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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 …. We present evidence consistent with banks’ IT adoption spurring entrepreneurship through a collateral channel …: entrepreneurship increases by more in IT-exposed counties when house prices rise. Further analysis suggests that IT improves banks …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015048384
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Gendered access to finance : the role of team formation, idea quality, and implementation constraints in business evaluations
Bartoš, Vojtěch; Castro, Silvia; Czura, Kristina; … - 2023
We analyze gender discrimination in entrepreneurship finance. Access to finance is crucial for entrepreneurial success …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014388597
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Psychological and social motivations in microfinance contracts : theory and evidence
Dhami, Sanjit S.; Arshad, Junaid; Al-Nowaihi, Ali - 2019
Microfinance contracts have enormous economic and welfare significance. We study, theoretically and empirically, the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012040097
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What if firms could borrow more? : evidence from a natural experiment
Brown, James R.; Martinsson, Gustav; Thomann, Christian - 2015
We study the effects of a unique lending program initiated by the Swedish government at the height of the financial crisis that allowed firms to suspend payment of all labor-related taxes and fees. Comprehensive administrative data on all Swedish firms show that firms borrowing from the program...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011300345
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When arm's length is too far : relationship banking over the business cycle
Beck, Thorsten; Degryse, Hans; Haas, Ralph de; Horen, … - 2014
Using a novel way to identify relationship and transaction banks, we study how banks' lending techniques affect funding to SMEs over the business cycle. For 21 countries we link the lending techniques that banks use in the direct vicinity of firms to these firms' credit constraints at two...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010375321
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Gendered access to finance : the roles of team formation, idea quality, and implementation constraints in business evaluations
Bartoš, Vojtěch; Castro, Silvia; Czura, Kristina; … - 2024
We analyze gender bias in entrepreneurship finance. Access to finance is crucial for entrepreneurial success, yet women …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014578559
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Complementing business training with access to finance : evidence from SMEs in Kenya
Ashraf, Anik; Lyons, Elizabeth - 2023
This paper investigates the complementarity between business training and access to financial capital for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Kenya. All participants in a business training program are offered training. One-third of participants are offered loans immediately after training...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014332125
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The impact of entrepreneurial risk aversion on wages in general equilibrium
Feng, Ying; Rauch, James E. - 2015
One of the leading theories of entrepreneurship is that less risk averse individuals become entrepreneurs and more risk …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010519937
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Lifting the iron curtain : school-age education and entrepreneurial intentions
Falck, Oliver; Gold, Robert; Heblich, Stephan - 2015
We exploit Germany’s reunification to identify how school-age education affects entrepreneurial intentions. We look at university students in reunified Germany who were born before the Iron Curtain fell. During school age, all students in the West German control group received formal and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011346315
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Dynastic entrepreneurship, entry, and non-compete enforcement
Rauch, James E. - 2015
We investigate entry in a dynastic entrepreneurship (overlapping generations) environment created by employee spinoffs …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010528295