development of financial innovations by exploring the emergence and initial legal framing of off-balance-sheet leasing in Germany … uncertainties. This was about to change after the initial legal framing of leasing in the 1970's which eliminated those legal … uncertainties and off-balance-sheet leasing entered into a stunning period of growth while laying the foundation of a regulatory …

Using internal data of a leasing company in Germany, we examine the determinants of the probability and use of leasing … by small firms. We find that small and young firms are likely to be constrained on the leasing market but use leasing to …-economic characteristics of the entrepreneur matter. Older and higher qualified entrepreneurs have easier access to leasing than those who are …