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Drivers and obstacles to banking SMEs : the role of competition and the institutional framework
Torre, Augusto de la; Martínez Pería, María Soledad; … - 2009
financing, especially long-term lending. -- small and medium enterprises, bank finance, financial constraints, banking market …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003850504
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Remittances, banking status and the usage of insurance schemes
Crayen, Dorothee; Hainz, Christa; Ströh de Martínez, … - 2010
respondent has a formal funeral cover increases with income and banking status. However, it is lower for individuals receiving …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003983213
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Margins of international banking : is there a productivity Pecking order in banking, too?
Buch, Claudia M.; Koch, Cathérine Tahmee; Kötter, Michael - 2009
-financial firms. This study tests whether a productivity pecking order also determines international banking activities. Using a novel … factors matter for international banking. Fourth, gravity-type variables have an important impact on international banking …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003923511
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Banking across borders
Niepmann, Friederike - 2013
Banking across borders has risen substantially over the past two decades. Yet there is significant heterogeneity in the … variation from an international trade theory perspective. In the model, banking across borders arises from differences in factor … endowments and differences in banking sector efficiencies between countries. The paper shows how these differences determine …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009707604
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Quality of institutions, credit markets and bankruptcy
Hainz, Christa (contributor) - 2004
The number of firm bankruptcies is surprisingly low in economies with poor institutions. We study a model of bank-firm relationship and show that the banks̕ decision to liquidate bad firms has two opposing effects. First, the bank receives a payoff if a firm is liquidated. Second, it loses the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002524103
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Foreign currency loans and credit risk : evidence from U.S. banks
Niepmann, Friederike; Schmidt-Eisenlohr, Tim - 2017
When firms borrow in foreign currency but collect revenues in local currency, exchange rate changes can affect their ability to repay their debt. Using loan-level data from U.S. banks' regulatory filings, this paper studies the effect of exchange rate changes on firms’ loan payments. A 10...
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Information technology in banking and entrepreneurship
Ahnert, Toni; Dörr, Sebastian; Pierri, Nicola; Timmer, … - 2024
We study the importance of information technology (IT) in banking for entrepreneurship. Guided by a parsimonious model …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015048384
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The limits of trust in economic transactions : investigations of perfect reputation systems
Bolton, Gary E. (contributor); Ockenfels, Axel (contributor) - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003635261
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Digital piracy : theory
Belleflamme, Paul; Peitz, Martin - 2010
This article reviews recent theoretical contributions on digital piracy. It starts by elaborating on the reasons for intellectual property protection, by reporting a few facts about copyright protection, and by examining reasons to become a digital pirate. Next, it provides an exploration of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008698398
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Relational warm glow and giving in social group
Scharf, Kimberley Ann; Smith, Sarah - 2014
We study charitable giving within social groups. Exploiting a unique dataset, we establish three key relationships between social group size and fundraising outcomes: (i) a positive relationship between group size and the total number of donations; (ii) a negative relationship between group size...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010375278