Presumptive income taxes in the form of a tax on turnover for SMEs are pervasive as a way to reduce the costs of …

the important role of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in explaining Japan's modest productivity growth. Results …. SMEs, on average, exhibit lower productivity growth than non-SMEs in Japan, with smaller and older SMEs showing … particularly low productivity growth. Estimates suggest that boosting productivity growth in all of the worst-performing SMEs could …

This paper offers empirical evidence that greater financial inclusion of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) can … higher for SMEs. We also obtain evidence of a substantial positive impact on SME employment and labor productivity growth …

fluctuations. The paper also assesses the strength of spillovers from large firms onto SMEs. Using firm-level data covering over 14 …) positive granular shocks at large firms spill over to domestic SMEs' output, especially if SMEs' balance sheets are healthy and … if SMEs belong to the services and manufacturing sectors …