power with banks. Issuer firms also reduce the amount of used bank credit, expand their total and fixed assets, and raise … regulatory reform which allowed unlisted firms to issue minibonds. Using the Italian Credit Register, we compare new loans … lower interest rates on bank loans of the same maturity than non-issuer firms, suggesting an improvement in their bargaining …

entry of a remote, specialized lender to estimate the impact of specialized lending on credit access. Entry significantly … can deepen credit markets by providing new loans to low-risk but underfinanced small businesses …

hampered the smooth transmission of accommodative monetary policy. Using bank level data from 2007 to 2015, we directly measure … bank in the same month for loans to small and large firms (the "Small Firm Financing Premium", SFFP). We assess the role … played by both bank and macroeconomic factors in explaining the variation in the SFFP across countries and through time. We …

Bank loans are the main sources of financing the Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SME) sector of the Thai economy …. This sector contributes to about 37% GDP and employs about 80% of the labor force. Recent data indicate a decline in bank … lending; this necessitates the efficient use of available funds and strategies to diversify SME financing. Using data from …