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Finance and employment formalization : evidence from Mexico's ENIGH, 2000-2016

Bazdresch, Santiago - 2018

We study the relationship between financial constraints and employment formalization by exploiting heterogeneity in the industry-level degree of financial dependence, in the spirit of Rajan and Zingales (1998). This dependence, and variation in aggregate credit, lets us measure industry-level...

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Barriers in financing microenterprises from the perspective of Czech and Slovak microentrepreneurs

Civelek, Mehmet; Ključnikov, Aleksandr; Krištofík, Peter - In: Journal of business economics and management 20 (2019) 2, pp. 224-267

This paper compares how Czech and Slovak microentrepreneurs perceive the volume and ease of access to finance that they face. Having an adequate number of sources of finance and easier access to them can help improve both enterprise and country performance. Chi-square and Z score tests for...

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Financial Frictions, Real Estate Collateral, and Small Firm Activity in Europe

Banerjee, Ryan - 2018

We observe significant heterogeneity in the correlation between changes in house prices and the growth of small firms across certain countries in Europe. We find that, overall, the correlation is far greater in Southern Europe than in Northern Europe. Using a simple model, we show that this...

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Financing micro firms in Europe : an empirical analysis

Masiak, Christian; Block, Jörn; Moritz, Alexandra; … - 2017

The vast majority of firms in Europe are micro firms. Still, we know little about their financing patterns. Our paper aims to close this gap. Based on a large European firm-level data set, we find that micro firms differ in their financing patterns from small and medium-sized companies. Our...

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Promoting SMEs As Suppliers in Public Procurement : Would It Lead to Innovation?

Rolfstam, Max - 2018

innovation projects. Findings: The literature provides ambiguous support for the general claim that SME's should be more … procurement of innovation policies. The case study findings suggest that few of the challenges innovating SME's are facing would … be ameliorated by developing public procurement of innovation policies specifically targeting SME promotion. Research …

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Evaluating quality or lowest price : consequences for small and medium-sized enterprises in public procurement

Stake, Johan - In: The journal of technology transfer 42 (2017) 5, pp. 1143-1169

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Financing obstacles among euro area firms : who suffers the most?

Ferrando, Annalisa; Griesshaber, Nicolas - 2011

In this study we investigate the determinants of financing obstacles using survey data on a sample of around 5000 firms from the euro area countries. This completely new survey - started at the end of 2009 - gives us the opportunity to test whether firm characteristics such as size, age,...

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Financing Obstacles Among Euro Area Firms : Who Suffers the Most?

Ferrando, Annalisa; Griesshaber, Nicolas - 2021

In this study we investigate the determinants of financing obstacles using survey data on a sample of around 5000 firms from the euro area countries. This completely new survey – started at the end of 2009 - gives us the opportunity to test whether firm characteristics such as size, age,...

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Remedial role of financial development in corporate investment amid financing constraints and agency costs

Khan, Muhammad Kaleem; He, Ying; Kaleem, Ahmad; Akram, Umair - In: Journal of business economics and management 19 (2018) 1, pp. 176-191

The study investigates the role of financial development in boosting the investment efficiency of firms' investments in China. Using a large sample of firm-level financial data and country level economic data over the period 2004-2015, present study creates a link between financial and real...

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Better environmental value using public procurement : evidence from Visegrad Group countries

Nemec, Peter; Štefko, Róbert; Kubák, Matúš - In: Finance a úvěr 72 (2022) 4, pp. 296-327

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