restrictive access to external sources of funds. The application of a non-linear panel threshold model allows us to group firms …

-related determinants. Utilizing a 10-year dataset encompassing 13,051 SMEs, we employ a dynamic panel data model with an unbiased Dynamic … Panel Fractional (DPF) estimator to identify the key variables influencing the debt-to-equity ratio. The findings underscore …

, significantly affect firm growth. For this purpose, we use an unbalanced panel of about 1,000,000 observations for around 155 …,000 non-financial corporations in five euro area countries. In addition to the balance sheet information in this panel, we …

observations that can lead to erroneous conclusions when using the classic estimators; this is a quite unique approach in panel … least trimmed squares (LTS). In its second part we apply this method on the panel data of 28 countries in 2002–2008 testing …

dependent variable being the debt ratio, we apply a linear model upon a balanced panel data-set of 2,370 French SMEs over the …

, significantly affect firm growth. For this purpose, we use an unbalanced panel of about 1,000,000 observations for around 155 …,000 non-financial corporations in five euro area countries. In addition to the balance sheet information in this panel, we … results for leverage are less clear-cut. -- Financing constraints ; firm growth, panel data …

-called neutrality principle or undertake an active credit policy. We employ a panel data model to quantify the effect of credit …