Article: Reports from University of Rostock highlight recent research in business economics.

According to a study from Rostock, Germany, "The present paper focuses on professionals as a special group of microenterprises. It explains their characteristics and financial relationships, using data from a survey conducted in Germany in 2002."

"Consistent with the theory of asymmetric information and relationship lending, we find that these firms maintain a small number of bank relationships, which increases in firm size and age. They tend to choose multiple banking relationships to overcome credit rationing and finance larger loans," wrote D. Neuberger and colleagues, University of Rostock.

The researchers concluded: "Credit risk and the structure of ...

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