-term, moderately negative effect of Basel III on small and medium-size enterprises' access to financing. The results suggest that firms …

During the past decades, firms from emerging economies have significantly increased the amount of financing obtained in … have been a key driver of the observed trends in capital market financing since the early 2000s. As domestic markets … developed, more and smaller firms gained access to equity and corporate bond financing. Domestic markets also helped some …

principle, equity offers several advantages over debt when financing investments of this nature, but the use of equity in …