“…suggests benefits during periods of crisis or borrower distress with regards to a greater supply of loans (Hoshi, Kashyap & Scharfstein, 1990, 1991Elsas & Krahnen, 1998;Jiangli, Unal & Yom, 2008;Bolton, Freixas, Gambacorta & Mistrulli, 2016;Beck, Degryse, Haas & van Horen, 2018), better terms in new contracts (Bodenhorn, 2003;Jiangli et al, 2008;Bolton et al, 2016;Li, Lu & Srinivasan, 2017) and more favorable management of existing loans by the bank 1 (Bodenhorn, 2003;Bolton et al, 2016).…”