The aim of this paper is twofold. First, we measure the relationship between fiscal variables and companies debt choices in Italy using a dynamic representation of the modified pecking order model, where both trade-off and pecking order theories are nested. Second, our estimation results are...

This paper examines the effect of trust in a micro-economic environment, where trust is clearly exogenous. Using a hand-collected data on European venture capital, we show that the Eurobarometer measure of trust among nations significantly affects investment decisions. This holds even after...

In this working paper we basically try to answer two questions. First, we ask whether a crypto-currency is money or a currency at all in the traditional economic sense? Second, we ask whether a financial manager of a company may generate cost advantages by issuing debt in a crypto-currency? We...

Diese Studie untersucht die Einflüsse auf die Finanzierung von kleinen und mittleren Unternehmen (KMU) in neun ausgewählten europäischen Ländern. Dabei wurden neben der Nutzung von externen Finanzierungsinstrumenten auch Zugangsrestriktionen berücksichtigt. Die Relevanz - also die...

Argentina is known for its tax system, that has various mechanisms to collect taxes in advance, causing large immobilizations in illiquid tax credits in most companies. The objective of this paper is to analyze the effects that these tax advances regimes would generate on the payment capacity...

Die Fremdkapitalfinanzierung der deutschen Unternehmen erlebt derzeit drastische Umbrüche, die mit dem Näherrücken der Einführung der Basel-II-Regeln zur Eigenkapitalhinterlegung von Firmenkrediten bei den Banken noch nicht abgeschlossen sein dürften. Strukturprobleme und die...

The study assesses the macro-financial situation of Belarus. It analyses the Belarus financial sector, with a specific look at the banking sector. Moreover this study explores the private sector financing environment. In particular the study investigates the SMEs segment and looks at the needs...

Underpricing of corporate bond offerings result in excess returns for investors (new issue premia) but lead to higher costs for the issuer. This paper analyses the new issue premia of 1.556 Euro denominated fixed coupon corporate bonds and finds a systematic underpricing of new issued bonds. The...