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Agricultural transformation, technology adoption and inclusion of small farmers: The case of dairy in East Africa
Ignowski, Liz; Minten, Bart - 2021
Uganda. Evidence on transformation and differential paths followed in doing so in these countries is often limited due to a … and higher milk yields - seemingly driven by rapid changes in local demand (Ethiopia and Uganda) and export markets … (Uganda). However, while small farmers were included in that transformation in Uganda, they were not in Ethiopia. This was …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013479026
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Caught in the US subprime meltdown 2007/2008: Germany loses its wallet but escapes major Harm
Kooths, Stefan; Rieger, Matthias - 2008
The ongoing financial crisis so far cost the German financial sector 38 billion Euros due to losses on its mortgage-related subprime bank exposures. This paper looks for the impact of these losses on the real sector of the economy. First, the financial sector is looked at as part of the overall...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010265032
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Loan processing costs and information asymmetries: Implications for financial sector development and economic growth
Capasso, Salvatore; Mavrotas, George - 2003
The paper presents a model in which credit-constrained firms might delay the adoption of new and more productive technologies because of the very high external financing costs they face. Our point of departure is that the efficiency of the banking system can have a profound impact on real...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010279338
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Identifying supply and demand in the Hungarian corporate loan market
Sóvágó, Sándor - 2011
During the recent crisis bank lending to the non-financial corporate sector declined substantially in Hungary and this slump proceeds in the aftermath of the recession as well. However it is not evident whether it is a result of the slow recovery of the real economy (the lack of credit demand),...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010322412
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Credit supply - Identifying balance-sheet channels with loan applications and granted loans
Jiménez, Gabriel; Ongena, Steven; Peydró, José-Luis; … - 2010
To identify credit availability we analyze the extensive and intensive margins of lending with loan applications and all loans granted in Spain. We find that during the period analyzed both worse economic and tighter monetary conditions reduce loan granting, especially to firms or from banks...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011605225
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Zur Kredithürde: Perzeption der Kreditvergabebereitschaft der Banken und unternehmensspezifische Kreditmarkterfahrung
Hainz, Christa; Hristov, Nikolay - In: ifo Schnelldienst 70 (2017) 07, pp. 51-54
Seit 2003 werden die deutschen Unternehmen im Rahmen des ifo Konjunkturtests regelmäßig auch nach ihrer Beurteilung der Kreditvergabebereitschaft der Banken gefragt. Die Antworten auf diese »Kreditfrage« werden sowohl für die Bildung makroökonomischer Indikatoren – wie der...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011694129
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Credit Crunch Indicator: Perceptions of the Willingness of Banks to Lend and Firms’ Experience in the Credit Market
Hainz, Christa; Hristov, Nikolay - In: CESifo Forum 18 (2017) 2, pp. 66-69
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011696293
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Access to Credit: Microenterprises in Turkey
Duman, Alper - 2009
Access to external finance for small and medium enterprises is vital for survival and growth of such firms. In this paper we have analyzed the determinants of access to credit in microenterprises of Turkey. We use a unique dataset covering a large sample of microenterprises. We find that size...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011807198
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Asset Inequality, Relative Efficieny of Formal Credit Markets and Choice of Organizational Form
Duman, Alper - 2009
We model the organizational choice of a small firm given formal and informal credit market parameters. We observe a positive relationship between the size of the informal sector and the spread across countries. We take spread as relative inefficiency of the formal credit markets. Furthermore we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011807201
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Does the tenure of private equity investment improve the performance of European firms?
Badunenko, Oleg; Baum, Christopher F.; Schäfer, Dorothea - 2010
The paper investigates whether the presence and tenure of Private Equity (PE) investment in European companies improves their performance. Previous studies documented the unambiguous merit of a buyout during the 1980s and 1990s for listed firms in the US and UK markets. This study analyzes such...
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