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Finance access of SMEs : what role for the ECB?
Belke, Ansgar - 2013
Kleine und mittlere Unternehmen (KMU) in südlichen Euro-Volkswirtschaften wie Italien und Spanien zahlen seit längerem … immer größer. Es wird häufig argumentiert, dass ein gravierendes Marktversagen den Zugang der KMU in südlichen Ländern zu … Verbesserung des Finanzmarktzugangs für KMU, die sowohl den EU-Institutionen als auch der EZB im Rahmen ihres Mandats zur Sicherung …
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Finance access of SMEs : what role for the ECB?
Belke, Ansgar - 2013
Small and medium size enterprises (SMEs) of southern euro-area economies (e.g. Italy, Spain) pay significantly higher borrowing rates than their peers of the core (e.g. Germany, France) and this divergence is widening. It is argued that severe market failures prevent SMEs in southern euro area...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010255130
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Financing obstacles among euro area firms : who suffers the most?
Ferrando, Annalisa; Griesshaber, Nicolas - 2011
In this study we investigate the determinants of financing obstacles using survey data on a sample of around 5000 firms from the euro area countries. This completely new survey - started at the end of 2009 - gives us the opportunity to test whether firm characteristics such as size, age,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008901467
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Financing Obstacles Among Euro Area Firms : Who Suffers the Most?
Ferrando, Annalisa; Griesshaber, Nicolas - 2021
In this study we investigate the determinants of financing obstacles using survey data on a sample of around 5000 firms from the euro area countries. This completely new survey – started at the end of 2009 - gives us the opportunity to test whether firm characteristics such as size, age,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316096
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Euro Area SMEs Under Financial Constraints : Belief or Reality?
Artola, Concha - 2013
reporting acute problems of access to external finance. Using firm-level replies to the SME survey on access to finance, we use …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013092075
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Firms' Financing Constraints : Do Perceptions Match the Actual Situation?
Ferrando, Annalisa - 2013
This paper uses a non-parametric matching procedure to match survey replies to balance sheet information. It draws on the SAFE survey on access to finance for a sample of 11886 firms in the euro area which are matched with their nearest neighbor in an extended dataset with balance sheet...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013078194
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Financial Constraints and Productivity : Evidence from Euro Area Companies
Ferrando, Annalisa - 2015
We study the relation between firms financial structure, access to external finance and labor productivity using a unique dataset of firm-level data for several euro area countries during the period 1995-2011. The empirical strategy is twofold. First we build a synthetic indicator of financial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013019618
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The Financial and Real Performance of Non-Financial Corporations in the Euro Area : 1999-2015
Salas-Fumás, Vicente - 2018
This paper documents the aggregated performance of non-financial corporations in the largest euro area economies and compares it with the performance of the US corporate sector as reported by National Economic Accounts and Financial Accounts. We find significant cross-country structural...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012930748
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External financing and economic activity in the euro area : why are bank loans special?
Aldasoro, Iñaki; Unger, Robert - 2017
Using a Bayesian vector autoregression (BVAR) identified with a mix of sign and zero restrictions, we show that a restrictive bank loan supply shock has a strong and persistent negative impact on real GDP and the GDP deflator. This result comes about even though flows of other sources of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011632175
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External Financing and Economic Activity in the Euro Area : Why are Bank Loans Special?
Aldasoro, Iñaki; Unger, Robert - 2021
Using a Bayesian vector autoregression (BVAR) identified with a mix of sign and zero restrictions, we show that a restrictive bank loan supply shock has a strong and persistent negative impact on real GDP and the GDP deflator. This result comes about even though flows of other sources of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013315466