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Financing Firms in Hibernation During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Didier, Tatiana - 2020
The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has halted economic activity worldwide, hurting firms and pushing them toward …
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Are Microcredit Borrowers in Bangladesh Over-Indebted?
Khandker, Shahidur R. - 2017
Microcredit programs in Bangladesh have experienced spectacular growth in recent years, with a growing number of … assets. Using a long panel of household survey data from Bangladesh, the paper finds that some 26 percent of microcredit … more than debt over time. Microcredit borrowers in Bangladesh are thus not necessarily over-indebted. But when borrowing is …
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Does Access to Finance Matter in Microenterprise Growth? Evidence from Bangladesh
Khandker, Shahidur R. - 2017
In less-developed economies such as Bangladesh, the farm sector is the major source of employment and income, while the …, microfinance institutions can play a larger role in supporting microenterprise growth in Bangladesh …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012974671
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Are Banks Too Big to Fail or Too Big to Save? International Evidence from Equity Prices and CDS Spreads
Demirgüç-Kunt, Asli - 2017
Deteriorating public finances around the world raise doubts about countries' abilities to bail out their largest banks. For an international sample of banks, this paper investigates the impact of government indebtedness and deficits on bank stock prices and credit default swap spreads. Overall,...
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SME Finance
Ayyagari, Meghana - 2017
This paper takes stock of the empirical evidence on the financing challenges faced by small and medium enterprises, especially in developing countries. The paper first discusses the institutional constraints that impede access to finance, including the lack of reliable credit information, lack...
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How Does Long-Term Finance Affect Economic Volatility?
Demirgüç-Kunt, Asli - 2017
This paper examines how the ability to access long-term debt affects firm-level growth volatility. The analysis finds that firms in industries with stronger preference to use long-term finance relative to short-term finance experience lower growth volatility in countries with better-developed...
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SME Finance in Africa
Beck, Thorsten - 2017
This paper uses cross-country firm-level surveys to gauge access to financial services and the importance of financing constraints for African enterprises. The paper compares access to finance in Africa and other developing regions of the world, within Africa across countries, and across...
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European Bank Deleveraging and Global Credit Conditions : Implications of a Multi-Year Process on Long-Term Finance and Beyond
Feyen, Erik - 2017
This paper assesses European bank deleveraging and its impact on global credit conditions. Before the onset of the global financial crisis, European banks had rapidly expanded their foreign lending activities. However, European banks have since been tightening credit conditions in Europe more...
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Free Riding in Loan Approvals : Evidence from SME Lending in Peru
Arraiz, Irani - 2019
This paper provides evidence that commercial lenders in Peru free ride off their peers'screening efforts. Leveraging a discontinuity in the loan approval process of a large bank, the study finds that competing lenders responded to additional loan approvals by issuing approvals of their own....
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How Much Would Bangladesh Gain from the Removal of Subsidies on Electricity and Natural Gas?
Timilsina, Govinda R. - 2018
As in many countries around the world, subsidies to energy in Bangladesh impose a significant fiscal burden, with … Bangladesh. The study finds that removal of energy subsidies would be beneficial to the economy and would increase gross domestic …
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