In the wake of the 2008-09 financial crisis, a number of European OECD countries introduced credit mediation schemes …, as a new, often temporary mechanism to help ease access to finance by SMEs. This report investigates the nature of credit … mediation and credit review schemes implemented in selected countries (i.e. Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland and Spain) in the …

2015, we test whether young businesses are more likely to face credit rejections from lenders than their older peers. Our … the issue of sample selection bias potentially affecting our data. Additional tests also reveal that credit constraints … viability of credit and, thus, ensure the growth of young businesses in the Euro area. …