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non-debt tax shields affect SME leverage; 2) Policies addressing the term spread and economic uncertainty influence debt … the importance of factors such as the non-debt tax shield, firm size, interest rate spread, and the economic policy … Panel Fractional (DPF) estimator to identify the key variables influencing the debt-to-equity ratio. The findings underscore …
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This study examines the actual funding behavior of German innovative firms in the pre- and post-crisis period. Specifically, we investigate if and how the funding patterns and financial constraints of German small and medium enterprises (SME) changed during and since the financial crisis. The...
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SMEs. Results obtained from a system GMM estimation method show that the leverage ratio is negatively affected by export … intensity. We document that firms with more growth opportunities have a higher leverage, while firms that have more profits …, higher asset tangibility and face higher business risk have lower debt ratios. Our results also show that the implementation …
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performance levels. The capital structure of Austrian SMEs are biased towards debt-financing and stronger equity, growth and …
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are consistent with many patterns of financing of entrepreneurial or small/medium size enterprises (SME) in Canada. Tax …
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We study the delivery of subsidized financing to small firms through the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). Smaller firms are less likely to gain early PPP access, an effect attenuated in small banks and firms with prior lending relationships. Their more even treatment offers a new rationale,...
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SMEs in Canada. On the other hand, tax theory of capital structure does not seem to play a significant role for SMEs as …
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This article provides an overview of literature related to capital structure theories for entrepreneurial firms. It identifies gaps and controversial areas in existing literature and also discusses potential directions for future research. Credit rationing, signalling by risk-bearing, the...
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The main objective of this paper is to understand how the changes in the macroeconomic conditions (the global financial crisis) relate to the investment and financial decision-making for each of the different size categories of SMEs. To do so, we use a large dataset of 764,963 observations in...
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their leverage …
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