We study the sensitivity of banks' credit supply to small and medium size enterprises (SMEs) in the UK to banks … branches in the UK, we connect firms' access to bank credit to the financial condition (i.e., bank health and the use of core … conditions did not influence credit availability irrespective of the functional distance (i.e., the distance between bank branch …

screen out high credit risk and potentially increase access to credit for small business owners in Peru. We use … entrepreneurs who were offered a loan based on the traditional credit-scoring method versus the EFL tool. We find that the … entrepreneurs - i.e., those with a credit history. For unbanked entrepreneurs - i.e., those without a credit history - using the EFL …

credit market and in funding markets. The reduction in the supply of credit by Eurozone banks caused riskier borrowers to …. Although global bank lending is often reported to amplify the international credit cycle, we show that foreign banking acted as … a shock absorber that weathered the real consequences of the credit crunch in Europe …