There are noticeable differences between the roles that various forms of credit financing play in family businesses and …

credit (LOC) and cash are considered in the light of financial flexibility. The major findings obtained by observing US REITs … ; leverage ratio ; lines of credit ; cash & cash equivalents …

difficulties in raising bank finance than low-tech start-ups. We find that external credit scores do affect the availability of … credit for start-up firms, but that banks rely less on external rating information in their decision making for high … report less difficulties in getting credit. By contrast, a greater expertise of the bank in the firm’s industry is not …

We analyze the causal effect of the credit supply shock to banks induced by interbank market disruptions in the recent …