SMEs’ Access to Finance in the Euro Area: What Helps or Hampers?

May 9, 2014

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Bahar Öztürk, and Mico Mrkaic. SMEs’ Access to Finance in the Euro Area: What Helps or Hampers?, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2014) accessed December 22, 2024

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Summary

The monetary transmission mechanism in the euro area has been adversely affected by the recent crises. Using survey data on thousands of euro area firms, we study factors that affect the access to finance of SMEs. We find that changes in bank funding costs and borrower leverage matter for firms’ access to finance. Increases in bank funding costs and borrowers’ debt-to-asset ratios are significantly and negatively associated with firms’ access to finance. The use of subsidies significantly improve access to finance of SMEs. Finally, access to finance is found to be positively related to firm size and firm age.

Subject: Bank credit, Banking, Credit, Credit default swap, Financial crises, Financial institutions, Financial statements, Loans, Money, Public financial management (PFM)

Keywords: Access to finance, Bank credit, Credit, Credit constraint, Credit default swap, Financial statements, Firm, Firm age, Firm size, Firms' access, Loans, Micro, Micro firm, Monetary policy, Small and medium sized enterprises, WP

Publication Details

Pages:

30
Volume:

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Series:

Working Paper No. 2014/078
Stock No:

WPIEA2014078
ISBN:

9781484379059
ISSN:

1018-5941

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