Is the harmonization of financial regulatory regimes possible in East Asia? Focusing on corporate governance, which many see as a critical part of the 1997 Asian financial crisis, and which is also seen as unresponsive to calls for change, this paper argues that such harmonization is possible,...

In Asia, government-supported housing agencies have played a constructive role in the development of domestic residential mortgage and bond markets. Several agencies have increased their overall market presence in recent years by expanding their activities and have accepted a larger share of the...

We develop a simple theoretical model and then use bank data from seven Asian economies to investigate the effects on bank lending of different liquidity management tools used by central banks. We find that hiking reserve requirements to sterilise foreign exchange purchases will retard bank...

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...

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...

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...

OECD governments have long assigned a high priority to improving conditions for access to finance for new, innovative and fast-growing SMEs and established firms pursuing expansion. This report analyses the potential and challenges of mezzanine finance for addressing diverse financing needs of...

The present report is a case study on crowdfunding as a finance instrument for SMEs and entrepreneurs. The report aims to examine the characteristics, diffusion and uptake by new firms and existing SMEs, assessing its effectiveness in supporting innovative or potentially high-growth firms to...

The 2008-09 global financial crisis had a profound impact on the availability of bank credit for SMEs. Although a decline in the demand for bank credit played an important role, banks have also become more reluctant to lend, including as a consequence of new capital requirements. Moreover, a...