This paper explores the effects of bank lending shocks on export behavior of Spanish firms. For that purpose, we combine Balance of Payments data on exports at the firm product-destination level with a matched bank-firm dataset incorporating information on the universe of corporate loans from...

This article provides an overview of sources of finance and some patterns of financing for entrepreneurial firms in Canada. Based on Miglo (2018), we compare the predictions of major theories of entrepreneurial finance (flexibility theory of capital structure, asymmetric information, credit...

The rise in non-tariff protectionist measures has been associated to the weakness in global trade over the last few years. We investigate the effect of non-tariff barriers (NTBs) on exports growth over the period 2009-2013 using administrative data at the firm-product-destination level in Spain....

Flexibility theory of capital structure, asymmetric information, credit rationing, life cycle theory and market timing are consistent with many patterns of financing of entrepreneurial or small/medium size enterprises (SME) in Canada. Tax theory of capital structure does not seem to play a...

This paper considers the factors the allowed for the birth and facilitated the subsequent development of the equity side and the finance (or debt) side of the Islamic capital markets. The equity side of the Islamic capital markets began in 1998 with the issuance (after five years of debate) of a...

This article considers the development of sukuk as the mainstay element of the "debt" or finance side of the Islamic capital markets. The two general types of sukuk are described: whole-business securitization sukuk; and asset secrutization sukuk. Differences between the conventional...

This article focuses on the development and implementation of modern Shari'ah-compliant project and infrastructure finance structures and techniques. The definition and history of project finance are summarized, as are some of the essential institutions, practices, premises, methodology and...

This article analyzes the patterns of Fintech development in Greater Manchester, UK. Manchester is often called a northern capital of Fintech. We analyze different subsectors of FinTech and find that such sectors as payments, fintech loans, debt-based, reward-based and real-estate-based...