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This report identifies effective approaches adopted by countries to implement the G20/OECD High-Level Principles on SME …
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While small- and medium sized firms in Austria are generally more productive, export more, and engage more in higher technology activities than in comparable countries, they need to adapt better to the knowledge economy to maintain their relative performance levels. The capital structure of...
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We use the association between non-financial firms and their banks, an information available in the European Investment Bank Investment Survey (EIBIS), to disentangle the effects of borrowers' and lenders' financial weakness on the satisfaction with the loan contracted. The dataset matches...
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Using bank balance sheet data, we find evidence that leverage and asset risk of European multinational banks in the crisis and post-crisis period is affected by corporate taxes in their host country as well as by the tax rates in all the jurisdictions where the banking group operates. Then, we...
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This paper reviews empirical research on finance and labour markets. Preliminary themes in the literature follow. Finance may interact with labour market institutions to jointly determine labour outcomes. Highly leveraged firms show greater employment volatility during cyclical fluctuations, and...
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medium-sized enterprises (SME) sector has been severely affected by the crisis, with access to bank finance being … alternatives to bank lending options for SME finance is important but will take time. Restructuring banks’ balance sheets is … productivity gains, and SME competitiveness and growth. Also, easing labour market regulation would further support SME development …
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Appeals Process in the United Kingdom, intended to improve the transparency and effectiveness of appeals to SME credit …
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The present report analyses the extent to which capital markets have provided capital to SMEs since the GFC, focusing on three kinds of financial instruments that have proven especially important in providing finance to SMEs undergoing major transitions during the past few years: Private Equity;...
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countries and concludes with some issues to be considered by governments to foster the use of intangibles for SME access to …
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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...
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