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Measurement and determinants of access to loans
Hainz, Christa; Nabokin, Tatjana - 2013
Measuring and identifying financial constraints represents an important challenge in empirical studies. Due to data limitations perception-based indicators or approximations of access to finance by the usage of finance are often used, disregarding firm-specific differences in the demand for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009728261
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The importance of geographic access for the impact of microfinance
Alimukhamedova, Nargiza; Filer, Randall Keith; Hanousek, Jan - 2015
microcredits in Uzbekistan. Residents living closer to microfinance institutions are propensity score matched to those further away … using both household and village characteristics. Households located closer to microfinance institutions have larger …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011292967
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Financial constraints and moral hazard : the case of franchising
Fan, Ying; Kühn, Kai-Uwe; Lafontaine, Francine - 2013
Financial constraints are an important impediment to the growth of small businesses. We study theoretically and empirically how the financial constraints of agents affect their decisions to exert effort, and, hence the organizational decisions and growth of principals, in the context of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010210716
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A multivariate long-memory model with structural breaks
Caporale, Guglielmo Maria (contributor);  … - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003496720
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Mexican and Hispanic net nutrition in the 19th century American West
Carson, Scott Alan - 2015
When traditional methods for measuring economic welfare are scarce or unreliable, heights and BMIs are now well accepted measurements that represent biological conditions during economic development. Weight, after controlling for height, is an alternative measure to BMI for current net...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011374201
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Security of property as a public good : institutions, socio-political environment and experimental behavior in five countries
Campos-Ortiz, Francisco; Putterman, Louis G.; Ahn, T. K.; … - 2012
We study experimentally the protection of property in five widely distinct countries- Austria, Mexico, Mongolia, South …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009683449
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The US-China trade war and the relocation of global value chains to Mexico
Utar, Hâle; Zurita, Alfonso Cebreros; Torres Ruiz, … - 2023
Did the 2018/19 US-China trade war trigger adjustment of Global Value Chains (GVCs) and nearshoring to Mexico? We … address this question with confidential longitudinal firm-level trade data from Mexico that covers the universe of … in GVC activities in Mexico with linkages to Asian and US-based GVCs. Our analysis also reveals increased net exports and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014340112
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In Search for yield? : new survey-based evidence on bank risk taking
Buch, Claudia M.; Eickmeier, Sandra; Prieto, Esteban - 2011
There is growing consensus that the conduct of monetary policy can have an impact on financial and economic stability through the risk-taking incentives of banks. Falling interest rates might induce a "search for yield" and generate incentives to invest into risky activities. This paper provides...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009011303
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The incidence of bank regulations and taxes on wages : evidence from US states
Goodspeed, Timothy J. - 2012
Banks and the financial sector have come under increased scrutiny since the 2008 financial crisis. Regulations concerning the banking sector have been re-written and there have been calls for increased taxation of banks (as companies) and the remuneration of bankers. In general, two sorts of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009687296
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Trade, finance and endogenous firm heterogeneity
Bonfiglioli, Alessandra; Crinò, Rosario; Gancia, Gino … - 2016 - This draft: March 2016
We study how financial frictions affect firm-level heterogeneity and trade. We build a model where productivity differences across monopolistically competitive firms are endogenous and depend on investment decisions at the entry stage. By increasing entry costs, financial frictions lower the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011447515