Summary This paper focuses on the question whether West German firms have experienced an increase in their financial risk position with due implications for the macroeconomy. The investigation is based on a special evaluation of the balance sheet statistics by the Deutsche Bundesbank broken down...

Diese Studie untersucht mögliche Auswirkungen der Corona-Pandemie auf die Finanzierung von kleinen und mittleren Unternehmen (KMU). Zu Beginn der Corona-Pandemie ist die Anzahl der KMU mit Finanzierungsproblemen gestiegen, sowohl in Deutschland als auch in weiteren Ländern des Euroraums. KMU...

Using new data originating from a recently conducted survey, this paper examines the financing of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in private equity and debt markets in Finland. We find that the three most important sources of funds are the principal owner’s equity, trade credit...