This paper analyzes the impact of introducing credit information-sharing systems on firms'access to finance. The … results reveal that credit bureau reforms, but not credit registry reforms, have a significant and robust effect on firm … financing. After the introduction of a credit bureau, the likelihood that a firm has access to finance increases, interest rates …

), they analyze the behavior of bond and equity flows to those countries. Using panel data, they find that global factors … that equity flows are more sensitive than bond flows to global factors, but that bond flows are generally more sensitive to … a country's credit rating and to the secondary market price of debt. …

Does risk perpetuate poverty in a credit-constrained economy? Jalan and Ravallion study portfolio and other behavioral …

company-owned banks were among the highest-risk takers. Banks restructured after the 1997 crisis had excessive credit growth …

interest rates, removing credit ceilings, and increasing competition among banks, Sri Lanka helped increase private sector … intermediation ratios, and expanded credit to the private sector. More important, the authors find a statistically significant …