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Financing patterns of European SMEs : an empirical taxonomy

Moritz, Alexandra; Block, Jörn; Heinz, Andreas - 2015

This EIF Working Paper takes a holistic approach to investigate SME financing patterns in Europe by performing a … cluster analysis including 12,726 SMEs in 28 European countries. The results reveal that SME financing in Europe is not … homogenous but that different financing patterns exist. The cluster analysis identifies six distinct SME financing types: mixed …

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Corporate taxes and internal borrowing within multinational firms

Egger, Peter; Keuschnigg, Christian; Merlo, Valeria; … - 2012

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How voluntary information sharing systems form : evidence from a U.S. commercial credit bureau

Liberti, José; Sturgess, Jason; Sutherland, Andrew - 2021

We use the introduction of a U.S. commercial credit bureau to study when lenders adopt voluntary information sharing technology and the resulting consequences for competition and credit access. Our results suggest that lenders trade off access to new markets against heightened competition for...

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Business angels in Germany : EIF's initiative to support the non-institutional financing market

Kraemer-Eis, Helmut; Schillo, Markus - 2011

Business Angels (BAs) are an important financing source for SMEs, and seed and start-up companies in particular. BAs are even more important in countries and regions lacking an institutionalised VC infrastructure, often being the only major source of equity finance for young innovative SMEs. An...

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From convoy to parting ways? : post-crisis divergence between European and US macroeconomic policies

Pisani-Ferry, Jean; Posen, Adam Simon - 2011

The response in 2008-09 to the global financial crisis was in many ways a high water mark for transatlantic policy coordination. The major economies of the EU and the US rapidly agreed on a series of measures to limit the crisis. However, the common approach has since unraveled. This paper...

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