housing is accepted as collateral. A calibration to the U.S. economy supports the theoretical results and provides novel …

finance since the global financial crisis, including sources of credit, lender types, and collateral types. First, SMEs … age, and export participation. Fourth, personal assets of SME owners tend to matter more as collateral for SME borrowing … from banks than other collateral types. Improving credit guarantee systems, enhancing monitoring and credit scoring by …