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Finance access of SMEs : what role for the ECB?
Belke, Ansgar - 2013
Small and medium size enterprises (SMEs) of southern euro-area economies (e.g. Italy, Spain) pay significantly higher borrowing rates than their peers of the core (e.g. Germany, France) and this divergence is widening. It is argued that severe market failures prevent SMEs in southern euro area...
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Finance access of SMEs : what role for the ECB?
Belke, Ansgar - 2013
Kleine und mittlere Unternehmen (KMU) in südlichen Euro-Volkswirtschaften wie Italien und Spanien zahlen seit längerem … immer größer. Es wird häufig argumentiert, dass ein gravierendes Marktversagen den Zugang der KMU in südlichen Ländern zu … Verbesserung des Finanzmarktzugangs für KMU, die sowohl den EU-Institutionen als auch der EZB im Rahmen ihres Mandats zur Sicherung …
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Access to finance in the Western Balkans
Moder, Isabella; Bonifai, Niccolò - 2017
Limited access to finance is one of the main obstacles for firms located in the Western Balkans and hampers economic growth as well as the transmission of monetary policy. The aim of this paper is to undertake an in-depth analysis of access to finance constraints in this region, where countries...
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Call for a spatial classification of banking systems through the lens of SME finance : decentralized versus centralized banking in Germany as an example
Gärtner, Stefan; Flögel, Franz - 2014
SME lending. The degree of banks' centralization is also approximated by the spatial concentration of bank employees and …
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The European Central Bank and EU procurement law : a comparative outlook
Lindeiner, Fabian von; Bitti, Giuseppe; Hermans, Michelle - 2019
Procurement law is rising in importance year after year. According to the European Commission, public procurement now accounts for over 14% of the EU's gross domestic product. Also at the ECB, spending through procurement is growing, and the evolution of its procurement law from non- binding...
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Finance Access of SMEs : What Role for the ECB?
Belke, Ansgar Hubertus - 2013
Small and medium size enterprises (SMEs) of southern euro-area economies (e.g. Italy, Spain) pay significantly higher borrowing rates than their peers of the core (e.g. Germany, France) and this divergence is widening. It is argued that severe market failures prevent SMEs in southern euro area...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013077806
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Sovereign stress, unconventional monetary policy, and SME access to finance
Ferrando, Annalisa; Popov, Alexander; Udell, Gregory F. - 2015
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The European Central Bank and the financing conditions of small and medium-sized enterprises in Europe
Belke, Ansgar; Verheyen, Florian - In: Rivista di politica economica 103 (2014) 4/6, pp. 199-215
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The restructuring of banks and financial systems in the euro area and the financing of SMEs
Calciano, Filippo L. (contributor);  … - 2014
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010408427
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SMEs’ Access to Finance in the Euro Area : What Helps or Hampers?
Öztürk, Bahar - 2014
The monetary transmission mechanism in the euro area has been adversely affected by the recent crises. Using survey data on thousands of euro area firms, we study factors that affect the access to finance of SMEs. We find that changes in bank funding costs and borrower leverage matter for firms'...
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