Analysis on corporate finance of Japanese firms: Benefits and limitations of relationship-based finance

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To clarify the current status of corporate finance with special focus on firms’ environmental changes and the role of financial institutions, we first implemented a unique corporate survey and obtained data. To prepare for full-fledged analysis, we summarized the descriptive statistics of the data and wrote a summary paper. We also wrote a summary paper on the results of interviews to financial institutions. These summary papers produced various new findings especially on the organizational structure of financial institutions and their lending. Using the data from the survey, we conducted research on the effect of auditing of financial statements by auditing companies on the terms of lending from financial institutions, and on the relationship between the internal organization of financial institutions and their information production. We also conducted many related researches not using the data from the survey, including those focusing on regional finance and cooperative financial institutions, and on the role of loan officers. We also financially supported the “regional finance conference” to which researchers all over Japan gather, and held a seminar on the related corporate finance issue.