Pages 817, WOS:000710378300001, DOI: 10.1007/s00168-021-01083-w
2019-09-212019-09-212024-01-18Bibliographically approved