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Financing micro firms in Europe : an empirical analysis
Masiak, Christian; Block, Jörn; Moritz, Alexandra; … - 2017
The vast majority of firms in Europe are micro firms. Still, we know little about their financing patterns. Our paper aims to close this gap. Based on a large European firm-level data set, we find that micro firms differ in their financing patterns from small and medium-sized companies. Our...
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The effects of EU-funded guarantee instruments of the performance of small and medium enterprises : evidence from France
Bertoni, Fabio; Colombo, Massimo G.; Quas, Anita - 2018
rates. The study also estimates the effects of guaranteed loans on SME productivity. Consistent with earlier works, the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011939685
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Financing patterns of European SMEs revisited : an updated empirical taxonomy and determinants of SME financing clusters
Masiak, Christian; Moritz, Alexandra; Lang, Frank - 2017
empirical taxonomy of SME financing patterns in Europe, applying cluster analyses. In order to investigate the cluster stability … of SMEs. Our results confirm the results of Moritz et al. (2016) and show that European SME financing is not homogenous …, but that different financing patterns exist. Our cluster analysis identifies seven distinct SME financing types based on …
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Forecasting distress in European SME portfolios
Michala, Dimitra; Grammatikos, Theoharry; Ferreira … - 2013
We develop distress prediction models for non-financial small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) using a dataset from eight European countries over the period 2000-2009. We examine idiosyncratic and systematic covariates and find that macro conditions and bankruptcy codes add predictive power...
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The impact of COVID-19 on small business owners : continued losses and the partial rebound in May 2020
Fairlie, Robert W. - 2020
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The role of formal, informal, and family credit in the business performance of young entrepreneurs in Benin
Nadege, Djossou Gbetoton; Novignon, Jacob; Bénédicte, … - 2020
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014290468
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Firm dynamics, misallocation and targeted policies
Jo, In Hwan; Senga, Tatsuro - 2016
Access to external finance is a major obstacle for small and young firms; thus, providing subsidized credit to small and young firms is a widely-used policy option across countries. We study the impact of such targeted policies on aggregate output and productivity and highlight indirect general...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011576328
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Aggregate consequences of credit subsidy policies : firm dynamics and misallocation
Jo, Hwan; Senga, Tatsuro - 2017
Government policies that attempt to alleviate credit constraints faced by small and young firms are widely adopted across countries. We study the aggregate impact of such targeted credit subsidies in a heterogeneous firm model with collateral constraints and endogenous entry and exit. A defining...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011756140
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Aggregate implications of corporate bond holdings by nonfinancial firms
Ferreira, Miguel H. - 2023
This paper explores the impact of risky asset holdings by U.S. nonfinancial firms. From the early 1990s to 2017, the share of risky securities surged from 28% to over 40% of firms' financial assets. Using a business-cycle heterogeneous firms model, I show that declining real interest rates since...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014455419
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Productivity, exporting and financial constraints of Chinese SMEs
Van Biesebroeck, Johannes - 2014
While many studies explain the correlation between firm-level productivity and export status entirely by better firms self-selecting into exporting, a few studies find evidence of reverse causation. Especially in developing or transition economies, exporters seem to improve performance after...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011285628