in the availability of credit. Using data from the nationally representative Surveys of Small Business Finances, which … availability of credit to male- and female-owned firms. More specifically, female-owned firms are significantly more likely to be … credit-constrained because they are more likely to be discouraged from applying for credit, though not more likely to be …

The question of leasing credit as a substitute or complement of a banking loan has still not been resolved in the … characteristics of firms using leasing credit and on the other hand, to better understand the relationship between leasing and credit … credit rationing and the use of leasing. In this framework the latter appears to be a last resort financing. …

Relationship lending is a common practice in credit financing all over the world, particularly in Germany. On the basis …