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unbalanced panel of nearly 700 short-term loans made to SMEs in Slovakia between January 2000 and June 2005. Of the loans granted …, on average 6.0 per cent of the firms defaulted. Several probit models and panel probit models show that liquidity and … profitability factors are important determinants of SMEs defaults, while debt factors are less robust. However, we find that above …
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-Oaxaca decomposition analysis for wage differentials. The decomposition method is first developed for a single probit model and later …
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unbalanced panel of nearly 700 short-term loans made to SMEs in Slovakia between January 2000 and June 2005. Of the loans granted …, on average 6.0 per cent of the firms defaulted. Several probit models and panel probit models show that liquidity and … profitability factors are important determinants of SMEs defaults, while debt factors are less robust. However, we find that above …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010427499
-Oaxaca decomposition analysis for wage differentials. The decomposition method is first developed for a single probit model and later …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011326421
This paper studies the effect of human capital on the regional entry of firms. An econometric model for a system of disjoint regions and frequency data is constructed, making the comparison between the regions a random discrete choice problem. Empirical evidence from Swedish labour market...
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Our paper analyzes the interplay of organizational demography with the propensity to adopt an innovative practice. In particular, we examine how the demographical composition of professional German football teams influenced the adoption of the chain-defense-system (?Viererkette?) as well as the...
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Successful innovative activity is a major contribution to the intangible capital of firms. Although its importance is generally acknowledged, the contribution to companies? profits is a priori unclear. We present the results of an empirical study on the effects of the patent stock on...
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The present paper first discusses theoretically the different incentives of manager- versus owner-controlled firms for investment into innovative activity. In addition, the role of debt financing is analyzed. Subsequently the results from an empirical study on the determinants of innovative...
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additionally for SMEs. To this end firms? innovation decisions are considered. The decision to innovate in one period is modelled …
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Innovations are a key factor to ensure the competitiveness of establishments as well as to enhance the growth and wealth of nations. But more than any other economic activity, decisions about innovations are plagued by failures of the market mechanism. As a response, public instruments have been...
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