associated with better firm performance. Our analysis demonstrates that policy support that aims at stimulating investment only … investment bottlenecks arising from market imperfections, while remaining non-discriminatory with a view at what sort of capital …

the policy support of this type of investment must take this strategic use into account. …

We examine the link between corporate financing and investment decisions of European firms by using a novel firm …-level survey of the European Investment Bank (EIBIS). The survey provides rich quantitative information of a wide range of … financing sources and tangible and intangible investment types for a representative sample of EU28 firms in 2016. We provide new …

Firm investment, Intangible assets, Loan terms, Credit constraint, Survey data, Instrumental variable approachUsing … European firm-level data from a new survey, the EIBIS, we document the effect of bank loan terms on investment in intangible … benefit from the complementarities of these assets. We document the effect of loan conditions on investment intensity, as well …